This is an approximate true color view of Saturn. Shadows of Saturn’s rings are cast upon the planet (below the rings to the lower right). Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus also appears to the lower right of this image.
This composite is made of images that were taken by Cassini's camera system, the Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) on March 7, 2015 and received on Earth March 9, 2015. The camera was pointing toward UNK (Saturn's moon Unk must have been behind Saturn at the time these images were taken), and the images were taken using the blue, methane band, and continuum band filters.
Credit: NASA / JPL / SSI / Val Klavans
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On July 19, 2013, you waved at Saturn.
The Cassini spacecraft was there to snap a photo of not only us, but the Saturn system.
Here's Cassini's view of Enceladus within Saturn's E ring on that day. (Enceladus is actually forming Saturn's E ring. More details can be found here: Tiny Icy Moon 'Feeds' Giant Saturn Ring)
These images were taken on July 19, 2013 and received on Earth July 20, 2013. The camera was pointing toward SATURN-ERING at approximately 742,417 miles (1,194,805 kilometers) away, and the images were taken using the CL1, RED, BL1 and GRN filters.
Credit: NASA / JPL / SSI / composite by Val Klavans
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