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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-11-21 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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After more than 13 years at Saturn, and with its fate sealed, NASA's Cassini spacecraft bid farewell to the Saturnian system by firing the shutters of its wide-angle camera and capturing this last, full mosaic of Saturn and its rings.
PIA17218:
A Farewell to Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-09-06 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a wave structure in Saturn's rings known as the Janus 2:1 spiral density wave.
PIA21627:
Staggering Structure
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-05-30 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moons Janus and Mimas coast in their silent orbits beyond the rings in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The ansa, or outer edge of the rings, is visible at left.
PIA18369:
In Formation
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-03-28 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Two moons hover above the rings from this perspective, Enceladus (313 miles or 504 kilometers across), at left, and Janus (111 miles or 179 kilometers across), at right as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA18360:
Dark Moons, Dark Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-02-29 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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Two of Saturn's moons, Tethys and the much smaller Janus, are captured in this photo from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA18356:
Different Worlds
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-01-18 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moons, like Janus, irregularly shaped bodies, and Tethys, spherically shaped, demonstrate the main difference between small moons and large ones. It's all about the moon's shape.
PIA18353:
Janus and Tethys
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-05-18 Janus Cassini-Huygens
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Although Janus should be the least lonely of all moons -- sharing its orbit with Epimetheus -- it still spends most of its orbit far from other moons, alone in the vastness of space in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA18315:
Janus Stands Alone
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-03-30 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Much as its name implies, tiny Epimetheus (Greek for hindsight) was discovered in hindsight. It was only later that astronomers realized that Janus and Epithemeus were not the same object.
PIA18305:
20-20 Hindsight
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-02-16 Janus Cassini-Huygens
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In reality, Janus and the rings both orbit Saturn and are only weakly connected to each other through their mutual gravitational tugs as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA18304:
Janus the Jewel
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-01-19 Janus Cassini-Huygens
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Janus seems to almost stare off into the distance, contemplating deep, moonish thoughts as the F ring stands by at the bottom of this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA18299:
Contemplative Janus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-03-24 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Two pairs of moons make a rare joint appearance. The F ring's shepherd moons, Prometheus and Pandora, appear just inside and outside of the F ring (the thin faint ring furthest from Saturn) as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA17157:
Four Moons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-01-06 Janus Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures Saturn's tiny irregular moon Janus surrounded by the vast, dark expanse of the outer solar system.
PIA17146:
Janus from Afar
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-10-17 Janus Cassini-Huygens
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The irregularly shaped moon Janus keeps up its lonely orbit as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Even though Janus shares its orbit with the moon Epimetheus, they never get very close to one another.
PIA17132:
Lonely, Lumpy Janus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-07-01 Janus Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft catches a glimpse of Janus, an irregularly shaped moon. Lacking sufficient gravity to pull itself into a round shape, Janus has had its lumpy primordial shape only slightly modified by impacts since its formation.
PIA14667:
Lumpy Janus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-05-07 Janus Cassini-Huygens
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Shadows darken parts of some of Janus' large craters as NASA's Cassini takes a close look during its flyby of this Saturnian moon on March 27, 2012.
PIA14607:
Janus' Craters
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-03-26 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft examines Saturn and the planet's northern hemisphere, which was ravaged by a huge storm for much of 2011.
PIA14601:
Quieted Storm
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-09-12 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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A quintet of Saturn's moons come together in this portrait from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Janus is seen on the far left, Pandora orbits near the middle, Enceladus appears above the center, and Rhea and Mimas are seen on the right side.
PIA14573:
Quintet of Moons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-03-28 Janus 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.
PIA12759:
Janus in the Way
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-11-22 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Six of Saturn's moons orbiting within and beyond the planet's rings are collected in this Cassini spacecraft image; they include Enceladus, Epimetheus, Atlas, Daphnis, Pan, and Janus.
PIA12741:
Sextet of Moons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-07 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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A quartet of Saturn's moons are shown with a sliver of the rings in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. From left to right in this image are Epimetheus, Janus, Prometheus, and Atlas.
PIA12715:
Moon Quartet
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-06 Janus Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's rings appear curved in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, which also shows the moon Janus in the distance. Janus is at the bottom of the image and is farther from the spacecraft than the rings are.
PIA12714:
Blasted Janus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-02 Janus Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's rings appear curved in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, which also shows the moon Janus in the distance. Janus is at the bottom of the image and is farther from the spacecraft than the rings are.
PIA12712:
Beyond Curved Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-07-29 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks past Saturn's rings and small moon Janus to spy the planet's second largest moon, Rhea where lit terrain is seen.
