The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe’s gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.
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The multitude of grooves for which Saturn's rings are famed, clumps in the F ring, and three Saturnian moons are visible in this image. Moons visible in the image are: Mimas (398 kilometres across) above the rings at left; Epimetheus (116 kilometres across) just above the A ring; Enceladus (499 kilometres across) near upper right. The image was taken with the Cassini narrow angle camera on 10 May 2004, at a distance of 27.1 million kilometres from Saturn. Image scale of the high-resolution image is 162 kilometres per pixel. Contrast in the image was enhanced to aid visibility.