Your search criteria found 3345 images
Mission
Go to PIAxxxxx:
Refine this list of images by:
Target:
Spacecraft:
Instrument:
Click on an image for detailed information
Click on a column heading to sort in ascending or descending order
My
List
Addition DateSort Ascending Target Mission Instrument Size
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-10 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
992x908x1
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
Full Resolution:     TIFF (901.9 kB)     JPEG (34.78 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-11 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
1020x1020x1
From Saturn orbit, NASA's Cassini spacecraft provides a perspective on the ringed planet that is never seen from Earth. In our skies, Saturn's disk is always nearly fully illuminated by the sun. From this vantage point Cassini can see both hemispheres.
PIA07629:
A Privileged View
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.042 MB)     JPEG (33.16 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-14 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
1008x1008x1
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
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.017 MB)     JPEG (33.06 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-15 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
1018x1016x3
The dark Cassini Division, within Saturn's rings, contains a great deal of structure, as seen in this color image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, taken on May 18, 2005.
PIA07631:
Graceful Lanes of Ice
Full Resolution:     TIFF (3.107 MB)     JPEG (75.78 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-16 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Radar Mapper
1051x972x3
This map of Saturn's moon Titan shows the location mapped with NASA's Cassini radar mapper using its synthetic aperture radar imaging mode during the Oct. 28, 2005, flyby.
PIA03570:
Radar Swath of Oct. 28, 2005, Titan Flyby
Full Resolution:     TIFF (3.069 MB)     JPEG (65.05 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-16 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Radar Mapper
2538x1900x3
This set of images shows the areas mapped so far on Saturn's moon Titan by NASA's Cassini radar mapper using its synthetic aperture radar imaging mode.
PIA03571:
Titan Viewed by Cassini's Radar
Full Resolution:     TIFF (14.48 MB)     JPEG (225.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-16 Pandora Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
768x516x3
NASA's Cassini's best close-up view of Saturn's F ring shepherd moon, Pandora, shows that this small ring-moon is coated in fine dust-sized icy material in this image taken on Sept. 5, 2005.
PIA07632:
Pandora's Color Close-up
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.19 MB)     JPEG (19.77 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-17 Calypso Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
396x360x3
This color image taken on Sept. 23, 2005 by NASA's Cassini spacecraft provides the best look yet at Saturn's moon Calypso, a Trojan (trailing moon) of the larger moon Tethys.
PIA07633:
Colorful Cratered Calypso
Full Resolution:     TIFF (428.4 kB)     JPEG (4.004 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-17 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
1239x868x3
This map of the surface of Saturn's moon, Rhea, illustrates the regions that were imaged by NASA's Cassini during the spacecraft's close flyby of the moon on Nov. 26, 2005.
PIA07756:
Prime Time for Rhea
Full Resolution:     TIFF (3.23 MB)     JPEG (122.4 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-18 Titan Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
571x570x1
The 'H'-shaped region Fensal-Aztlan is faintly visible on Saturn's murky moon Titan in this enhanced clear-filter view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA07634:
The Land Beneath the Murk
Full Resolution:     TIFF (326 kB)     JPEG (12.36 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-21 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
1006x563x1
Rhea floats below the innermost regions of Saturn's amazing rings in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. This view of the Saturn-facing hemisphere of Rhea allows a glimpse of the wispy terrain that covers the trailing hemisphere of Rhea.
PIA07635:
Sleek Rings, Rugged Moon
Full Resolution:     TIFF (567.2 kB)     JPEG (23.61 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-22 Dione Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
1016x539x1
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
Full Resolution:     TIFF (548.4 kB)     JPEG (23.22 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-23 Dione Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
1020x1020x1
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
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.042 MB)     JPEG (89.23 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-24 Dione Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
508x508x1
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
Full Resolution:     TIFF (258.6 kB)     JPEG (45.98 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-25 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
934x558x1
Impact-battered Mimas steps in front of Saturn's rings, showing off its giant 130-kilometer (80-mile) wide crater Herschel. This image was taken in visible green light with NASA's Cassini narrow-angle camera on Oct. 13, 2005.
