Cassani captures Dione here with this image taken using the CL1 and CL2 filters – via JPL/Nasa
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has been hard at work snapping as much of our solar system as possible, with the latest images of Saturn’s Dione moon stealing the show once more.
We’ve been spoiled with high-quality space photography in the past couple of years, with Cassini’s mission just one of many dotted around our solar system.
Hubble, for example, has been peering ever further into deep space to send us back images of galaxies of all shapes and sizes. Cassini, though, is on theme. Flying around to get really informative, close-up imagery that adds to our understanding of the planets around us.
So, here are just a few of the latest batch to be taken in at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). You can click on some of the images to see their full size:
This was Cassini’s fourth targeted flyby of Dione and the spacecraft had a close approach altitude of 516km from its surface
In the top right, you can just make out Saturn’s ‘geysering moon’ Enceladu, just above the bright line of Saturn’s rings.
All images of Dione from Cassini are via JPL/Nasa
The Cassini Solstice Mission is a joint US and European project. The JPL manages the mission.
The Cassini orbiter was designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The imaging team consists of scientists from the US, England, France and Germany.
