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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-08-02 Saturn Hubble Space Telescope
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope took this false-color image of Saturn on Junary 4, 1998, providing detailed information on the clouds and hazes in Saturn's atmosphere.
PIA01268:
An Infrared View of Saturn
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This is the first image of Saturn's ultraviolet aurora taken by the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) onboard the Hubble Space Telescope in October 1997.
PIA01269:
Hubble Provides Clear Images of Saturn's Aurora
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-08-02 Saturn Hubble Space Telescope
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This is a rare view of Saturn's rings seen just after the Sun has set below the ring plane, taken with the Hubble Space Telescope on Nov. 21, 1995.
PIA01270:
Sunset on Saturn's Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-08-02 Saturn Hubble Space Telescope
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This series of 10 Hubble Space Telescope images, taken on Nov. 21, 1995, captures several small moons orbiting Saturn. Hubble snapped the five pairs of images while the Earth was just above the ring plane and the Sun below it.
PIA01271:
Moons Around Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-08-02 Saturn Hubble Space Telescope
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This is a NASA Hubble Space Telescope snapshot of Saturn with its rings barely visible. Normally, astronomers see Saturn with its rings tilted. Earth was almost in the plane of Saturn's rings, thus the rings appear edge-on.
PIA01272:
Edge-on View of Saturn's Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-08-02 Saturn Hubble Space Telescope
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Saturn's magnificent ring system is seen tilted edge-on in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope picture taken on August 10, 1995.
PIA01273:
Hubble again views Saturn's Rings Edge-on
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-08-02 Saturn Hubble Space Telescope
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This four-picture sequence (spanning 30 minutes) shows one of four moons discovered by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, in images taken of Saturn on May 22, 1995, when Saturn's rings were tilted edge-on to Earth.
PIA01274:
Hubble Discovery Image of New Moon Orbiting Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-08-02 Saturn Hubble Space Telescope
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured Saturn on May 22, 1995 as the planet's magnificent ring system turned edge-on. This ring-plane crossing occurs approximately every 15 years when the Earth passes through Saturn's ring plane.
PIA01275:
Saturn's Rings Edge-on
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-08-02 Saturn Hubble Space Telescope
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This sequence of images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, taken on May 22, 1995, documents a rare astronomical alignment, Saturn's magnificent ring system turned edge-on. This occurs when the Earth passes through Saturn's ring plane.
PIA01276:
Hubble Views Saturn Ring-Plane Crossing
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-08-02 Saturn Hubble Space Telescope
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This sequence of images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, taken on May 22, 1995, documents a rare astronomical alignment, Saturn's magnificent ring system turned edge-on. This occurs when the Earth passes through Saturn's ring plane.
PIA01277:
Hubble Views Saturn Ring-Plane Crossing (Satellites Labeled)
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-09-26 Saturn Hubble Space Telescope
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This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image, taken on Dec. 1, 1994, of the ringed planet Saturn shows a rare storm that appears as a white arrowhead-shaped feature near the planet's equator.
PIA01464:
Hubble Observes a New Saturn Storm
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-09-26 Titan Hubble Space Telescope
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Scientists for the first time have made images of the surface of Saturn's giant, haze-shrouded moon, Titan. Images were captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope during 14 observing runs between Oct. 4 - 18.
PIA01465:
Hubble Observes Surface of Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-07-21 Saturn Hubble Space Telescope
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These NASA Hubble Space Telescope images, captured from 1996 to 2000, show Saturn's rings open up from just past edge-on to nearly fully open as it moves from autumn towards winter in its Northern Hemisphere.
PIA03156:
A Change of Seasons on Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-07-21 Saturn Hubble Space Telescope
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A series of NASA Hubble Space Telescope images, captured from 1996 to 2000, show Saturn's rings open up from just past edge-on to nearly fully open as it moves from autumn towards winter in its Northern Hemisphere.
