Rhea is visible to the east of Saturn, Enceladus is the bright satellite in the rings to the west, and Janus is the fainter blip to its right. Pandora is just to the left of Enceladus, but is not visible because Enceladus is too bright. Rhea is visible just off the eastern limb of Saturn, and casts a shadow on the south face of Saturn. The atmospheric circulation pattern has rotated to just past the center of the planet's disk, and is followed by more wispy structure in the bright band of clouds, reminiscent of the structure seen during the Saturn storm observed in 1990. These images will be used to determine the time of ring-plane crossing and the thickness of the main rings and to search for as yet undiscovered satellites.
North is up and east is to the left.
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