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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-02-24 Telesto Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Telesto is visible below and to the left of center in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06592:
Telesto: Companion of Tethys
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-03 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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In this frame from a movie, NASA's Cassini spacecraft pointed its cameras toward Saturn's moon Dione to witness its distant sibling moon Rhea briefly pass behind in a series of 32 individual frames taken over 17 minutes.
PIA06199:
Cassini's Private Eclipse Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-17 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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This captivating portrait captures Saturn's wispy moon Dione over the shoulder of smoggy Titan in a single inspiring scene taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Feb. 18, 2005.
PIA06607:
Art and Science
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-23 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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Wispy streaks curl over the horizon on Saturn's moon Dione, caught here in a distant view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Feb. 18, 2005.
PIA06611:
Far-off Fractures
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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the night side of Saturn's moon Dione on Feb. 18, 2005.
PIA06626:
Saturn-lit Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-04-18 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft offers this lovely comparison between two of Saturn's satellites, Dione and Tethys, which are similar in size but have very different surfaces.
PIA06629:
Sister Moons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-04-25 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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The distinctive, wispy system of fractures on the trailing hemisphere of Saturn's moon Dione shows a great deal of contrast in this ultraviolet view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06634:
Far off Cracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-04-29 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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The Sun also rises on Saturn's moon Dione, seen in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Wispy fractured terrain lies along the limb taken on March 12, 2005.
PIA06638:
Daybreak on Dione
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-05-02 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Helene, seen here with Saturn's nearly edge-on rings, orbits 60 degrees ahead of Dione and is called a 'Trojan' moon. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on March 12, 2005.
PIA06639:
Dione's Companion
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-05-05 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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A scene straight out of science fiction, this fantastic view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows, from left to right, Saturn's moon's Mimas, Dione and Rhea, on the far side of Saturn's nearly edge-on rings.
PIA06642:
Amazing Icy Moons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-05-09 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Mimas poses with the larger moon Dione in this handsome portrait captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06644:
Mimas and Dione
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-05-12 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Dione occults part of Saturn's distant rings while Tethys hovers below, as shown in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06647:
Pair to Compare
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-05-19 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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The moon Dione is eclipsed here by the narrow band of Saturn's rings, which in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows one of the interesting ways that they transmit light.
PIA06652:
F Ring Edges
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-07-21 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moons Helene and tiny Polydeuces (not seen here) are Trojan moons of Dione, orbiting about 60 degrees ahead of and behind, the much larger moon. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft on May 20, 2005.
PIA07547:
Helene from Afar
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-07 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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Dione's southern polar region contains fractures whose softened appearance suggests that they have different ages than the bright braided fractures seen in the image to the north. This image was taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Aug. 1, 2005.
PIA07581:
Older Southern Fractures?
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-10-07 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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Naming features on other worlds, scientists like to follow themes, and Dione is no exception. Dione possesses numerous features with names from Virgil's 'Aeneid.' This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Aug. 25, 2005.
PIA07603:
Virgil's Moon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-01 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows Saturn's moon Tethys partially occulting the moon Dione. The difference in the surface brightness of the two moons is immediately apparent.
PIA07621:
Tethys Meets Dione
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-10-17 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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As it departed its encounter with Saturn's moon Dione, NASA's Cassini spacecraft sailed above an unreal landscape blasted by impacts. The rising Sun throws craters into sharp contrast and reveals steep crater walls.
PIA07745:
Icy Crescent
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-10-17 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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The cratered and cracked disk of Saturn's moon Dione looms ahead in this mosaic of images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Oct.11, 2005, as it neared its close encounter with the icy moon.
PIA07746:
Dione in Full View
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-10-17 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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The cratered and cracked disk of Saturn's moon Dione looms ahead in this mosaic of images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Oct. 11, 2005, as it neared its close encounter with the icy moon.
PIA07747:
Dione in Full View - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-10-17 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft continues to prove that the closer the view of the myriad worlds constituting the Saturn system, the more interesting and varied the views become.
PIA07748:
In the Groove
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-10-28 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft views the far-off wispy canyons of Saturn's moon Dione and sees an interesting dichotomy between the bright wisps and the bright south polar region at the bottom.
PIA07618:
Dione's Canyonlands
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-01 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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This brief movie catches Saturn's moon Tethys partially occulting the moon Dione. Images in this frame from a movie sequence were taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Sept. 11, 2005.
PIA07620:
Tethys Meets Dione (Animation) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-03 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's expansive rings separate the moon's Tethys (at the top) from Dione (at the bottom). This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Sept. 12, 2005.
PIA07623:
Moons with Separate Paths
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-07 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This view looks up toward the sunlit side of Saturn's rings, as Dione and Pandora trundle by. NASA's Cassini spacecraft took this image in visible light with its narrow-angle camera on Sept. 16, 2005.