PIA07639:
Herschel Sees the Sun
Full Resolution:     TIFF (522 kB)     JPEG (17.16 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-28 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
804x769x1
The Sun's rays strike the terrains near the terminator on Tethys at low angles, throwing features there into sharp relief. This image was taken in visible green light with NASA's Cassini narrow-angle camera on Oct. 13, 2005.
PIA07640:
Rough Sphere of Tethys
Full Resolution:     TIFF (619.1 kB)     JPEG (20.35 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-28 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
1056x505x3
A fine spray of small, icy particles emanating from the warm, geologically unique province surrounding the south pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus was observed in NASA's Cassini narrow-angle camera image of the crescent moon taken on Jan. 16, 2005.
PIA07760:
Spray Above Enceladus
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.602 MB)     JPEG (138.7 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-28 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
1019x863x3
This NASA Cassini image of Saturn's moon Enceladus backlit by the sun shows the fountain-like sources of the fine spray of material that towers over the south polar region.
PIA07759:
Fountains of Enceladus - Image #2
Full Resolution:     TIFF (882 kB)     JPEG (81.17 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-28 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
1019x863x1
Recent Cassini images of Saturn's moon Enceladus backlit by the sun show the fountain-like sources of the fine spray of material that towers over the south polar region. This image was acquired by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Nov. 27, 2005.
PIA07758:
Fountains of Enceladus
Full Resolution:     TIFF (880.5 kB)     JPEG (101.6 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-29 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
966x644x1
A target of intense interest to Cassini mission scientists is Enceladus, whose wrinkled and frozen crescent is seen here with Saturn's rings. This image was taken in visible green light with NASA's Cassini narrow-angle camera on Oct. 13, 2005.
PIA07641:
Wrinkled Crescent
Full Resolution:     TIFF (623 kB)     JPEG (25.05 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-30 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
851x695x3
Gray and barren Rhea drifts beneath Saturn's more colorful rings. Bright wispy markings on the trailing hemisphere of Rhea are just visible curling along the western limb in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA07642:
Rhea in Profile
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.776 MB)     JPEG (21.01 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-30 Titan Cassini-Huygens
1024x683x3
The artist's concept shows the European Space Agency's Huygens probe descent sequence. The probe was delivered to Saturn's moon Titan by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, which is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
PIA06434:
Huygens Descent Sequence (Artist's Concept) Animation Icon
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.101 MB)     JPEG (104.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-30 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
Radar Mapper
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
668x415x3
This frame from a movie shows a quick succession of multiple products of Titan's surface from NASA's Cassini orbiter and the European Space Agency's Huygens probe.
PIA06435:
Huygens Landing Site (Animation) Animation Icon
Full Resolution:     TIFF (832.7 kB)     JPEG (26.32 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-30 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer
Radar Mapper
488x732x3
This composite image shows a mosaic of the European Space Agency's Huygens probe landing site, as seen by the descent imager/spectral radiometer on the Huygens probe. The mosaic is overlaid on a NASA Cassini orbiter radar image.
PIA06437:
Huygens Landing Site
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.073 MB)     JPEG (49.99 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-30 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer
1541x1571x1
Images recorded by the European Space Agency's Huygens probe descent imager/spectral radiometer between 11 and 5 miles were assembled to produce this panoramic mosaic. The Huygens probe was delivered to Saturn's moon Titan by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06438:
Titan's Surface
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.424 MB)     JPEG (181.2 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-30 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer
990x989x1
Images recorded by the European Space Agency's Huygens probe descent imager/spectral radiometer between 4 and 0.3 miles (7 and 0.5 kilometers) were assembled to produce this panoramic mosaic of Titan.
PIA06439:
Titan's Surface #2
Full Resolution:     TIFF (980.3 kB)     JPEG (93.02 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-30 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer
504x718x1
Images from the European Space Agency's Huygens probe descent imager/spectral radiometer side-looking imager and from the medium resolution imager, acquired after landing, were merged to produce this image.
