LRO snapped the image on Oct. 13 using its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC). At the time, the spacecraft was about 56 miles (90 kilometers) above a lunar function dubbed Lacus Veris, or the Lake of Spring, according to a NASA statement.Related: Cassinis greatest hits: The spacecrafts finest images of SaturnThe image reveals the northern side of Saturns characteristic rings and more of the worlds northern hemisphere than the southern. (Image credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University)LROCs cams were designed to study the moon, of course, so NASA had to control the spacecraft thoroughly to capture such a stunning image of Saturn.Although a comparable image of Jupiter was able to identify some of the leviathans biggest moons, LRO could not pull off the same task at Saturn.