Wonder Wednesday

The moon of Prometheus, orbiting Saturn right along the edge of the F-band ring.

What an amazing photo.  Jason Major has more on the photo and on Prometheus, including little videos showing how the small moon weaves in and out of the F-band, pulling bits of the band away in delicate wisps (which eventually are pulled back into the ring) — check it out here.

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