PIA06440:
View from Titan's Surface
Full Resolution:     TIFF (362.5 kB)     JPEG (21 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-01 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
1020x424x1
Saturn's G ring glows like a neon garland in this lovely narrow angle camera image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA07643:
G Ring Aglow
Full Resolution:     TIFF (433.1 kB)     JPEG (43.09 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-02 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
962x877x1
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
Full Resolution:     TIFF (844.8 kB)     JPEG (30.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-02 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer
1310x778x3
This is a perspective view of the surface of Saturn's moon Titan near the Huygens probe landing site that includes the bright-dark boundary between the bright highlands and lower dark plains.
PIA06441:
Bright Highlands and Dark Plains
Full Resolution:     TIFF (3.061 MB)     JPEG (101.9 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-02 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer
1329x692x3
This perspective view shows dark plains on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan about 3 miles from the Huygens probe landing site. The Huygens probe was delivered to Saturn's moon Titan by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06442:
Dark Plains on Titan
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.762 MB)     JPEG (67.24 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-05 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
1006x643x1
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
Full Resolution:     TIFF (647.7 kB)     JPEG (14.33 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-06 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
751x790x1
This brooding portrait from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the southwest limb (edge) of the cold gas giant and the thread-like cloud features lurking there.
PIA07646:
Pensive Saturn
Full Resolution:     TIFF (594.2 kB)     JPEG (18.93 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-06 Hyperion Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
647x648x1
This frame from a movie sequence shows highlights of NASA's Cassini spacecraft's Sept. 26, 2005, flyby of the odd, icy moon Hyperion.
PIA07742:
Flight to Hyperion
Full Resolution:     TIFF (419.9 kB)     JPEG (22.25 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-06 Hyperion Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
1800x2115x1
Saturn's impact-pummeled moon Hyperion stares back at NASA's Cassini spacecraft in this six-image mosaic, taken during the spacecraft's close approach on Sept. 26, 2005.
PIA07761:
Cosmic Blasting Zone
Full Resolution:     TIFF (3.811 MB)     JPEG (265.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-06 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
501x303x1
Jets of icy particles burst from Saturn's moon Enceladus in this brief movie sequence of four images taken on Nov. 27, 2005. The discovery of active eruptions on a third outer solar system body is one of the great highlights of NASA's Cassini mission.
PIA07762:
Enceladus Plume Movie Animation Icon
Full Resolution:     TIFF (152.2 kB)     JPEG (8.438 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-06 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
4500x4500x1
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
Full Resolution:     TIFF (20.29 MB)     JPEG (2.354 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-06 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
1020x1020x1
In the nick of time, NASA's Cassini spacecraft snapped this image of the eastern rim of Saturn's moon Rhea's bright, ray crater. The impact event appears to have made a prominent bright splotch on the leading hemisphere of Rhea.
PIA07764:
Catch that Crater
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.042 MB)     JPEG (196.2 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-06 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
580x1020x1
This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows craters within craters cover the scarred face of Saturn's moon Rhea in this oblique, high-resolution view of terrain on the moon's western hemisphere.
PIA07765:
Craters, Craters Everywhere
Full Resolution:     TIFF (592.4 kB)     JPEG (200.3 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-06 Iapetus Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
618x605x3
Saturn's two-faced moon tilts and rotates for NASA's Cassini spacecraft in this mesmerizing image acquired during the spacecraft's close encounter with Iapetus on Nov. 12, 2005.
PIA07766:
Iapetus Spins and Tilts Animation Icon
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.123 MB)     JPEG (18.87 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-06 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
1899x1740x3
This montage shows four major icy moons of Saturn that NASA's Cassini spacecraft visited while surveying the Saturnian system during 2005. Largely of ice, they exhibit remarkably different geological histories and varied surface features.
PIA07767:
Season of Moons
Full Resolution:     TIFF (9.927 MB)     JPEG (405.2 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-06 Hyperion Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
1016x1010x3
This false-color view, acquired by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Sept. 26, 2005, shows Saturn's moon Hyperion's crater, Meri. Meri is overprinted by a couple of smaller craters.