PIA07625:
Dione and Pandora
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-09 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Dione is about to swing around the edge of the thin F ring in this color view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Sept. 20, 2005. More than one thin strand of the F ring's tight spiral can be seen here.
PIA07627:
Wisps in Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-10 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This excellent grouping of three moons Dione, Tethys and Pandora near the rings provides a sampling of the diversity of worlds that exists in Saturn's realm. This image was taken in visible blue light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera.
PIA07628:
Satellite Trio
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-14 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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The moons Dione and Tethys face each other across the gulf of Saturn's rings. Here, NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks on the Saturn-facing hemisphere of Tethys below and the anti-Saturn side of Dione above.
PIA07630:
The Face-off
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-22 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the soft appearance of Dione's wispy terrains belies their true nature. They are, in fact, complex systems of crisp, braided fractures that cover the moon's trailing hemisphere.
PIA07636:
Captivating Dione
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-24 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Dione's icy surface is scarred by craters at Carthage Linea in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Oct. 11, 2005.
PIA07638:
At Carthage Linea
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-02 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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In a rare moment, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this enduring portrait of a near-alignment of four of Saturn's restless moons. Timing is critical when trying to capture a view of multiple bodies, like this one.
PIA07644:
When Moons Align
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-05 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This fanciful view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft spies the Saturnian moons, Dione and Enceladus, from just beneath the ringplane. Enceladus is on the near side of the rings with respect to Cassini, and Dione is on the far side.
PIA07645:
Dione and Enceladus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-09 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's sibling moons, Rhea and Dione, pose for NASA's Cassini spacecraft in this view. Even at this distance, it is easy to see that Dione (below) appears to have been geologically active in the more recent past, compared to Rhea (above).
PIA07649:
Seeing Double
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-06 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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This giant mosaic reveals Saturn's icy moon Rhea in her full, crater-scarred glory. The images in this mosaic were taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera during a close flyby on Nov. 26, 2005.
PIA07763:
Rhea: Full Moon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-13 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Viewing Saturn's rings very close to edge-on produces some puzzling effects, as these two images of the F ring demonstrate. Both images were taken using the clear spectral filters on NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera.
PIA07651:
On the Edge
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Gazing across the ringplane, NASA's Cassini spacecraft spots a Saturn-lit Mimas and the tiny Trojan moon Helene. Only the bright crescent on Mimas' eastern limb is lit by the Sun; the moon's night side is illuminated by Saturnshine.
PIA07657:
Small Worlds of Saturn
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Dione is partly occulted by Saturn's rings in this nearly edge-on view, taken from less than a tenth of a degree above the ringplane. The side of the rings nearer to NASA's Cassini spacecraft was masked by Saturn's shadow at the time and appears dark.
PIA07658:
Slicing Through Dione
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With the icy rings between them, Dione and Tethys each show off the prominent features for which they are known. Dione displays wispy fractures that adorn its trailing side. Tethys, closest to NASA's Cassini spacecraft, shows its impact basin Odysseus.
PIA07659:
Children of Saturn
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After journeying a bit more than an hour across the Solar System, bright sunlight reflects off the gleaming icy cliffs in the wispy terrain of Dione and is captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's cameras several light seconds later.
PIA07668:
Light Seconds from Dione
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This frame from an animation show two crescent moons dance around Saturn as far-off Dione slips behind its sibling moon Rhea. NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this view on Dec. 5, 2005.
PIA07770:
Rhea Eclipses Dione (Animation) Animation Icon
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Two of Saturn's battered, icy companions, Tethys and Mimas, hover here, above the ringplane. A wide band of visible rings is in between the two moons in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA07679:
Moons in Perspective
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Saturn's ring moon Prometheus continues its work shaping the delicate F ring as Dione looks on. The image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Dec. 20, 2005.
PIA07681:
Prometheus with Distant Dione
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-01-27 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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The leading hemisphere of Saturn's moon Dione displays linear grooves and subtle streaks in this image taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Dec. 24, 2005.
PIA07687:
Detail on Dione (Monochrome)
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The leading hemisphere of Dione displays subtle variations in color across its surface in this false color view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft takene on Dec. 24, 2005.
PIA07688:
Detail on Dione (False color)
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This view captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft highlights tectonic faults and craters on Saturn's moon Dione, an icy world that has undoubtedly experienced geologic activity since its formation.
PIA07690:
Dione Has Her Faults (Monochrome)
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This view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Dec. 24, 2005, highlights tectonic faults and craters on Dione, an icy world that has undoubtedly experienced geologic activity since its formation.
PIA07691:
Dione Has Her Faults (False Color)
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This close-up of Saturn's moon Dione's icy surface shows deeply shadowed craters near the terminator, as well as a group of roughly linear faults above center. This image was taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Dec. 24, 2005.
