Janus and Prometheus

Saturn's moons Janus and Prometheus look close enough to touch in this stunningly detailed view.
From just beneath the Ring-Plane, Cassini stares at Janus on the near side of the Rings, and Prometheus on the far side. The image shows that Prometheus is more elongated than Janus.

The view takes in the Cassini Division (about 4800 Km, or approx. 2980 miles wide), from its outer edge to about halfway across its width.

The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on April 29, 2006 at a distance of approx. 218.000 Km (such as about 135.000 miles) from Janus and approx. 379.000 Km (such as about 236.000 miles) from Prometheus. Image scale is about 1 Km (roughly 0,6 mile) per pixel on Janus and about 2 Km (a little more than 1 mile) per pixel on Prometheus.