PIA07768:
Color Variation on Hyperion
Full Resolution:     TIFF (3.083 MB)     JPEG (99.29 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-06 Dione Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
1686x1578x3
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
Full Resolution:     TIFF (7.994 MB)     JPEG (172 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-07 Pandora Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
1020x1020x1
This dramatic image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows Saturn's craggy moon Pandora skimming along the F ring's outer edge. Pandora orbits about 1,000 kilometers exterior to the ring, but in this view is projected onto the ring.
PIA07647:
Pandora on a String
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.042 MB)     JPEG (26.94 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-08 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
1006x961x1
Feathery cloud bands fill Saturn's crescent in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Features in the atmosphere are visible all the way to the terminator, the boundary between night and day, where the Sun's rays are coming in almost horizontally.
PIA07648:
Clear Sky on High
Full Resolution:     TIFF (968 kB)     JPEG (30.63 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-09 Dione Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
498x552x1
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
Full Resolution:     TIFF (275.4 kB)     JPEG (6.443 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-12 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
1020x1020x1
A gorgeous close-up from NASA's Cassini spacecraft at the Saturnian atmosphere reveals small, bright and puffy clouds with long filamentary streamers that are reminiscent of the anvil-shaped Earthly cirrus clouds that extend downwind of thunderstorms.
PIA07650:
Movement in the Shadows
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.042 MB)     JPEG (68.78 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-13 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
668x726x1
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
Full Resolution:     TIFF (485.7 kB)     JPEG (14.52 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-14 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
1020x1020x1
Saturn's rings throw imposing shadows and relegate parts of the planet's northern regions to darkness. Three thin and bright arcs in this scene captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft represent three well-known gaps in the immense ring system.
PIA07652:
Gaps in the Darkness
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.042 MB)     JPEG (37.73 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-15 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
1022x932x1
This spectacular image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows Prometheus (at right) and Pandora (at left), with their flock of icy ring particles (the F ring) between them.
PIA07653:
Close to the Shepherd Moons
Full Resolution:     TIFF (953.7 kB)     JPEG (28.18 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-16 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
615x578x1
Sunlight reflects off the bright, frozen surfaces of the billions and billions of particles comprising Saturn's rings to brighten the planet's southern skies. Particles in Saturn's rings are too small to be seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in this image.
PIA07654:
One Moon Among Billions
Full Resolution:     TIFF (356.1 kB)     JPEG (22.09 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-16 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
990x988x3
During a non-targeted flyby by NASA's Cassini spacecraft of Saturn's moon Enceladus on Nov. 26, 2005, Cassini's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer measured the spectrum of the plumes originating from the south pole of the icy moon.
PIA06443:
Enceladus Plume
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.939 MB)     JPEG (77.74 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-19 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
852x516x1
The searing arc of light seen here is Saturn's icy F ring, seen nearly edge-on. In the background, NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows Rhea is lit by reflected light from Saturn and the rings, with only the slightest sliver of light at its bottom.
PIA07655:
Bright Arc of Ice
Full Resolution:     TIFF (440.3 kB)     JPEG (48.45 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-20 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
508x508x1
An oval-shaped feature, wider than Earth and with streamers extending out to the east and west, swirls in Saturn's southern hemisphere. This image was taken in wavelengths of polarized infrared light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera.
PIA07656:
Storm Down Under
Full Resolution:     TIFF (258.6 kB)     JPEG (12.66 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-21 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
611x411x1
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
Full Resolution:     TIFF (251.6 kB)     JPEG (7.648 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-22 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
683x280x1
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
Full Resolution:     TIFF (191.7 kB)     JPEG (4.286 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-22 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
697x381x1
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
Full Resolution:     TIFF (266.1 kB)     JPEG (4.54 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-22 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
1011x1011x3
Cool and icy Dione floats in front of giant Saturn bedecked in a dazzling array of colors in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA07771:
Dazzling Color
Full Resolution:     TIFF (3.071 MB)     JPEG (51.83 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-22 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
1012x1016x3
Few sights in the solar system are more strikingly beautiful than softly hued Saturn embraced by the shadows of its stately rings.
