Emily Lakdawalla • Oct 19, 2005
A way-cool Cassini picture: rings, Titan, Dione, Prometheus
I just noticed this picture on the Cassini raw images website. I love these "many worlds" pictures. The rings are seen nearly edge-on and are slicing across the midde of the view (the globe of Saturn is just out of the field of view to the left). The biggest ball is Titan; Dione sits in front of Titan; and tiny Prometheus is at the center of the image. Very cool. I wish it was in color, but this is just a grayscale view. It was taken at about 19:05 UTC on October 17, if you want to simulate the view on space.jpl.nasa.gov.
![Many worlds: Dione, Titan, Prometheus, and rings](https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_768x768_crop_center-center_60_line/20130828_N00041980_rotated_levels.jpg 768w, https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_576x576_crop_center-center_60_line/20130828_N00041980_rotated_levels.jpg 576w)
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