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Epimetheus in the darkness...
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Original caption:"Small, multi-faceted Epimetheus wanders into Cassini's field of view, while Saturn's dark shadow cuts across the ringplane. Only a sliver of the outer A-Ring is seen here, including the narrow Keeler Gap. Epimetheus is a moon that is 116 kilometers (72 miles) across.
This view is from 10° out of the ringplane, gazing toward the lit face of the Rings.
The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on Aug. 31, 2005, at a distance of approximately 2,1 MKM (such as about 1,3 MMs) from Epimetheus and at a Sun-Epimetheus-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 60°. Resolution in the original image was 13 Km (about 8 miles) per pixel".
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