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Orb-at-Work! (natural colors; credits: Lunexit)
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Caption NASA:"Prometheus draws material from the F-Ring along an invisible thread of gravity. Near lower left is an identical feature the moon created on a previous pass near the Ring.
Prometheus (approx. 102 Km, or about 63 miles across) is overexposed in this image, which was taken as part of a sequence designed to help refine scientists' understanding of the orbits of Saturn's small moons. This view looks toward the unlit side of the Rings from about 41° above the Ring-Plane.
The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on March 14, 2007 at a distance of approx. 1,8 MKM (such as about 1,1 MMs) from Prometheus.
Image scale is roughly 11 Km (about 7 miles) per pixel".
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