PIA03158:
A Change of Seasons on Saturn - October, 1996
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-07-21 Saturn Hubble Space Telescope
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A series of NASA Hubble Space Telescope images, captured from 1996 to 2000, show Saturn's rings open up from just past edge-on to nearly fully open as it moves from autumn towards winter in its Northern Hemisphere.
PIA03159:
A Change of Seasons on Saturn - October, 1997
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-07-21 Saturn Hubble Space Telescope
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A series of NASA Hubble Space Telescope images, captured from 1996 to 2000, show Saturn's rings open up from just past edge-on to nearly fully open as it moves from autumn towards winter in its Northern Hemisphere.
PIA03160:
A Change of Seasons on Saturn - October, 1998
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-07-21 Saturn Hubble Space Telescope
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A series of NASA Hubble Space Telescope images, captured from 1996 to 2000, show Saturn's rings open up from just past edge-on to nearly fully open as it moves from autumn towards winter in its Northern Hemisphere.
PIA03161:
A Change of Seasons on Saturn - October, 1999
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-07-21 Saturn Hubble Space Telescope
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A series of NASA Hubble Space Telescope images, captured from 1996 to 2000, show Saturn's rings open up from just past edge-on to nearly fully open as it moves from autumn towards winter in its Northern Hemisphere.
PIA03162:
A Change of Seasons on Saturn - October, 2000
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-05-26 Saturn Hubble Space Telescope
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This image is a view from NASA's Earth-orbiting Hubble Space Telescope taken on March 22, 2004. The subtle pastel colors of ammonia-methane clouds trace a variety of atmospheric dynamics.
PIA05982:
Saturn from Far and Near (Hubble Space Telescope)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-04-27 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This three-panel image shows one of Titan's most prominent impact craters in an infrared-wavelength image, radar image and in the false-color image. The Cassini radar imaged this crater during NASA's Cassini spacecraft's third flyby of Titan.
PIA07868:
Titan Crater in Three Views
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-03 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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Piercing the ubiquitous layer of smog enshrouding Titan, these images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer reveals an exotic surface covered with a variety of materials in the southern hemisphere.
PIA06404:
Titan's Surface Revealed
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-02 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Evidence from the visual and infrared mapping spectrometer on NASA's Cassini spacecraft indicates that the grain sizes in Saturn's rings grade from smaller to larger, related to distance from Saturn.
PIA06349:
The Stuff of Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-02 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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The visual and infrared mapping spectrometer on NASA's Cassini spacecraft has found evidence for a material dubbed 'dirt' in Saturn's rings.
PIA06350:
'Dirty Rotten' Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-03 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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Piercing the ubiquitous layer of smog enshrouding Titan, these images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer reveals an exotic surface covered with a variety of materials in the southern hemisphere.
PIA06405:
Titan's Surface Revealed
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-03 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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Piercing the ubiquitous layer of smog enshrouding Titan, these images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer reveals an exotic surface covered with a variety of materials in the southern hemisphere.
PIA06406:
Titan's Surface Revealed
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-03 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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Piercing the ubiquitous layer of smog enshrouding Titan, these images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer reveals an exotic surface covered with a variety of materials in the southern hemisphere.
PIA06407:
Titan's Surface Revealed
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-08-05 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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The glow of Titan's extensive atmosphere shines in false colors in this view of Saturn's gas-enshrouded moon acquired by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer during the July 2, 2004, flyby.
PIA06418:
Glowing Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-08-05 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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The glow of Titan's extensive atmosphere shines in false colors in this view of Saturn's gas-enshrouded moon acquired by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer during the July 2, 2004, flyby.
PIA06419:
Glowing Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-27 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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These images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft show the surface of Titan at two different infrared wavelengths revealing complex landforms with sharp boundaries.
PIA06982:
Behold Titan's Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-27 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer clearly shows surface features on Titan. It also shows the landing site of Cassini's piggybacked Huygens probe.
PIA06983:
Titan's Complex Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-16 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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Evidence of changing weather patterns in the skies over Titan's southern region are revealed in these false color images obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's visual infrared mapping spectrometer.
