DEUTSCH: Dione vor Saturn, aufgenommen mit der Weitwinkelkamera von Cassini während des ungezielten Vorbeiflugs 00bDI am 14. Dezember 2004. Die Bildauflösung beträgt 32 km/pxl.
ENGLISH: Cassini captured Dione against the globe of Saturn as it approached the icy moon for its close rendezvous on December 14, 2004. This natural color view shows the moon to have strong variations in brightness across its surface, but a remarkable lack of color, compared to the warm hues of Saturn's atmosphere. Several oval-shaped storms are present in the planet's atmosphere, along with ripples and waves in the cloud bands.
Images taken with red, green and blue filters were used to create this natural color view. The images were obtained with the wide angle camera from a distance of approximately 603,000 kilometers (375,000 miles) from Dione and at a Sun-Dione-spacecraft, or phase, angle is 34 degrees. The image scale is about 32 kilometers (20 miles) per pixel. |