PIA12687:
Rhea Past Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-07-23 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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A pair of Saturn's small, icy satellites accompany the planet's rings in snapshot from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The rings are between Janus and Prometheus.
PIA12683:
Chunks of Ice
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-07-22 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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The moons Mimas and Janus seem insignificant in front of the immensity of Saturn in this NASA Cassini spacecraft image. Mimas is visible above the rings near the center; Janus is barely detectable as a tiny speck of light below the rings on the left.
PIA12682:
Before Immense Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-07-20 Janus Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Janus orbits in front of the rings, which are partially darkened by the shadow of the planet in viwe from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Saturn's shadow obscures about half the rings.
PIA12680:
Only Half the Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-07-02 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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A pair of Saturn's small satellites, Janus and Pandora, accompany the planet's rings in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft presenting the view in dramatic diagonal fashion.
PIA12668:
Rings on a Diagonal
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-06-16 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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A pair of Saturn's small moons orbit near the planet's rings, which appear well illuminated in this view captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Janus is near the center of the image and Pandora is on the left.
PIA12656:
By Bright Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-05-28 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's rings occupy the foreground of this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The small moon Janus appears to hover above, while the far larger moon Rhea is partially obscured by the rings.
PIA12643:
Rings, Rhea and Janus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-04-19 Janus Cassini-Huygens
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Janus, passing between the rings and NASA's Cassini orbiter, poses for a snapshot taken by the spacecraft's narrow-angle camera.
PIA12614:
Rings and Janus
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Saturn's moon Epimetheus passes in front of Janus in this 'mutual event' (one moon passing close to or in front of another) chronicled by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. These three images were each taken a little more than a minute apart.
PIA12602:
Cruising Past Janus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-02-26 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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The small moon Janus is almost hidden between the planet's rings and the larger moon Rhea in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The northern part of Janus can be seen peeking above the rings.
PIA12558:
Hidden Janus
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Saturn's rings occupy the space between two of the planet's moons in this image, taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, which shows the highly reflective moon Enceladus in the background and the smaller moon Janus in the fore.
PIA12550:
The Space Between
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-01-26 Janus Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Janus, its rugged surface shown in shadow and light, passes before the planet's rings in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA12535:
Janus Before the Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-23 Janus Cassini-Huygens
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Sunlight passing through the Cassini Division between Saturn's A and B rings sweeps across and illuminates the surface of the moon Janus in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Go to the Photojournal to view the animation.
PIA11694:
Ring Shadows on Janus Animation Icon
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A gaggle of moons parade around Saturn's rings in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft in which the large moon Rhea passes in front of the small moon Janus. Go to the Photojournal to view the animation.
PIA11693:
Moon Jumble Animation Icon
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The small moon Janus overtakes the larger moon Rhea in a dance played out before Saturn and its rings in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Go to the Photojournal to view the animation.
PIA11692:
Catching Big Sister Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-19 Janus Cassini-Huygens
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Janus, Saturn's small moon named after the two-faced god, here displays two illuminated hemispheres taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11627:
Twice-lit Janus
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Spokes, those ghostly radial markings on Saturn's B ring, appear bright compared to the rings in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft a little more than a month after the planet's August 2009 equinox.
PIA11623:
Bright Spokes, Dark Rings
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A pair of moon shadows and a series of spokes adorn this ring image taken about a month after Saturn's August 2009 equinox. The shadow of the moon Janus stretches across the middle of this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11618:
Shadows Side by Side
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The moon Janus casts a shadow on Saturn's A ring but misses the thin F ring as the planet approached its August 2009 equinox in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on May 28, 2009.
PIA11602:
Skipping a Ring
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks toward the south pole and cratered surface of Saturn's moon Janus in this image taken by the narrow-angle camera.
PIA11597:
Janus' Cratered South
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-09-29 Janus Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's rings cast a shadow on the moon Janus in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft made possible only around the time of the planet's August 2009 equinox.
PIA11590:
Rings Return the Favor
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-09-09 Janus Cassini-Huygens
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A wide shadow is cast onto the thin F ring and the A ring by the moon Janus in this image taken as Saturn approached its August 2009 equinox.
PIA11576:
Wide Shadow of Janus
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft eyes a prominent crater on the moon Janus.
PIA11575:
Crater View
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The shadow of the moon Janus crosses the Encke Gap as it strikes the plane of Saturn's rings in this image taken as the planet approached its August 2009 equinox.
PIA11568:
Shadow Crosses a Gap
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Saturn's moon Janus casts a shadow on the F and A rings while the moon Prometheus, seen on the left of the image, creates a streamer-channel in the thin F ring. This image is from as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11559:
Along the F Ring
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Seen from the unlit side of Saturn's A ring, the shadow of the moon Janus is cast across the Encke Gap.
