Tethys and Titan: Moons on the Move

Tethys and Titan: Moons on the Move, a photo by Lunar and Planetary Institute on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Titan emerges from behind Saturn while Tethys streaks into view in this colorful scene. Saturn’s shadow darkens the far arm of the rings near the planet’s limb. Titan is 5,150 kilometers (3,200 miles) wide; Tethys is 1,071 kilometers (665 miles) wide. This view looks toward the unilluminated side of the rings from about 3 degrees above the ringplane. Images taken using red, green and blue spectral filters were combined to create this natural color view. The images were acquired with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on Jan. 30, 2008 at a distance of approximately 1.3 million kilometers (800,000 miles) from Saturn. Image scale is 77 kilometers (48 miles) per pixel on Saturn.