Cassini sends back stunning view of Saturn
Photo Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
The sun highlights the face of Saturn in a recent photo of the gas giant sent back from the Cassini mission.
This view looks toward the unilluminated side of the rings from about 7 degrees below the ring plane and was shot at a distance of approximately 630,000 miles (1 million kilometers) from Saturn.
The Cassini mission is a cooperative project of NASA, ESA (the European Space Agency) and the Italian Space Agency.