PIA11536:
Across the Encke Gap
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From hundreds of thousands of kilometers away, NASA's Cassini spacecraft spies craters on the surface of the moon Janus.
PIA11534:
Craters on Janus
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft catches Janus joining other Saturnian moons in the equinox shadow-casting party in this image taken on Mar. 10, 2009.
PIA11517:
Janus' Ring Shadow Premiere
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The small moon Janus is illuminated by light from both the sun and Saturn in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on May 9, 2009.
PIA11514:
Two Lights on Two-faced Janus
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft takes a break from the Saturn system to check out the Pleiades star cluster, the Seven Sisters.
PIA11482:
Scoping the Sisters
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Three moons, Janus, Prometheus, and Daphnis, have bunched themselves together in this image of Saturn's rings in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on March 2, 2009.
PIA11480:
Moons by the Bunch
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A large crater on Saturn's tiny moon Janus is distinctly visible in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on March 5, 2009.
PIA11469:
Janus' Pole Crater
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks down on the cratered northern leading hemisphere of Dione, showing the moon's pockmarked surface in this image taken on June 11, 2009.
PIA10599:
Two-Faced Janus
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Structure in the tenuous F ring can be seen in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft of the ring's bright core taken on Dec. 8, 2008.
PIA10569:
It's Full of Moons!
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This November 2008 snapshot from NASA's Cassini spacecraft showcases a classic view of the triangular shape typical of many of the spokes in Saturn's outer B ring.
PIA10561:
The Classic Wedge
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Three of Saturn's satellites, Janus, Pandora (just outside the F ring), and Pan are visible in this snapshot from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Dec. 7, 2008.
PIA10556:
Moons in a Row
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Saturn's battered moon Janus wears the record of its long history of impacts. Janus orbits just beyond the outer reaches of Saturn's A and F rings in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Sept. 28, 2008.
PIA10507:
Scarred Janus
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Four moons huddle near Saturn's multi-hued disk. Titan, Janus, Mimas, and Prometheus are captured in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Oct. 26, 2007.
PIA10487:
Many Colors, Many Moons
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Two of Saturn's moons, Pan and Janus, coast along the outer edge of the main ring system. This image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Aug. 22, 2008.
PIA10475:
Pan and Janus
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On a high-inclination orbit of Saturn, NASA's Cassini spacecraft gazed down at the north polar region of Janus on July 14, 2008.
PIA10455:
North on Janus
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This shadowy scene is one of NASA's Cassini spacecraft's closest views of Saturn's moon Janus taken on June 30, 2008.
PIA10447:
Profile of Janus
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Two small moons, Janus and Pandora, race across the face of Saturn. The planet's icy rings cast dark shadows onto the feathery clouds below in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on June 18, 2008.
PIA10428:
Moons in Transit
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured a far-off view of Saturn's irregularly shaped, icy moon Janus on June 10, 2008.
PIA10427:
Mountain of Ice
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Craters large and small cover the rugged surface of Saturn's moon Janus in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on May 26, 2008.
PIA10417:
Rugged Janus
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Craters cover the rugged surface of Saturn's moon Janus in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on May 17, 2008.
PIA10407:
Ragged Crescent
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n Apr. 14, 2008, NASA's Cassini spacecraft caught a hint of topography on Janus, which orbits Saturn just outside the planet's narrow F ring.
PIA09914:
Shadows of Janus
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks down from a high-inclination orbit to spot two of Saturn's ring moons, Prometheus and Janus.
PIA09905:
Bird's Eye View
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It is no Great Red Spot, but these two side-by-side views show the longest-lived electrical storm yet observed on Saturn by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The views were acquired more than three months after the storm was first detected.
PIA08411:
Saturn's Long-lived Storm
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On Mar. 17, 2008, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured a fleet of small moons patrols the outskirts of Saturn's icy rings. Shown here are shepherd moon Prometheus, Pandora, and Janus.
PIA09890:
The Orbiting Fleet
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft snapped this exquisite, close-up view of Saturn's moon Janus, looking toward the south polar region, on Feb. 20, 2008.
PIA09872:
Janus: Down South
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On Feb. 13, 2008, NASA's Cassini spacecraft provided a window on the awesome scale of the Saturn system, with the giant planet dominating one of its smaller satellites. Just outside the main ring system, orbits Janus.
PIA09871:
Pebble in a Pond
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On Jan. 29, 2008, NASA's Cassini spacecraft viewed Saturn's luminescent rings provide striking contrasts of light and darkness, as the irregular shape of Janus glides across the foreground.
