Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Spectacular view of Saturn's moon Dione captured as Cassini probe hurtles past




The image was taken when Cassini was only about 62,000 kilometers from the large icy moon last year.

The probe was launched in 1997, and continues its mission - it will fly past Titan tomorrow, and later this year will take a picture of Earth passing behind Saturn in June. 

Dione has become an object of particular interest to the Cassini mission since oxygen was detected in its upper atmosphere .... http://www.dailymail.co.uk