PIA07772:
The Face of Beauty
Full Resolution:     TIFF (3.089 MB)     JPEG (48.74 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-22 Carina Nebula Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
1020x1020x1
NASA's Cassini spacecraft briefly turned its gaze from Saturn and its rings and moons to marvel at the Carina Nebula, a brilliant region 8,000 light years from our solar system and more than 200 light years across.
PIA07773:
Cassini's Galactic Aspirations
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.042 MB)     JPEG (309.2 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-22 Titan Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
760x869x3
With its thick, distended atmosphere, Titan's orange globe shines softly, encircled by a thin halo of purple light-scattering haze as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA07774:
Titan's Halo
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.984 MB)     JPEG (21.01 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-22 Phoebe Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
3228x1900x3
This global digital map of Saturn's moon Phoebe was created using data taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft's close flyby of the small moon in June 2004. The map is an equidistant projection and has a scale of 233 meters (764 feet) per pixel.
PIA07775:
Map of Phoebe -- December 2005
Full Resolution:     TIFF (18.4 MB)     JPEG (368.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-22 Dione Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
5750x3244x3
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
Full Resolution:     TIFF (55.96 MB)     JPEG (1.437 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-22 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
14960x7860x3
This global digital map of Saturn's moon Enceladus was created using data taken during NASA's Cassini and Voyager spacecraft flybys. The map is an equidistant projection and has a scale of 110 meters (361 feet) per pixel.
PIA07777:
Map of Enceladus -- December 2005
Full Resolution:     TIFF (352.8 MB)     JPEG (7.068 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-22 Iapetus Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
7748x4250x3
This global digital map of Saturn's moon Iapetus was created using data taken during NASA's Cassini and Voyager spacecraft flybys. The map is an equidistant projection and has a scale of 641 meters (2,103 feet) per pixel.
PIA07778:
Map of Iapetus -- December 2005
Full Resolution:     TIFF (98.79 MB)     JPEG (1.553 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-22 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
3165x1878x3
This global digital map of Saturn's moon Mimas was created using data taken during NASA's Cassini and Voyager spacecraft flybys. The map is an equidistant projection and has a scale of 434 meters (1,424 feet) per
pixel.
PIA07779:
Map of Mimas -- December 2005
Full Resolution:     TIFF (17.83 MB)     JPEG (421 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-22 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
7700x4200x3
This global digital map of Saturn's moon Rhea was created using data taken during NASA's Cassini and Voyager spacecraft flybys. The map is an equidistant projection and has a scale of 667 meters (2,188 feet) per pixel.
PIA07780:
Map of Rhea -- December 2005
Full Resolution:     TIFF (97.02 MB)     JPEG (2.005 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-22 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
12068x6408x3
This global digital map of Saturn's moon Tethys was created using data taken during NASA's Cassini and Voyager spacecraft flybys. The map is an equidistant projection and has a scale of 293 meters (961 feet) per pixel
PIA07781:
Map of Tethys -- December 2005
Full Resolution:     TIFF (232 MB)     JPEG (3.967 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-23 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
516x704x1
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
Full Resolution:     TIFF (363.9 kB)     JPEG (7.217 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-26 Iapetus Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
743x748x1
Although it is no longer uncharted land, the origin of the dark territory of Cassini Regio on Iapetus remains a mystery. The view from NASA's Cassini looks down onto the northern hemisphere of Iapetus and shows terrain on the moon's leading hemisphere.
PIA07660:
A Moon with Two Dark Sides
Full Resolution:     TIFF (556.5 kB)     JPEG (31.81 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-27 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
1024x730x1
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has Mimas and Pandora on its side as it gazes across the ringplane at distant Tethys. The two smaller moons were on the side of the rings closer to Cassini when this image was taken.
