# @nasa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Be1RYTlHsjL
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11735424-nasa-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/675ae16eb4.jpg
- **Posted:** 2018-02-05T22:49:41.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

Crescents belonging to two of Saturn’s moons – Rhea and Titan – show off their vast differences. Rhea is a heavily-cratered, airless world, while Titan’s nitrogen-rich atmosphere is even thicker than Earth’s. 
This natural color image was taken in visible light by the Cassini spacecraft on Nov. 19, 2009, at a distance of approximately 713,300 miles (1,148,000 kilometers) from Rhea. After a nearly 20-year mission that overflowed with discoveries, the Cassini spacecraft ended its mission on Sept. 15, 2017. 
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute 
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solarsystem, pictureoftheday, light, titan, mission, earth, nasa, space, moon, atmosphere, saturn, rhea, science, cassini, visible, moons, spacecraft, exploration

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