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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-02-24 Phoebe Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
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These two montages of images of Saturn's moon Phoebe, taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in June 2004, show the names provisionally assigned to 24 craters on this Saturnian satellite by the International Astronomical Union.
PIA06117:
Phoebian Explorers 1
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-02-24 Phoebe Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
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These two montages of images of Saturn's moon Phoebe, taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in June 2004, show the names provisionally assigned to 24 craters on this Saturnian satellite by the International Astronomical Union.
PIA06118:
Phoebian Explorers 2
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-02-24 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
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Images taken of Saturn's rings by NASA's Cassini spacecraft immediately after it entered orbit around Saturn have turned up circumstantial evidence that an unseen moon may be orbiting dead center in the narrow Keeler gap in Saturn's outer A ring.
PIA06194:
Fingerprints of an Unseen Moon?
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-02-24 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
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A collection of new ring phenomena, first observed in the sequence of images taken of the dark side of Saturn's rings immediately after NASA's Cassini spacecraft entered orbit, may be evidence of the clumping and aggregation of ring particles.
PIA06195:
New Ring Phenomena
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-02-24 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
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Images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have revealed the presence of previously unseen faint rings in some of the gaps in Saturn's rings--possible indicators of small yet-unseen moons.
PIA06196:
Rings and More Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-01 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows three of Saturn's ring moons in a single view.
PIA06595:
Flock of Moons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-03 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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In this unusual view, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured two icy moons of Saturn, Tethys and Enceladus, in a single narrow-angle frame.
PIA06597:
Ice Orbs
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-03 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
THEMIS
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This image, part of THEMIS art month, taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey features a portion of Mars' landscape looking like a flock of birds, or murmuration.
PIA07419:
THEMIS Images as Art #49
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-03 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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Mimas, a little moon of Saturn with a big crater, is the star of this image, a frame from a movie consisting of 37 individual frames taken over 20 minutes, while NASA's Cassini spacecraft remained sharply pointed at the icy worldlet.
PIA06198:
Mimas On the Move Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-03 Dione Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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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 2005-03-07 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
THEMIS
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a crater on Mars is located in Lunae Planum and contains a remnant central peak, typical of craters this size.
PIA07437:
Central Peak Crater in Lunae Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-07 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows two large craters lie along the boundary between day and night on Saturn's moon Rhea.
PIA06599:
Rhea's Crescent
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-08 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows intriguing features resembling drapes and kinks, which are visible in this view of Saturn's thin F ring.
PIA06600:
In the Moon's Wake
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-08 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
Voyager
Imaging Science Subsystem
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This map of the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus illustrates the regions that will be imaged by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's second very close flyby on March 9, 2005.
PIA06205:
Cassini's Closest Enceladus Flyby
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-08 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
THEMIS
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a crater on Mars located in Elysium Planitia containing a well-preserved central peak, in contrast with the slumped crater walls.
PIA07442:
Central Peak in Elysium Planitia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-09 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
THEMIS
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a substantial central peak on the floor of a larger crater in Isidis Planitia on Mars.
PIA07451:
Isidis Planitia Central Peak
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-09 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
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These images of Titan's south polar region were acquired during NASA's Cassini spacecraft first distant encounter with the smog-enshrouded moon on July 2, 2004.
PIA06202:
Tracing Surface Features on Titan--Close-Ups
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-09 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
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This mosaic of Titan's south polar region was acquired during NASA's Cassini spacecraft first and distant encounter with the smog-enshrouded moon on July 2, 2004.
PIA06203:
Tracing Surface Features on Titan--Mosaic
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-10 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
THEMIS
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Deuteronlius Mensae on Mars which contains a central peak in the middle of an older, flat-floored crater, infilled by sediment.
PIA07452:
Deuteronlius Mensae Central Peak
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-11 Janus Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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The irregularly-shaped moon Janus and the small ring moon Atlas had just emerged from the darkness of Saturn's shadow when NASA's Cassini spacecraft caught this view of the two moons.
PIA06603:
Little Moons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-11 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
THEMIS
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Kasei Vallis which contains a feature type on Mars called a Mensa, from the Latin word for 'table.' A Mensa is a flat-topped prominence with cliff-like edges.
PIA07455:
Mensa in Kasei Vallis
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-14 Titan Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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Saturn's biggest and brightest moons are visible in this portrait captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06604:
Fantastic Planet
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-14 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
THEMIS
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Eos Chasma which contains a feature type on Mars called a Mensa, from the Latin word for 'table.' A Mensa is a flat-topped prominence with cliff-like edges.