PIA07661:
Choosing Sides
Full Resolution:     TIFF (748.5 kB)     JPEG (12.68 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-28 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
441x450x1
A crescent Tethys shows off its great scar, Ithaca Chasma, for which the moon is renowned. The lit surface visible here is on the moon's Saturn-facing hemisphere. This image is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA07662:
A Truly Grand Canyon
Full Resolution:     TIFF (198.9 kB)     JPEG (6.112 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-29 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
552x406x1
Epimetheus and Janus are lit here by reflected 'greylight' from Saturn. The Sun brightens only thin slivers of the moons'
surfaces as seen in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA07663:
A Dark Duo
Full Resolution:     TIFF (224.6 kB)     JPEG (3.55 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-30 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
481x469x1
NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures this dual portrait of an apparently dead moon and one that is very much alive. Tethys, shows no signs of recent geologic activity. Enceladus is covered in fractures and faults and spews icy particles into space.
PIA07664:
Envious Tethys
Full Resolution:     TIFF (226 kB)     JPEG (5.376 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2006-01-02 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
1250x270x1
Gazing across the plains of Saturn's icy rings, NASA's Cassini spacecraft catches the F ring shepherd moon Pandora hovering in the distance.
PIA07665:
Distant Shepherd
Full Resolution:     TIFF (338.1 kB)     JPEG (8.843 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2006-01-03 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
1024x1024x1
Titan, Saturn's largest moon and Mimas in the foreground are seen together in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Titan's gravity is weaker than Earth's, so the moon's atmosphere is quite extended -- a quality hinted at in this view.
PIA07666:
Mimas...and Titan Beyond
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.05 MB)     JPEG (15.57 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2006-01-04 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
976x981x3
Tethys floats before the massive, golden-hued globe of Saturn in this natural color view. The thin, dark line of the rings curves around the horizon at top in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA07667:
Adrift at Saturn
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.877 MB)     JPEG (25.4 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2006-01-05 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
912x404x1
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
Full Resolution:     TIFF (369.1 kB)     JPEG (8.195 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2006-01-06 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
1002x840x1
In this magnificent view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, delicate haze layers high in the atmosphere encircle the oblate figure of Saturn.
PIA07669:
Seeing High in the Sky
Full Resolution:     TIFF (842.8 kB)     JPEG (34.86 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2006-01-07 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
508x508x1
Subtle features in Saturn's equatorial region and the nearly edge-on rings are captured in this view NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA07670:
Watching Saturn's Winds
Full Resolution:     TIFF (258.6 kB)     JPEG (25.9 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2006-01-10 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
508x508x1
Whiffs of cloud dance in Saturn's atmosphere, while the dim crescent of Rhea hangs in the distance. The dark ringplane cuts a diagonal across the top left corner of this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA07671:
Serenity Above, Tempests Below
Full Resolution:     TIFF (258.6 kB)     JPEG (20.74 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2006-01-11 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
505x505x3
Twice as far from the Sun as Jupiter, Saturn's colder temperatures mean that clouds form lower in its atmosphere. This enhanced-color view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft uses exaggerated contrast and intensity to make Saturn's cloud bands easy to see.
PIA07672:
Deep Clouds
Full Resolution:     TIFF (766.1 kB)     JPEG (12.1 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2006-01-12 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
649x576x1
This moody portrait of Saturn captured by NASA's Cassini orbiter shows a razor-thin ringplane bisecting the clouds of the bright equatorial region. The rings cast dark, shadowy bands onto the planet's northern latitudes.
PIA07673:
Tilted Giant
Full Resolution:     TIFF (374.4 kB)     JPEG (11.49 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2006-01-13 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
510x510x1
As northern winter ends on Saturn and NASA's Cassini spacecraft's view of the north pole improves, the swirls and eddies visible until now only in the south are gradually coming into view in the northern hemisphere.
PIA07674:
Hoping for a Hex
Full Resolution:     TIFF (260.6 kB)     JPEG (18.06 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2006-01-16 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
510x510x1
A great storm swims in the cloud lanes of Saturn's high northern latitudes. Dark bands across the bottom of this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft are shadows cast by the partly opaque rings.
PIA07675:
A Storm Escapes the Shadows
Full Resolution:     TIFF (260.6 kB)     JPEG (16.45 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2006-01-17 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
1746x647x1
As the ringed giant tugged on NASA's Cassini spacecraft, urging it to make yet another orbit, the intrepid spacecraft took in this all-encompassing panorama.
