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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 2005-12-22 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-02-23 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-06-20 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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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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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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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-09-11 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-06 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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Densely cratered plains cover the ancient surface of Saturn's moon Rhea. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on April 4, 2008.
PIA09895:
Ancient Plains of Rhea
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-16 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Rhea passes in front of Dione, as seen from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. These images are part of a 'mutual event' sequence in which one moon passes close to, or in front of, another.
PIA11646:
Dione Beyond Rhea
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-02-28 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks past the cratered south polar area of Saturn's moon Rhea to spy the moon Dione and the planet's rings in the distance. Dione's 'wispy' terrain can be seen on the trailing hemisphere of that moon.
PIA12755:
Beyond Southern Rhea
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-04-04 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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Rhea and Dione seem like dark and light fraternal twins in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, with each of these two Saturnian moons displaying a large crater oriented similarly in the northern hemisphere.
PIA12760:
Look-alike Moons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-05-23 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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Five moons, dominated by Rhea in the foreground, share NASA's Cassini spacecraft view with Saturn's rings seen nearly edge-on. Also seen here are Dione, Epimetheus, Prometheus, and Tethys.
PIA12767:
Five Orbs
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-01-24 Prometheus Cassini-Huygens
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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 2006-06-28 Polydeuces Cassini-Huygens
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-07-19 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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The smaller moon Mimas upstages the larger moon Dione as the dramatic Herschel Crater is spotlighted on Mimas in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA12679:
Upstart Moon
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Saturn's moon Mimas peeps out from behind the larger moon Dione in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA14619:
Peeping Mimas
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-10-15 Iapetus Cassini-Huygens
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While on final approach for its Sept. 2007 close encounter with Saturn's moon Iapetus, NASA's Cassini spacecraft spun around to take in a sweeping view of the Saturn System.
PIA08387:
The View from Iapetus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-09-15 Helene Cassini-Huygens
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-12-29 Helene Cassini-Huygens
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-08-28 Helene Cassini-Huygens
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-29 Helene Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's small moon Helene, a 'Trojan' moon of Dione (not shown) is captured in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Nov. 24, 2008.
PIA10544:
Helene Attends Dione
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-06-11 Helene Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft snapped this image during the spacecraft's closest flyby of Saturn's moon Helene, on March 3, 2010. Helene is a 'Trojan' moon of Dione, named for the Trojan asteroids that orbit ahead of and behind Jupiter.
PIA12653:
Closest View of Helene
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-03-21 Helene Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft imaged the surface of Saturn's moon Helene as the it flew by the moon on Jan. 31, 2011. Helene is a 'Trojan' moon of Dione, named for the Trojan asteroids that orbit 60 degrees ahead of and behind Jupiter as it circles the Sun.
PIA12758:
Flying by Helene
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-06-22 Epimetheus Cassini-Huygens
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-06-04 Enceladus Voyager
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This color image mosaic from NASA's Voyager 2 shows the water-ice-covered surface of Enceladus, one of Saturn's icy moons. Enceladus' diameter of just 500 km would fit across 

the state of Arizona,
PIA00347:
Voyager 2 Color Image of Enceladus, Almost Full Disk
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-02-18 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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This false-color image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows that some of the linear features on Enceladus have a slightly different color from their surroundings.
PIA06187:
False Color Look at Enceladus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-04-25 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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This view of the faint E ring - a ring feature now known to be created by Enceladus - also shows two of Saturn's small moons that orbit within the ring, among a field of stars in the background. This image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08163:
The Enceladus Ring
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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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Enceladus peeks over the limb of Dione during a partial occultation. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Sept. 13, 2008.
PIA10500:
Occulting Enceladus
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In Saturn's shadow, the southern hemisphere of Enceladus is lit by sunlight reflected first off of the rings and then onto the nightside of the planet. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera.
PIA10551:
Enceladus in Eclipse
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-04-30 Earth Terra
ASTER
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One of the most volcanically active regions of the world is the Kamchatka Peninsula in eastern Siberia, Russia. It is not uncommon for several volcanoes to be erupting at the same time. NASA's Terra satellite acquired this image on April 26, 2007
PIA09334:
Volcanic Eruptions in Kamchatka
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-09-26 Dione Voyager
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Many impact craters -- the record of the collision of cosmic debris -- are shown in this mosaic from NASA's Voyager 1 of Saturn's moon Dione.
PIA00028:
Dione Mosaic
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Many large impact craters are seen in this view of the Saturnian moon Dione taken by NASA's Voyager 1 on Nov. 12, 1980 from a range of about 240,000 kilometers (149,000 miles).
PIA01366:
The Saturnian Moon Dione
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-11-08 Dione Voyager
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This picture of Saturn's satellite Dione was taken by NASA's Voyager 1 on Nov. 9, 1980 from a distance of 2.6 million miles. Light and dark patches are visible on the moon's surface, reminiscent of features seen on Jupiter's satellite Ganymede.
PIA01373:
Saturn's Satellite Dione
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This image of Dione from NASA's Voyager 1, seen here against the disk of Saturn, is a bright, white, icy object like the other inner satellites.
PIA02244:
Dione
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Circular impact craters up to about 100 kilometers in diameter are seen in this view of Saturn's icy moon Dione. The image was taken by NASA's Voyager 1 from a range of 790,000 kilometers.
