A Blurred Moon
Posted in Astronomy at 12:00 on 2 June 2022
This is of course not our own moon.
Titan, however has an atmosphere, itself murky at visible wavelengths of light but which would make its edges shimmery in any case, as pictured by the Cassini spacecraft above Saturn’s rings and clouds, showing off the hemisphere which Saturn never sees.
From Astronomy Picture of the Day for 27/5/22.
Tags: APOD, Astronomy, Astronomy Picture of the Day, Cassini spacecraft, Saturn, Titan