PIA06996:
Spying Titan's Weather
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-16 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This image of Titan's limb and surface was obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's visual infrared mapping spectrometer on Dec. 13, 2004 from a vantage point some 158,000 kilometers (98,177 miles) above the night side of Titan.
PIA06997:
Haze Silhouettes Against Titan's Glow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-10 Iapetus Cassini-Huygens
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These two color composite images of Saturn's moon Iapetus from NASA's Cassini's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer were obtained on Dec. 31, 2004, an hour and a half before the New Year.
PIA07000:
VIMS Iapetus Two Shooter
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-10 Iapetus Cassini-Huygens
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This color composite image of Saturn's moon Iapetus from NASA's Cassini's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer was obtained on Dec. 31, 2004.
PIA07002:
VIMS Shows Iapetus Surface Composition
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-10 Iapetus Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini visual and infrared mapping spectrometer analyzed the surface composition of Saturn's moon Iapetus as Cassini flew over the polar region on Dec. 31, 2004.
PIA07003:
Iapetus Surface Composition
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-13 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This map of a portion of the surface of Saturn's moon Titan shows predictions for the areas that will be covered by selected combinations of images anticipated from the camera on Huygens probe as it descends through Titan's atmosphere.
PIA07229:
Expected Footprints of 36-Image Panoramas from Huygens Camera
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-16 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This infrared color image of Enceladus was obtained by NASA's Cassini visual infrared mapping spectrometer on March 9, 2005, when the Cassini spacecraft was 9,145 kilometers (5,716 miles) away from Enceladus.
PIA07459:
Icy Enceladus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-05-25 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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The visual and infrared mapping spectrometer instrument onboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft has found an unusual bright, red spot on Titan. This dramatic color (but not true color) image was taken during the April 16, 2005, encounter with Titan.
PIA07877:
Red Spot on Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-06-08 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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On Oct. 26, 2004, NASA's Cassini spacecraft flew over Saturn's moon Titan at less than 1,200 kilometers at closest approach. Cassini acquired several infrared images with spatial resolution ranging from a few tens of kilometers to 2 kilometers per pixel.
PIA07961:
Map of Titan in Infrared
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-06-08 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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Details of the circular feature, which scientists think is an ice volcano, which could be a source of methane in Titan's atmosphere, show up at wavelengths larger than 1.3 microns. Images were taken during NASA's Cassini Oct. 26, 2004, flyby of Titan.
PIA07963:
Titan Volcano in Several Infrared Wavelengths
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Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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From infrared images that show variations in brightness and texture, a geological map of the circular feature, thought to be a volcano, has been obtained using NASA's Cassini visual and infrared mapping spectrometer.
PIA07964:
Geologic Map of Titan Volcano
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-06-08 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This high-resolution infrared image was taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft's closest approach to Titan on Oct. 26, 2004. These images were obtained by Cassini's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer instrument. This feature might be a volcano.
PIA07962:
Infrared Image of Titan Volcano
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-06-09 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This false-color mosaic of Saturn's largest moon Titan, obtained by NASA's Cassini visual and infrared mapping spectrometer, shows what scientists interpret as an icy volcano.
PIA07965:
Titan Volcano
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-30 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This visual and infrared mapping spectrometer image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft of Saturn's moon Enceladus, shows the dark cracks at the south pole dubbed 'tiger stripes' for their distinct stripe-like appearance.
PIA03551:
Tiger Stripes are Cubs
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-05 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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New images provided by the visual infrared mapping spectrometer on NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveal a diverse array of clouds in the depths of Saturn.
PIA03557:
A New View of Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-05 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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New images provided by the visual infrared mapping spectrometer on NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveal a diverse array of clouds in the depths of Saturn.
