A View from Japetus

While on final approach for its Sept. 2007 close encounter with Saturn's moon Japetus, Cassini spun around to take in a sweeping view of the Saturn System.
Japetus is the only major moon of Saturn with a significant inclination to its orbit. From the other major satellites, the Rings would appear nearly edge-on, but from Japetus, the Rings usually appear at a tilt, as seen here.
This natural color mosaic consists of 15 red, green and blue spectral filter images acquired in five wide-angle camera footprints that swept across the scene.

Moons visible in this image: Dione at center left, Enceladus near the left side ansa (or ring edge), Mimas is a speck against the ring shadows on Saturn's Western Limb, Rhea can be seen against the bluish backdrop of the Northern Hemisphere, Tethys is near the right ansa, and Titan near lower right.

The images were obtained on Sept. 10, 2007, at a distance of approx. 3,3 MKM (such as about 2,1 MMs) from Saturn at a Sun-Saturn-Spacecraft, or phase, angle of 33°. Image scale is about 195 Km (approx. 121 miles) per pixel on the Planet.