An itty bitty moon looks like nothing more than a point of light above Saturn in a new photo taken by a venerable spacecraft exploring the ringed planet.
The Taboo Sex Daughtermoon, called Mimas, is only about 246 miles miles in diameter and features a distinctive crater that makes it look eerily similar to the Death Star (of Star Wars fame).
SEE ALSO: Please send me to Saturn's 'Death Star moon' so that I may climb its mountainsBut you can't really see any of that in this image taken by the Cassini spacecraft.
Instead, Saturn's north polar hexagon -- an oddly shaped jet stream surrounding a raging storm -- dominates this view, with the planet's rings peeking out on the horizon.
Over the course of its more than 10 years exploring the Saturnian system of rings and moons, the Cassini spacecraft has taken plenty of beautiful black and white photos like this one.
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable Maybe the thing that makes this image particularly special is the perspective you get from it.
The shear size of Saturn when compared to Mimas is staggering, and that really comes across.
(Oh, and yes, Saturn totally looks like a boob in this photo.)
Cassini snapped this shot when it was about 617,000 miles from Saturn in March.
The spacecraft is currently in an orbit that brings it between Saturn and its plane of rings, a part of space that no other probe has been to before.
Cassini will continue in this orbit until the end of its mission in September, when it will make a planned death dive into the planet's atmosphere, ending its mission.
'The Last of Us' Season 2, episode 5: The spores are here!
Visit Us at the Brooklyn Book Festival
Staff Picks: Cats, Cattiness, Correction by Dan Piepenbring
They Tried to Guess My Age By My Vocabulary. They Were Wrong
The Anatomy of Liberal Melancholy
On Prison Literature & Dostoyevsky’s Notes from a Dead House
They Tried to Guess My Age By My Vocabulary. They Were Wrong
Visit Us at the Brooklyn Book Festival
Google Pixel Buds Pro 2: $40 off at Amazon
Writing a Sonnet for Stephen Hawking
Dyson V8 Plus cordless vacuum: $120 off at Amazon
Paris Review Writers on the National Book Award Longlist
Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s Travels in California, 1961
Back to School with Nietzsche
How to Easily Make iPhone Ringtones Using Only iTunes
On the Fjords
Italo Calvino Loved Arriving Late at the Movies—Good on Him
Everyone Loves a Citation Scandal, Right?
Best headphones deal: Save up to 51% on Beats at Amazon
I Wrote Ringtones for Donald Trump
Samsung brags about remotely disabling 'looted' smart TVsGoogle wants to stop echoA small replica of Jeff Bezos’ penisTrump 'cheats like hell' at golf, according to an old friend of his'What If...?' showed us a universe where Mark Ruffalo got a Hulk movieThe emotional support peacock that couldn't get on a flight also has his own InstagramBlack Panther is great, but 'Marvel's Avengers' is still failingOf course there's a typo on some State of the Union tickets10 best SpanishVisa purchases $150,000 NFTMan wakes up to dog getting drink of water wrapped up in a blanketChrissy Teigen just shut down a backhanded compliment in the best way possibleWomen have resorted to farting to deflect sexual harassmentDonald Trump says he's not a feminist to the surprise of absolutely no oneDiddy is the unofficial king of erasing people for the perfect Instagram photo10 best Spanish'The Other Two' is back on HBO Max and better than everHow to FaceTime friends without an iPhoneHow to force quit your iPhoneChromebook or laptop? Here's the difference Peter Thiel company reportedly helped NSA spy program 'Rogue One' Blu Switch storage limits take Nintendo gaming back to the '90s Texas to feral pigs: It's time for the 'hog apocalypse' to begin It's about time: Half of all websites are now encrypted Peeps Oreos taste nothing like Peeps, and that's a good thing Don't challenge this 6 Internet, meet Finland's adorable first dog, Lennu People thought this band was hacked at the Brit Awards Google wants to give you back your face when you're in VR The emails Republicans don't want you to see Rivers in the sky: Why California is flooding You can now order a Trump troll doll and it's very NSFW Emma Watson just found a new, Earth South Korean women will live longer than the rest of us in the future Boris Johnson's jogging gear is dividing the nation Twitch streamer and father of 3 dies 22 hours into charity stream Japan zoo kills 57 monkeys carrying 'invasive alien' genes For only the second known time, a chimp has a disorder similar to Down Syndrome New 'Futurama' stories are coming in the most unexpected way
0.8311s , 10107.734375 kb
Copyright © 2025 Powered by 【Taboo Sex Daughter】,Wisdom Convergence Information Network