PIA07484:
Eos Chasma Mensa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-15 Epimetheus Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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One of Saturn's strange co-orbital moons, Epimetheus, was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in this view.
PIA06605:
Epimetheus Alone
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-15 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
THEMIS
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Olympus Mons which contains a a feature type on Mars called a Mensa, from the Latin word for 'table.' A Mensa is a flat-topped prominence with cliff-like edges.
PIA07485:
Olympus Mons Mensa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-16 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows Dione and Enceladus orbit the mighty ringed planet Saturn, while two bright storms swirl in the atmosphere below.
PIA06606:
Serenity of Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-16 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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The complex history of Enceladus' surface is revealed in great detail in this mosaic of images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft during its closest encounter with this intriguing icy moon.
PIA06206:
Moon with a Past
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-16 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a false-color mosaic of Saturn's moon Enceladus.
PIA06207:
Old and New Again
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-16 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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During its very close flyby on March 9, 2005, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this false-color view of Saturn's moon Enceladus, which shows the wide variety of this icy moon's geology.
PIA06208:
Blue Clues
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-16 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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This false-color image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a close-up look at Saturn's moon Enceladus.
PIA06209:
Deep Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-16 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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During its closest flyby of Saturn's wrinkled, icy moon Enceladus, NASA's Cassini spacecraft obtained multi-spectral images of its cratered terrain that have been put together to create this false-color view.
PIA06210:
Painting on the Walls
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-16 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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The finest details on the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus are revealed in this 30-meter per-pixel, enhanced-color image taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft closest-ever encounter with Enceladus on March 9, 2005.
PIA06211:
Cracked Face of Enceladus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-16 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
THEMIS
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey shows chaos on Shabatana Vallis which contains a feature type on Mars called Chaos, typically interpreted to be a collapse terrain; it is the blocky landscape after the transport and removal of subsurface support.
PIA07486:
Shabatana Vallis Chaos
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-16 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
Magnetometer
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This artist concept shows the detection of an atmosphere on Saturn's icy moon Enceladus.
PIA07370:
Atmosphere on Enceladus (Artist Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-17 Dione Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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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 2005-03-17 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
THEMIS
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Hydraotes Chaos, the large chaos terrain just east of Valles Marineris on Mars. Chaos is the blocky landscape after the transport and removal of subsurface support.
PIA07487:
Hydraotes Chaos
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-18 Hyperion Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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As it loops around Saturn, NASA's Cassini spacecraft periodically gets a good view of Saturn's moon Hyperion.
PIA06608:
Hyperion Hoopla
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-18 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
THEMIS
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey shows chaos on Candor Chasma on Mars. Chaos is typically interpreted to be a collapse terrain; it is the blocky landscape after the transport and removal of subsurface support.
PIA07488:
Candor Chasma Chaos
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-21 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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This false-color picture of Saturn's moon Rhea from NASA's Cassini spacecraft enhances slight differences in natural color across the moon's face.
PIA06609:
Color on Rhea?
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-21 Janus Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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Saturn's icy, impact-riddled moon Mimas slips briefly in front of Saturn's moon Janus in this frame from a movie from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06221:
Mimas Occults Janus Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-23 Dione Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-24 Janus Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft was nearly in the plane of Saturn's rings when it took this image of Janus.
PIA06612:
Janus Rides the Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-24 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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This high-resolution stereo anaglyph captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft of Saturn's moon Enceladus shows a region of craters softened by time and torn apart by tectonic stresses. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA06212:
Stressed-out Enceladus (3-D)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-24 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft of Saturn's moon Enceladus, shows a region of craters softened by time and torn apart by tectonic stresses.
PIA06213:
Stressed-out Enceladus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-24 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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This stereo anaglyph from NASA's Cassini spacecraft is of Saturn's moon Enceladus. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA06214:
Transition on Enceladus (3-D)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-24 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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This view of Saturn's moon Enceladus captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows an area that has undergone a very intriguing and in places puzzling sequence of events.
PIA06215:
Transition on Enceladus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-24 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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During its very close flyby of Enceladus on March 9, 2005, NASA's Cassini spacecraft took images of parts of the icy moon. This scene is an icy landscape that has been scored by tectonic forces. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA06216:
Sliced-up Craters (3-D)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-24 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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During its very close flyby of Enceladus on March 9, 2005, NASA's Cassini spacecraft took high resolution images of the icy moon that are helping scientists interpret the complex topography of this intriguing little world.
PIA06217:
Sliced-up Craters
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-25 Janus Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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This close-up view of Saturn's moon Janus from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows what appear to be two large craters near the boundary between day and night.