PIA07676:
Slightly Sideways Saturn
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.131 MB)     JPEG (29.23 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2006-01-18 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
962x935x1
Like a rope of brilliant neon, Saturn's rings outshine everything else in this night side view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, while the sunlit southern face of the rings reflects a dim glow onto the atmosphere below.
PIA07678:
Gleaming Rings
Full Resolution:     TIFF (900.6 kB)     JPEG (27.43 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2006-01-19 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
508x508x1
Two Saturnian storms swirl in the region informally dubbed 'storm alley' by scientists. This image was taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Dec. 9, 2005, at a distance of approximately 3.2 million kilometers from Saturn.
PIA07677:
Storms Embrace
Full Resolution:     TIFF (258.6 kB)     JPEG (16.83 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2006-01-20 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
1020x645x1
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
Full Resolution:     TIFF (658.8 kB)     JPEG (18.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2006-01-20 Titan Cassini-Huygens
2000x1500x3
This is an artist's interpretation of the area surrounding Huygens landing site, based on images and data returned Jan. 14, 2005. The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency.
PIA06079:
Huygens Landing Site Revisited (Animation - Artist's Concept) Animation Icon
Full Resolution:     TIFF (9.012 MB)     JPEG (378.5 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2006-01-23 Epimetheus Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
1017x952x1
NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this glimpse of icy Epimetheus just before the small moon disappeared behind the bulk of Saturn's atmosphere.
PIA07680:
Iceberg Beyond the Rings
Full Resolution:     TIFF (969.4 kB)     JPEG (25.71 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2006-01-24 Prometheus Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
1166x891x1
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
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.04 MB)     JPEG (17.56 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2006-01-25 Atlas Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
1015x588x1
This view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft contains not one, but two moons. Tethys is slightly overexposed so that the real target of this image, tiny Atlas, can be seen. Atlas is at image center, just outside the A ring.
PIA07682:
Speck of a Moon
Full Resolution:     TIFF (597.6 kB)     JPEG (13.72 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2006-01-26 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
942x981x1
This close view of Rhea prominently shows two large impact basins on the ancient and battered moon. This image was taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Dec. 23, 2005.
PIA07685:
Pulverized Pulchritude (Monochrome)
Full Resolution:     TIFF (925.3 kB)     JPEG (70.72 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2006-01-26 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
872x902x3
This close view of Rhea, taken on Dec. 23, 2005 by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, shows two large impact basins on the ancient and battered moon. The great age of these basins is suggested by the large number of smaller craters that are overprinted on them.
PIA07686:
Pulverized Pulchritude (Enhanced Color)
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.362 MB)     JPEG (93.52 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2006-01-27 Dione Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
475x494x1
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)
Full Resolution:     TIFF (235.1 kB)     JPEG (13.6 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2006-01-27 Dione Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
448x448x3
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)
Full Resolution:     TIFF (602.9 kB)     JPEG (15.43 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2006-01-30 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
1024x1024x1
Scarred and battered Rhea fills NASA's Cassini spacecraft's view. Notable here is the sharp relief of steep crater walls near the terminator. Icy Rhea (1,528 kilometers, or 949 miles across) is Saturn's second-largest moon.
PIA07689:
Cratered Iceball
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.05 MB)     JPEG (97.18 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2006-01-31 Dione Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
978x1473x1
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)
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.442 MB)     JPEG (97.4 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2006-01-31 Dione Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
979x1474x3
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)
Full Resolution:     TIFF (4.335 MB)     JPEG (126.5 kB)
Retrieve Previous Set  Jump to a Previous Set   Jump to a Previous Set   Jump to a Previous Set   Jump to a Previous Set   Jump to a Previous Set   Jump to a Previous Set   Jump to a Previous Set   Jump to a Previous Set   Current Set   Jump to a Following Set   Retrieve Next Set 
 1-100   101-200   201-300   301-400   401-500   501-600   601-700   701-800   801-900   901-1000 
Currently displaying images: 801 - 900 of 3345