Views from edge-on with the rings are perfect for capturing multiple Saturnian moons grouped closely on the sky. Tethys (1,062 kilometers, 660 miles across), with its enormous crater Odysseus, is partly overexposed near upper right. At left, Epimetheus (113 kilometers, 70 miles across) hovers above the rings, while Pandora (81 kilometers, 50 miles across) hangs below. The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on July 2, 2007 at a distance of approximately 2.2 million kilometers (1.4 million miles) from Saturn. Image scale is 12 kilometers (7 miles) per pixel on Tethys, 13 kilometers (8 miles) per pixel on Pandora, and 14 kilometers (9 miles) per pixel on Epimetheus.

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