The little grey ball is Dione, the third largest Saturn moon. The large brown sphere with the ethereal haze is Titan, the largest. On the background, that’s Saturn and its rings. Never an astronomy picture looked so painterly to me.
This image is natural colour, taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. [NASA]
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Friday, December 23, 2011 at 10:25 AMreally, you would sell your soul….?
Roland
Friday, December 23, 2011 at 10:43 AMWell some of us don’t believe in souls, so yeah I’ll sell mine too to see this…
adam
Friday, December 23, 2011 at 11:27 AMWell sane people don’t believe in souls* there fixed it for you.
Pres
Friday, December 23, 2011 at 12:06 PMI’ve got soul, and I’m super bad.
But who wouldn’t give everything to see this?
Ciaran
Friday, December 23, 2011 at 12:16 PMThis picture is amazing!
Todd
Saturday, December 24, 2011 at 2:04 PMmeh!