NASA releases image of a half-lit Saturn

 

An image of the sun-lit side of the rings of Saturn is captured by the Cassini spacecraft and published by NASA.(photo grabbed from Reuters video)
An image of the sun-lit side of the rings of Saturn is captured by the Cassini spacecraft and published by NASA.(photo grabbed from Reuters video)

 

Reuters – In the latest image released by NASA on Monday (April 4), ‘a half-lit’ Saturn sits askew as the planet’s moon Dione (698 miles or 1,123 kilometers across) looks on from lower left,’ Nasa said.

The picture was taken using the Cassini spacecraft wide angle camera at a distance of approximately 1.2 million miles (1.9 million kilometers), NASA said.

“The terminator, which separates night from day on Saturn, is also askew, owing to the planet’s approach to northern summer solstice,” the caption read.