NASA Cassini Image: Crescent Mimas Over Saturn’s Nightside
This image was taken on January 20, 2006 and received on Earth January 20, 2006. The camera was pointing toward Mimas at approximately 1,431,584 kilometers away, and the image was taken using the CL1 and GRN filters. This image has not been validated or calibrated. A validated/calibrated image will be archived with the NASA Planetary Data System in 2007.
For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov . The Cassini imaging team homepage is at http://ciclops.org .
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
