The surface of Dione, which exhibits contrasting bright and dark areas when viewed up close, appears pale in this image. It is Saturn's multi-hued cloud bands that boldly steal the show. Discrete clouds and eddies in Saturn's northern hemisphere can be seen within the faint shadows of the rings on the planet. Dione is 1,118 kilometers (695 miles) across.
This view was obtained from about one-third of a degree out of the ring plane.
Source & further reading:https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/resources/2913/
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