Rings on the horizon
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 - 11:00
in Astronomy & Space
The Cassini spacecraft has taken a some recent images of two of Saturns most notorious moons, where in both images the planets rings serve as a backdrop. Above, Enceladus stands out with its cratered surface, but Cassinis camera also catches a glimpse of the planets rings in the background. Geologically young terrain in the middle latitudes of the moon shifts to older, cratered terrain in the northern latitudes.