PIA06092: Cassini Captures the Cassini Division

Cassini Captures the Cassini Division
Target Name: Saturn
Mission: Cassini
Spacecraft: Cassini Orbiter
Instrument: Imaging Science Subsystem - Narrow Angle
Product Size: 768 samples x 768 lines
Produced By: CICLOPS/Space Science Institute
Full-Res TIFF: PIA06092.tif (438.5 kB)
Full-Res JPEG: PIA06092.jpg (200.8 kB)
Medium-Res JPEG: PIA06092_modest.jpg (200.78 kB)

Original Caption Released with Image:

This image shows the region of Saturn's rings known as the Cassini Division. It was taken by the narrow angle camera on the Cassini spacecraft after successful entry into Saturn's orbit. The view shows the dark, or unlit, side of the rings.


Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute


Image and caption provided by the Planetary Photojournal -- PIA06092