PIA03558:
A New View of Saturn - Black and White
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-05 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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Saturn's clouds and hazes at three different levels in the atmosphere are depicted in the image on the right, as observed by the visual infrared mapping spectrometer on NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA03559:
A 3-D View of Saturn's Clouds and Hazes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-05 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This is a collection of the most detailed images of deep-level clouds obtained by the visual and infrared mapping spectrometer onboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA03560:
A Gallery of Views of Saturn's Deep Clouds
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-16 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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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
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-02-10 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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The three mosaics shown here were composed with data from NASA's Cassini's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer taken during the last three Titan flybys.
PIA02145:
Mapping Titan's Changes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-02-10 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This frame from a movie of Titan shows data taken with NASA's Cassini's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer during the last three flybys of Titan.
PIA02146:
An Infrared Movie of Titan Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-02-10 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This global infrared map of Titan was composed with data from NASA's Cassini's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer taken during the last two Titan flybys.
PIA02147:
An Infrared Map of Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-09-13 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This composite image, composed of two images taken with NASA's Cassini visual and infrared mapping spectrometer, shows a crescent view of Saturn's moon Titan.
PIA08733:
Titan's Crescent View
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-09-13 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This false-color image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft of Saturn was constructed by combining three images at three different infrared wavelengths.
PIA08735:
Saturn's Kaleidoscope of Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-09-13 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This false-color image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft of Saturn shows ring shadows running across the upper portion of the planet, and sunlight illuminating the lower portion of the planet.
PIA08734:
Saturn's Light from Within
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-09-13 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This image depicts Saturn's moon Titan as seen by NASA's Cassini visual and infrared mapping spectrometer after closest approach on a July 22, 2006, flyby.
PIA08736:
Clouds over Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-09-14 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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The visual and infrared mapping spectrometer on NASA's Cassini spacecraft recorded these infrared images of Titan's northern hemisphere.
PIA08739:
Ethane Clouds Over Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-10-05 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This false-color mosaic of Saturn shows deep-level clouds silhouetted against Saturn's glowing interior. This image was made with data from NASA's Cassini visual and infrared mapping spectrometer.
PIA08732:
Saturn's Silhouetted Clouds
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-10-11 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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In this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, Saturn's fascinating meteorology manifests itself in a 'string of pearls' formation, spanning over 60,000 kilometers (37,000 miles).
PIA01941:
String of Pearls
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-10-11 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This mosaic of Saturn's rings was acquired by NASA's Cassini's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer instrument on Sept. 15, 2006, while the spacecraft was in the shadow of the planet looking back towards the rings
PIA01940:
Saturn's Rings in Infrared
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-12-12 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This composite image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a massive mountain range running just south of Titan's equator. Near the center of the image, the mountain range runs from southeast to northwest.
PIA09032:
Titan's Sierras
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-12-12 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft is a composite of several images taken during two separate Titan flybys on Oct. 9 (T19) and Oct. 25 (T20). The large circular feature near the center of Titan's disk may be the remnant of a very old impact basin.
PIA09034:
Exposing Titan's Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-12-12 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This image set from NASA's Cassini spacecraft was taken at a distance of 15,000 kilometers (9,300 miles) from Titan and shows two views of an area riddled by mountain ranges that were probably produced by tectonic forces.
PIA09033:
Large Tectonic Complex
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-02-01 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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NASA's Cassini's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer has imaged a huge cloud system covering the north pole of Titan.
PIA09171:
Titan's Giant North Pole Cloud
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-03-27 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This nighttime view of Saturn's north pole reveals a dynamic, active planet below the normal cloud tops seen in visible light. Clearly revealed is the bizarre six-sided hexagon feature present at the north pole as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA09185:
Saturn's North Pole Hexagon and Aurora
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-03-27 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This nighttime view of Saturn's north pole clearly shows a bizarre six-sided hexagon feature encircling the entire north pole as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA09186:
Saturn's Strange Hexagon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-03-27 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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The depths of the north pole of Saturn taken by NASA's Cassini Orbiter reveals a dynamic, active planet lurking underneath the ubiquitous cover of upper-level hazes.