PIA06613:
Janus: God of Beginnings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-28 Epimetheus Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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Epimetheus is one of Saturn's 'co-orbital moons' because it shares nearly the same orbit as Janus at a distance of approximately 151,000 kilometers from Saturn. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera.
PIA06614:
Epimethean Profile
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ISS - Narrow Angle
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Saturn's small, irregularly-shaped moon Epimetheus orbits against the backdrop of the planet's rings, which are nearly edge-on in this view. The image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Feb. 18, 2005.
PIA06615:
Big Boulder
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ISS - Narrow Angle
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This sweeping view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft gives a sense of the awesome scale of the planet's disk-like ring system, which stretches far into the distance. The shepherd moon Prometheus maintains a lonely sojourn with the thin, outer F ring.
PIA06616:
I Can See for Miles and Miles
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-30 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
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This map of Titan's surface illustrates the regions that will be imaged by NASA's Cassini during the spacecraft's close flyby of the haze-covered moon on March 31, 2005.
PIA06219:
Cassini's T4 Flyby
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ISS - Narrow Angle
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Saturn's moon Mimas shines in reflected ultraviolet light from the Sun in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06617:
Moon Wears a Scar
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ISS - Narrow Angle
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Though farther away from Cassini when the spacecraft acquired this image, Saturn's second-largest moon Rhea still dwarfs the brightest icy moon Enceladus in this scene. Image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera.
PIA06620:
Rhea and Enceladus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-04-05 Titan Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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Although the Huygens probe has now pierced the murky skies of Titan and landed on its surface, much of the moon remains for NASA's Cassini spacecraft to explore.
PIA06220:
New Titan Territory
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ISS - Narrow Angle
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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows Saturn's crater-covered moon Tethys as it slid silently along in its orbit while Saturn's delicate rings sliced the view in two.
PIA06622:
Hanging Half-Moon
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ISS - Narrow Angle
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The rugged surface of Saturn's irregular tumbling moon Hyperion is revealed in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06623:
Hyperion's Face
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ISS - Narrow Angle
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Saturn's moon Tethys turns like a great eye as the enormous crater Odysseus (450 kilometers or 280 miles across) rotates into NASA's Cassini spacecraft's view.
PIA06625:
Eye of Tethys
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ISS - Narrow Angle
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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 2005-04-13 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This map of Titan's surface illustrates the regions that will be imaged by NASA's Cassini during the spacecraft's close flyby of the smog-enshrouded moon on April 16, 2005.
PIA06218:
Cassini's April 16 Flyby of Titan
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ISS - Narrow Angle
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Saturn's bright moon Enceladus hovers here in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, in front of a rings darkened by Saturn's shadow.
PIA06628:
Sideways Shadow
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ISS - Narrow Angle
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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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ISS - Narrow Angle
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The ancient and battered surface of Saturn's moon Rhea shows a notable dark swath of territory near the eastern limb in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06630:
Dark Patch
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-04-20 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows three of Saturn's moons crowd together off the left edge of Saturn's rings.
PIA06631:
Moons off the Port Bow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-04-20 HD 69830 Spitzer Space Telescope
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This artist's concept shows what the night sky might look like from a hypothetical alien planet in a star system with an asteroid belt 25 times as massive as the one in our own solar system.
PIA07853:
Alien Asteroid Belt Compared to our Own (Artist Concept) Animation Icon
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ISS - Narrow Angle
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In this infrared view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, Saturn's cratered moon Tethys shows a faint, dark band across its equatorial region.
PIA06632:
Banded Moon
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ISS - Narrow Angle
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This view of Saturn's moon Tethys from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the contrast between the more heavily cratered region near the top and the more lightly cratered plains toward the bottom part of the image and near the limb.
PIA06633:
North and South on Tethys
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-04-22 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer
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During its closest flyby of Saturn's moon Titan on April 16, NASA's Cassini spacecraft came within 1,025 kilometers (637 miles) of the moon's surface and found that the outer layer of the thick, hazy atmosphere is brimming with complex hydrocarbons.
PIA07865:
Titan's Upper Atmosphere: A "Factory" of Hydrocarbons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-04-22 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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These three views of Titan from NASA's Cassini spacecraft illustrate how different the same place can look in different wavelengths of light.
PIA06227:
Cassini's Three Views of Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-04-22 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This false-color composite was created with images taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft's closest flyby of Titan on April 16, 2005.
PIA06229:
Cassini's Views of Titan: False Color Composite
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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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The small ring moon Atlas is seen here, on the far side of Saturn's immense ring system. NASA's Cassini spacecraft was only 0.6 degrees above the ring plane when this image was taken.