PIA07692:
Dione: Magnified View
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This fortunate view sights along Saturn's ringplane to capture three moons aligned in a row: Dione at left, Prometheus at center and Epimetheus at right. This image was taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA07704:
Clinging to the Rings
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Bright, wispy markings stretch across a region of darker terrain on Saturn's moon Rhea. This image was taken using NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Jan. 17, 2006.
PIA08120:
Rhea's Wisps in Color
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Saturn's moon Dione steps in front of Tethys for a few minutes in an occultation, or mutual event. These events occur frequently for NASA's Cassini spacecraft when it is orbiting close to the ringplane.
PIA08134:
Taking a Bite Out of Tethys
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As our robotic emissary to Saturn, NASA's Cassini spacecraft is privileged to behold such fantastic sights as this pairing of two moons beyond the rings. The bright, narrow F ring is the outermost ring structure seen here.
PIA08150:
Enceladus Races Onward
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks toward the Saturnian horizon as Dione and Janus glide past.
PIA08158:
Sidelong at Saturn
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The wispy fractured terrain on Saturn's moon Dione is illuminated here by 'Saturnshine' -- dim reflected light from the planet. This image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Mar. 24, 2006.
PIA08174:
Bright Fractures in the Dark
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Saturn's Dione and Rhea pair up for an occultation, or mutual event, as seen by NASA's Cassini. While the lit portion of each moon is but a crescent, the dar side of Dione has begun to take a bite out of its distant sibling moon.
PIA08183:
Orbs Align
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The dark side of the ringplane glows with scattered light, including the luminous F ring, which shines like a rope of brilliant neon. Below, Dione presents an exquisitely thin crescent in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08201:
Saturn's Night Lights
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Two Saturnian moons meet in the sky. Dione departs after crossing the face of Rhea for several minutes. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on May 14, 2006.
PIA08203:
Uncovering Rhea
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This magnified view shows tiny Polydeuces, a moon that was discovered by NASA's Cassini spacecraft and is a mere 3 kilometers (2 miles) across. Along with much larger Helene, Polydeuces orbits Saturn at the same distance as large, icy Dione.
PIA08209:
New Moon
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Three of Saturn's moons swim past in this frame from a movie sequence of images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. These sequences, called mutual events, are useful for refining scientists' understanding the orbits of the moons.
PIA07802:
Staying with Epimetheus Animation Icon
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Saturn's moons Janus and Epimetheus are captured swinging around Saturn's rings and past Dione in this frame from a movie sequence from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA07808:
Three Moons Meet Animation Icon
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks across the unlit ringplane as Mimas glides silently in front of Dione.
PIA08228:
Night Lights
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This splendid view showcases Saturn's moon Dione's tortured complex of bright cliffs. At lower right is the feature called Cassandra, exhibiting linear rays extending in multiple directionsas captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on July 24, 2006.
PIA08256:
Incredible Cliffs
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Soft light from Saturn lifts the veil of night from the moons Dione (lower left) and Rhea (upper right). A scant crescent on each satellite marks the limit of the Sun's direct reach in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Aug. 11, 2006.
PIA08261:
Glow of Night
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This set of images exposes details on small and crumpled-looking Helene. Large portions of this Trojan moon of Dione appear to have been blasted away by impacts. This image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08269:
Helene's Close-up
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft whizzed past Dione on Aug. 16, 2006, capturing this slightly motion-blurred view of the moon's fractured and broken landscape in reflected light from Saturn.
PIA08266:
Dim Details on Dione
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Bright fractures creep across the surface of icy Dione. This extensive canyon system is centered on a region of terrain that is significantly darker that the rest of the moon in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Sept. 27, 2006.
PIA08293:
Dione's Creeping Canyons
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Craters of all sizes litter the landscape on Saturn's Dione. The larger craters in this view display prominent central peak in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Oct. 12, 2006.
PIA08314:
Holey Dione!
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Dione looks lovely half lit in this portrait from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Just visible is a long canyon running southward just left of the terminator in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Oct. 29, 2006.
PIA08318:
North on Dione
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NASA's Cassini came close to Saturn's small moon Helene on Feb. 25, 2006, acquiring this high-resolution view. This object seems to be buried in its own crater debris, like another Saturnian moon, Telesto
PIA08335:
Helene
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Saturn's moon Dione floats in the dark sky before NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Images taken from slightly different directions allow construction of stereo views, helpful in interpreting the complex topography of Saturn's moons. 3D glasses are necessary.
PIA08338:
Dione Anaglyph
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The fractured terrain so distinctive to Dione curves away toward the south in this view, which looks down at the moon's northern hemisphere. This image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Nov. 22, 2006.
