Astronomy Picture Of The Day: When a moon photobombs another moon!!!

 

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When a moon photobombs another moon ✦December 10, 2011: Cassini, orbiting Saturn, catches one of the most surreal sights in the Solar System.Little Rhea (1,527 km wide) glides perfectly in front of colossal Titan (5,150 km), the only moon in the Solar System with a thick atmosphere and lakes of liquid methane.From Cassini’s viewpoint:Titan was 2.038 million km away Rhea was 1.329 million km away …so Rhea appears almost exactly the right size to silhouette itself against Titan’s glowing orange haze. A perfect cosmic alignment.Rhea itself is a frozen, airless world of ice and ancient craters, while behind it looms Titan: shrouded in golden smog, hiding rivers, seas, and rain of hydrocarbons.Two completely different worlds, one epic frame. NASA / Cassini–Huygens | Processed by Gordan Ugarković