PIA06635:
Straight Across the Rings
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With this false-color view, NASA's Cassini spacecraft presents the closest look yet at Saturn's small moon Epimetheus (epp-ee-MEE-thee-uss).
PIA06226:
Epimetheus: Up-Close and Colorful
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-04-27 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
Magnetometer
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NASA's Cassini magnetometer instrument detected an atmosphere around Enceladus during the Feb. 17, 2005, flyby and again during a March 9, 2005, flyby. This audio file is based on the data collected from that instrument.
PIA07869:
Sounds of Enceladus Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-04-28 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the cratered surface of Saturn's moon Rhea, with impact craters near the terminator thrown into sharp relief.
PIA06637:
Rhea's Relief
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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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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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Small and asteroid-like in appearance, Epimetheus is seen here with Saturn's nearly edge-on rings in the distance. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on March 12, 2005.
PIA06640:
Rubble Moon?
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The large Tirawa impact basin on Saturn's moon Rhea is visible at the two o'clock position in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06641:
Big Basin
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-05-04 Messier 104 Hubble Space Telescope
Spitzer Space Telescope
IRAC
Visible Light
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NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope set its infrared eyes on one of the most famous objects in the sky, Messier 104, also called the Sombrero galaxy.
PIA07899:
Spitzer Spies Spectacular Sombrero Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-05-05 Hubble Space Telescope
Visible Light
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Lying at the southern edge of the rich Virgo cluster of galaxies, Messier 104, also called the Sombrero galaxy, is one of the most famous objects in the sky in this image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
PIA15226:
Hubble Spies Spectacular Sombrero
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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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Several distinct craters on Saturn's moon Hyperion can be seen here in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, as well as a protruding feature, perhaps a mountain, near the center.
PIA06643:
Hyperion's Nose
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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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Saturn's chaotically tumbling moon Hyperion is captured in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06645:
What's the Spin?
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-05-10 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Confirmation that a small moon orbits within the Keeler gap in Saturn's rings is made all the more exciting by this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, in which the disk of the 7 kilometer-wide body is resolved for the first time.
PIA06237:
Wavemaker Moon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-05-10 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft's celestial sleuthing has paid off with this time-lapse series of images which confirmed earlier suspicions that a small moon was orbiting within the narrow Keeler gap of Saturn's rings.
PIA06238:
Discovery of the Wavemaker (animation) Animation Icon
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ISS - Narrow Angle
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft's celestial sleuthing has paid off with a series of images which confirmed earlier suspicions that a small moon was orbiting within the narrow Keeler gap within Saturn's rings.
PIA06239:
Discovery of the Wavemaker
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows one of the huge impact basins on the terminator of Saturn's moon Iapetus and a smaller, but still fairly large, crater near the southern bright-dark boundary.
PIA06646:
Details in the Dark
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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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ISS - Narrow Angle
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Looking closely at Saturn's moon Rhea during a somewhat distant flyby, NASA's Cassini spacecraft provides this view of what appears to be a bright, rayed and therefore relatively young crater.
PIA06648:
Great White Splat
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Two large impact basins, including the 450-kilometer-wide Odysseus basin, mark the face of Saturn's moon Tethys, as shown in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06649:
Tethys and Rings
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ISS - Narrow Angle
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From just beneath the ringplane, Saturn's rings take on a strange and unfamiliar appearance, as Saturn's battered moon Mimas looks on. This image was taken in polarized green light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera.
PIA06650:
Near the Ringplane
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Enceladus is seen here against the darkness of the planet's night side. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera on March 11, 2005.
PIA06651:
Pencil-thin Rings
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ISS - Narrow Angle
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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 2005-05-20 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's icy moon Enceladus hovers above Saturn's exquisite rings in this color view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06653:
Bright Ice, Dirty Ice
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The great eye of Saturn's moon Mimas, a 130-kilometer-wide impact crater called Herschel, stares out from the battered moon, as shown in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06654:
Mimas Stares Back
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-05-23 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
Radio Science Subsystem
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Specially designed Cassini orbits place Earth and Cassini on opposite sides of Saturn's rings, a geometry known as occultation. NASA's Cassini spacecraft conducted the first radio occultation observation of Saturn's rings on May 3, 2005.
PIA07875:
Small Particles in Ring A
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-05-30 Atlas Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's little moon Atlas orbits Saturn between the outer edge of the A ring and the fascinating, twisted F ring. This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft just barely resolves the disk of Atlas.
PIA06659:
A Glimpse of Atlas
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