Blog Post Image: Cassini Spies Bright Venus from Saturn Orbit

Dawn on Saturn is greeted across the vastness of interplanetary space by the morning star, Venus, in this image from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. Venus appears just off the edge of the planet, in the upper part of the image, directly above the white streak of Saturn’s G ring. Lower down, Saturn’s E ring makes an appearance, looking blue thanks to the scattering properties of the dust that comprises the ring. A bright spot near the E ring is a distant star. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute (Click image to enlarge)