Serene Scene
Even in a peaceful looking scene such as this one of Saturn and its moon Tethys, Cassini reveals clues about how this world is ever-changing.
Saturn’s northern hemisphere still shows the scars of the huge storm that raged through much of 2011. And, day by day, the shadows cast by the rings on the planet’s southern hemisphere are growing wider as the seasons progress toward northern summer.
Tethys appears above the rings to the left of the center of the image, which was taken with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on Jan. 10, 2012 from a distance of approximately 2.3 million kilometers.
(via atlaxis)