Ride along with Rhea
Thursday, April 28, 2011 - 10:31
in Astronomy & Space
Assembled from 29 raw images taken by the Cassini orbiter on Monday, April 25, this animation brings us along an orbital ride with Rhea as it crosses Saturns nighttime face, the planets shadow cast across the ringplane. Sister moons Dione and Tethys travel the opposite lane in the background, eventually appearing to sink into Saturns atmosphere.