PIA08839:
Down on Dione
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Canyons and mountain peaks snake along the terminator on the crater-covered, icy moon Dione. A line of mountain ridges above center casts shadows toward the east as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08856:
Shadows on Ice
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Side-by-side natural color and false-color views highlight the wispy terrain on Rhea's trailing hemisphere as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08871:
Color Across Rhea
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Saturn's Dione's leading hemisphere appears relatively smooth and placid here, compared to the fractured landscape on its trailing hemisphere in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Jan. 19, 2007.
PIA08888:
The Quiet Side
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Bright icy fractures, or linea, cover the trailing hemisphere of Saturn's moon, Dione, in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Feb. 3, 2007.
PIA08895:
Dionean Linea
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Grooves and deep craters adorn terrain at high southern latitudes on Saturn's moon, Dione, in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on March 23, 2007.
PIA08927:
Dione's Decorations
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft investigates the craters and deep valleys on Dione during a close approach in April 2007.
PIA08956:
The Crater Gradient
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft spies bright fractures in the icy crust of Dione. This view looks toward the northern hemisphere on Dione's anti-Saturn side.
PIA08960:
Wisps on Dione
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Wispy markings reach out across Rhea's surface from its trailing hemisphere. The bright markings appear to be fractures, like those found on Dione
PIA08962:
Rhea's Bright Wisps
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Appearing like the swirls of marble, the wispy terrain of Saturn's moon Dione is captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in a dramatic display of light and dark. These wispy features are a system of braided canyons with bright walls.
PIA12553:
Wispy Marble
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Saturn's Dione appears small and far off in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, which manages to capture a detailed look at the moon's beautiful bright streaks, or 'linea.' The linea are a system of braided canyons that cut across the moon's face.
PIA08978:
Dione's Good Side
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Bright lines creep across the face of Saturn's moon, Dione. The lines are systems of geologically fresh-looking canyons with bright, icy walls in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Jan. 19, 2007.
PIA08998:
World of Canyons
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Dione floats in the sea of space, bisected by Saturn's edge-on ringplane. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on July 2, 2007 at a distance of approximately 2.5 million kilometers from Dione.
PIA09000:
Skewered Moon
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Three of Saturn's brood are captured near the rings in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Together they showcase the rich variety of worlds found in the Saturn system.
PIA09004:
A Diverse Family
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A string of icy moons stretches across the Saturn system in this view from nearly edge-on with the ringplane. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera.
PIA09011:
Crowded Sky
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveals details on the surface of small, irregularly shaped Helene in this close-up view, obtained during the spacecraft's closest encounter with this moon during its four-year primary mission.
PIA09015:
Helene of Troy
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Dione looms large before the rings of Saturn in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA09721:
Inclined Dione
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Bright, wispy markings cover the trailing hemisphere of Rhea. This image was taken in visible green light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on July 22, 2007.
PIA09725:
A Defining Feature
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Saturn's nearly edge-on rings are caught between two moons, Dione and Pandora taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA09727:
Crossing Dione
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Two icy moons meet on the sky in a 'mutual event' recorded by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The great brightness of Enceladus is rather obvious in comparison to Dione behind it.
PIA09729:
Enceladus and Dione
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The two moons pictured here each share their orbits with other bodies; Dione and Epimetheus taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA09731:
Moons that Share
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks toward the bright linea -- geologically fresh-looking, icy canyons -- on Saturn's moon, Dione. This view looks toward the trailing hemisphere of Dione.
PIA09742:
Cracked Marble
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Canyons slink southward on Dione, while bright-walled craters gleam in the sun. This image was taken in polarized green light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Sept. 30, 2007.
PIA09772:
Facing Dione
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Dione floats past, with Saturn's rings beyond. This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks toward the anti-Saturn side of Dione (1,126 kilometers, or 700 miles across).
PIA09783:
Icy Traveler
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft catches a glimpse of the bright fractures that adorn the trailing side of icy Dione, a moon of Saturn.
PIA09801:
Dione's Fractured Face
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft surveys the southern hemisphere on Dione's anti-Saturn side, spying a broad impact basin near bottom. Most of the medium-sized craters visible here have pointed central peaks.
PIA09821:
Rebounded Craters
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks down over high northern latitudes on Saturn's moon, Dione. The view captures terrain stretching on the moon's Saturn-facing side.
PIA09830:
Battered Dione
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Bright, icy canyons stretch across the surface of Dione. This view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks toward the Saturn-facing side of Dione.
PIA09832:
Cracked-up Dione
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks down from high latitude over Dione and the system of wispy fractures that coats the moon's trailing side.
PIA09838:
Dione Below
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Saturn's rings slice across this scene, obscuring the cracked face of Dione. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Jan. 17, 2008.
PIA09842:
Hiding Dione
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On Jan. 17, 2008, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured Saturn's moon, Janus, in the foreground, with Dione in the distance beyond.
PIA09847:
Stepping Stone to Dione
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