# @nasa on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cs4kv6nJSV6
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- **Posted:** 2023-05-30T22:25:24.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

Many moons ago⁣
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Saturn's icy moon Rhea passes in front of Titan as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Some of the differences between the two large moons are readily apparent. While Rhea is a heavily-cratered, airless world, Titan's nitrogen-rich atmosphere is even thicker than Earth's. This natural color image was taken in visible light with the Cassini narrow-angle camera on Nov. 19, 2009, at a distance of approximately 713,300 miles (1,148,000 kilometers) from Rhea. The Cassini spacecraft ended its mission on Sept. 15, 2017.⁣
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Image Description:⁣
Saturn's icy moon Rhea passes in front of larger moon Titan. Both appear as dramatic crescents lit by sunlight from the left of frame. Smaller Rhea is heavily-cratered and gray, while Titan's tawny haze glows.⁣
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Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute⁣
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#NASA #NASAJPL #Cassini #Space #Solarsystem #Saturn #Rhea #moons

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