PIA02265:
Dione - Circular Impact Craters
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-19 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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The icy, cratered surface of Saturn's moon Dione shows more than just its sunlit side in these two processed versions of the same image. The image was taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft narrow angle camera on July 2, 2004.
PIA05418:
Dark Side of Dione
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Saturn's crescent moon Dione hangs before NASA's Cassini spacecraft in this magnified image taken on July 19, 2004.
PIA05436:
Streaking Away from Dione
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows Dione, a moon of Saturn, exhibit some of the interesting bright and dark markings for which it is renowned.
PIA06499:
Streaks on Dione
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Saturn's Dione shows NASA's Cassini spacecraft some of the bright wispy streaks that cover much of the moon's trailing hemisphere in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Sept. 28, 2004.
PIA06513:
Dione's Streaky Side
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A gorgeous Dione poses for NASA's Cassini spacecraft, with shadowed craters and bright wispy streaks first observed by the Voyager spacecraft 24 years ago.
PIA06528:
Crisscrossing Streaks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-13 Dione Cassini-Huygens
Composite Infrared Spectrometer
Imaging Science Subsystem
Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This frame from a computer animation shows the observations to be taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft spanning roughly a nine-hour period surrounding its upcoming flyby of Dione on Dec. 14, 2004.
PIA06149:
Dione Flyby Animation Animation Icon
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This map of Saturn's moon Dione, generated from Cassini images taken during the spacecraft's first two orbits of Saturn, illustrates the imaging coverage planned during NASA's Cassini spacecraft first Dione flyby on Dec. 14, 2004.
PIA06150:
First Flyby of Dione
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured Dione against the globe of Saturn as it approached the icy moon for its close rendezvous on Dec. 14, 2004.
PIA06155:
Dione and Saturn
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This incredible, high resolution view of Saturn's moon Dione was taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft first close approach to the icy moon on Dec. 14, 2004.
PIA06156:
Dione Close-up
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This very detailed image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft closest approach to Saturn's moon Dione on Dec. 14, 2004 is centered on the wispy terrain of the moon.
PIA06163:
Highest Resolution View of Dione
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As it zoomed in on Saturn's moon Dione for a close flyby, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured a set of images of the icy moon which have been combined into a mosaic here to provide a stunningly detailed global view.
PIA06162:
Dione's Surprise
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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows three sizeable impact craters, including one with a marked central peak, lie along the line that divides day and night on the Saturnian moon, Dione.
PIA06542:
Craters 'Twixt Day and Night
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Saturn's cratered moon Dione displays a large impact basin near its south pole in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Nov. 2, 2004.
PIA06545:
Powerful Impact
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft spied Saturn's crater-covered moon Dione in this image from Dec. 8, 2004.
PIA06551:
Pocked Moon
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This image of Saturn's moon Dione from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a nice view of the crater Aeneas on the terminator taken on Dec. 10, 2004.
PIA06561:
Aeneas on the Edge
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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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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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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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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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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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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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This unmagnified view of Saturn's moon Dione captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the moon's bright, wispy terrain, along with several large impact craters.
PIA07511:
Dramatic Moon
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The bright crescent of Saturn's moon Dione skims along just above Saturn's ringplane as storms churn in the planet's atmosphere below. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera on May 5, 2005.
PIA07526:
Soft Storms
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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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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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This map of the surface of Saturn's moon Dione illustrates the regions that was imaged by Cassini during the spacecraft's very close flyby of the moon on Oct. 11, 2005.
PIA07743:
Cassini's Visit to Dione
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Speeding toward pale, icy Dione, Cassini's view is enriched by the tranquil gold and blue hues of Saturn in the distance. The horizontal stripes near the bottom of the image are Saturn's rings.
PIA07744:
Ringside with Dione
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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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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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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 2005-10-17 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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Zooming in closer and closer, this frame from a movie chronicles NASA's Cassini spacecraft targeted flyby of Dione, with Saturn and its lovely rings forming a dramatic backdrop.
PIA07749:
Ice Moon Rendezvous Animation Icon
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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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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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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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NASA's Cassini spacecraft prepared for its rendezvous with Saturn's moon, Dione, on Oct. 11, 2005, capturing the brilliant, cratered iceball in front of its shadow-draped planet.
PIA07637:
On Approach to Dione
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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 2005-12-09 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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Saturn's cratered, icy moons, Rhea and Dione, come alive with vibrant color that reveals new information about their surface properties. Images in the Dione false-color view were acquired on Aug. 1, 2005 by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA07769:
Color Variation Across Rhea and Dione
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This global digital map of Saturn's moon Dione was created using data taken during NASA's Cassini and Voyager spacecraft flybys.
PIA07776:
Map of Dione -- December 2005
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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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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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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-08-31 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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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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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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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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This global digital map of Saturn's moon Dione was created using data taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, with gaps in coverage filled in by NASA's Voyager spacecraft data.
PIA08341:
Map of Dione - December 2006
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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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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 takes in the crater-strewn surface near Saturn's moon Dione's south pole in this natural color view. Long fractures slice across the surface here, as on other parts of the moon.
PIA08938:
Dione's Southern Face
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