
An illuminated quarter of the moon Tethys is imaged near a swath of Saturn rings. Though the moon appears to be hanging directly below the rings, Tethys is actually farther from NASA Cassini spacecraft, and the rings are in the foreground.
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NASA ID
PIA12649
Date Created
June 7, 2010
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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