First up is this amazing image of Saturn from the Cassini imaging team:
The image was taken from within Saturn's shadow looking back toward the sun. This does not show Saturn in "true color", but rather the color is enhanced here. Read all about the image here.
The next treat comes from the Spitzer Space Telescope:
It is an infrared image showing the star known as Zeta Ophiuchi and a cloud of dust. Stellar winds are creating a sort of bow shock in the dust cloud as the star moves through space. Like all infrared images, this one is false color too as we can't see infrared light. Read more about it here.
Beautiful, aren't they?
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