Saturn's dazzling rings stretch out in a new photo taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
Cassini snapped the unprocessed image on Jan. 28 as the spacecraft observed Saturn and its distinctive rings, and it was received on the ground on Jan. 29.
According to NASA, Cassini has taken more than 360,000 images since the spacecraft got to Saturn in 2004.
And this won't be the last image Cassini beams home from the ringed world.
Cassini will begin a series of flybys of Saturn's largest moon Titan starting Monday, NASA said.
The spacecraft is still trucking along in the planetary system, observing Saturn and its 62 known moons. Cassini should continue on in its mission until about 2017, when the craft is expected to run out of fuel, making a planned death-dive into Saturn's atmosphere.
Before that, however, Cassini will dive between Saturn's body and its ring plane, getting some incredible close-up observation as part of its grand finale in orbit.
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