Emily Lakdawalla • Apr 12, 2010
Dione and Titan
Welcome to all of you who are coming in from NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day! I hope you'll stick around to read more about the robotic exploration of our solar system.
It's axiomatic that as soon as I post about pretty Cassini pictures, another set of pretty photos will appear on the raw images website. This one is part of a series showing Dione passing in front of Titan. I always enjoy the contrast in brightness and sharpness between any of the icy moons and Titan's dim, fuzzy blob.
![Dione and Titan](https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_768x745_crop_center-center_60_line/35523/dione_titan_cassini_20100410.jpg 768w, https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_576x558_crop_center-center_60_line/35523/dione_titan_cassini_20100410.jpg 576w)
Want to learn how to make your own color composites of Cassini images? Check out my space imaging tutorials. I also recently wrote a much more detailed post on the challenge of making color composites from Cassini images of multiple moons.
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