PIA09866:
Saturn Noir
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From on high, NASA's Cassini spacecraft spies a group of three ring moons in their travels around Saturn. Janus is seen at top, while Pandora hugs the outer edge of the narrow F ring. More difficult to spot is Pan, which is a mere speck in this view.
PIA09865:
Grandeur of the Rings
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On Jan. 19, 2008, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured the irregularly shaped icy moon Janus as it swings around Saturn.
PIA09849:
Janus in View
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On Jan. 17, 2008, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured Saturn's moon, Janus, in the foreground, with Dione in the distance beyond.
PIA09847:
Stepping Stone to Dione
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Janus skirts the edges of Saturn's main rings. NASA's Cassini spacecraft has shown that this small moon and its co-orbital companion, Epimetheus, also share their orbit with a diffuse ring of fine particles.
PIA09843:
A True "Ring Moon"
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A color portrait of Saturn's sunlight-scattering rings hosts a group of several moons including Eceladus, Pandora, and Mimas, captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Dec. 22, 2007.
PIA09824:
Field of Moons
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks down toward Janus, which hugs the outer edges of Saturn's rings. Janus orbits Saturn beyond the narrow core of the F ring in this image captured on Nov. 25, 2007.
PIA09808:
Facing Janus
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Saturn's icy satellites, Tethys, Mimas, Janus, and Pandora wheel about the colorful giant planet, while the rings shine dimly in scattered sunlight in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Oct. 30, 2007.
PIA09776:
Solar System in Miniature
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Canyons slink southward on Dione, while bright-walled craters gleam in the sun. This image was taken in polarized green light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Sept. 30, 2007.
PIA09772:
Facing Dione
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Janus coasts past as NASA's Cassini spacecraft takes in a view of the unilluminated side of the rings. Bright regions within the rings appear so because they allow scattered sunlight to filter through.
PIA09771:
Filtering the Sun
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Saturn's rings create a brilliant halo around the turbulent giant planet. Here, NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks into Saturn's clouds using a spectral filter.
PIA09769:
Masked by Methane
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Saturn sits nested in its rings of ice NASA's Cassini spacecraft once again plunges toward the graceful giant.
PIA08388:
On the Final Frontier
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Two of Saturn's moons make appearances in this view in very different ways; Janus and Mimas captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA09724:
Moonwatching
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Three of Saturn's brood are captured near the rings in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Together they showcase the rich variety of worlds found in the Saturn system.
PIA09004:
A Diverse Family
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft spies two of the small, irregular moons that patrol the outer edges of Saturn's main rings.
PIA08994:
On Their Rounds
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft gazes down toward Saturn's unilluminated ringplane to find Janus hugging the outer edge of rings.
PIA08977:
Waving to Janus
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Saturn's brilliant rings are accompanied here by a pack of small moons, Mimas, Janus, Pandora, and Prometheus, as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on April 29, 2007.
PIA08961:
Entourage
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Janus floats above the meandering clouds of Saturn. A few of the large craters on the moon are just visible
PIA08951:
Janus Floats On
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Our robotic emissary, flying high above Saturn, captured this view of an alien copper-colored ring world. The overexposed planet has deliberately been removed to show the unlit rings alone as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08361:
Ring World
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Three of the small worlds that hug the outer edges of Saturn's immense ring system are captured in portrait from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08885:
Three Little Moons
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft watches Saturn's moon Janus and Epimetheus in their orbital dance as the F ring slides out of view.
PIA08348:
Janus-Epimetheus Swing Animation Icon
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft provides this dramatic portrait of Janus against the cloud-streaked backdrop of Saturn.
PIA08296:
Superb Janus
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A new diffuse ring, coincident with the orbits of Saturn's moon's Janus and Epimetheus, has been revealed in ultra-high phase angle views from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08322:
The Janus/Epimetheus Ring
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Tiny, dust-sized particles in Saturn's rings become much easier to see at high phase angle -- the angle formed by the Sun, the rings and the spacecraft. The brightest ring is the F ring as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08244:
Janus Hides in Plain Sight
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Two ring moons chase each other as their larger sibling looks on. This view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows Tethys at lower left, along with perpetually mingling Epimetheus at left of center, and Janus at center.
PIA08225:
Darkened Moons, Searing F Ring
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Dazzling Titan glows with a 360-degree sunset as light scatters through its very extended atmosphere. The rings show their unlit side to NASA's Cassini, as the spacecraft viewed them from slightly above the ringplane.
PIA08211:
Ring of Light
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Wrinkled and cracked Enceladus hangs in the distance as the pitted ring moon Janus, at right, rounds the outer edge of the F ring. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera.
PIA08207:
Moons of Interest
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