PIA09187:
Spinning Saturn Animation Icon
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Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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A bizarre six-sided feature encircling the north pole of Saturn has been spied by the VIMS on NASA's Cassini spacecraft. This image is one of the first clear images ever taken of the north polar region as seen from a unique polar perspective.
PIA09188:
Saturn's Active North Pole
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-05-31 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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Flying over the unlit side of Saturn's rings, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures Saturn's glow, represented in brilliant shades of electric blue, sapphire and mint green, while the planet's shadow casts a wide net on the rings.
PIA09212:
Neon Saturn
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Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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Saturn's rings reflect sunlight most strongly when Earth is located directly between Saturn and the sun. This mosaic from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a small bright spot moving from the outermost B ring across the Cassini Division.
PIA09213:
Cat's Eye Rings and Peek-a-boo Shadows
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-07-04 Hyperion Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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Hyperion, the eighth largest of Saturn's moons, is covered in craters and landslides. This color map shows the composition of a portion of Hyperion's surface determined with the Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer aboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA09214:
Organics Sprinkled on Hyperion
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Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This is a color map of the composition of a portion of Saturn's moon Hyperion's surface about 75 kilometers on a side. Map was made with data from the Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer aboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft during its flyby of Hyperion.
PIA09215:
Hyperion's Kaleidoscope of Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-10-09 Iapetus Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft made a close flyby of Saturn's moon Iapetus on Sept. 10, 2007, and the visual and infrared mapping spectrometer obtained these images showing surface composition and particle size.
PIA10010:
Tiny Grains on Iapetus
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Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft made a close flyby of Saturn's moon Iapetus on Sept. 10, 2007, and the visual and infrared mapping spectrometer obtained these images during that event.
PIA10011:
Iapetus' Equatorial Region
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-13 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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These two images of Saturn show the entire south polar region, not just the little area around the core of the hurricane-like vortex. These images were captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on May 11, 2007.
PIA11214:
Saturn's South Polar Region Revealed
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-13 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This is a side-by-side view of large cyclones at both poles of Saturn obtained by the visual and infrared mapping spectrometer onboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11216:
Infrared Images of Saturn's Poles
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-13 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This near-infrared image of Saturn's north pole shows a giant cyclone, encircled by a hexagon feature. A movie was created from several images, taken by the visual and infrared mapping spectrometer onboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11215:
Infrared Movie of Saturn's North Polar Region Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-11-12 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This image of the northern polar region of Saturn shows both the aurora and underlying atmosphere, seen at two different wavelengths of infrared light as captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11396:
Saturn's Polar Aurora
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-15 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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Change is detected on Saturn's moon Titan, in these three composite images from data taken during flybys in October 2005, January 2006 and March 2006 by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11700:
Titan's Chilly Volcanoes?
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Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This infrared projection map of Titan was composed from images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, visual and infrared mapping spectrometer.
PIA11701:
Infrared Map of Titan's Active Regions
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-04-03 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This infrared image taken by the visual and infrared mapping spectrometer on NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows Hotei Arcus, a region on Saturn's moon Titan where changes in brightness have been measured several times during the last four years.
PIA11839:
Hotei Arcus in Infrared
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-06-03 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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Lots of clouds are visible in this infrared image of Saturn's moon Titan. These clouds form and move much like those on Earth, but in a much slower, more lingering fashion, new results from NASA's Cassini spacecraft show.
PIA12004:
Titan's Lingering Clouds
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Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This infrared image of Saturn's moon Titan shows a large burst of clouds in the moon's south polar region. These clouds form and move much like those on Earth, but in a much slower, more lingering fashion.
PIA12005:
Titan's South Polar Cloud Burst
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-17 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in 2009, shows the first flash of sunlight reflected off a hydrocarbon lake on Saturn's moon Titan. The glint off a mirror-like surface is known as a specular reflection.
PIA12481:
Reflection of Sunlight off Titan Lake
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-21 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This pair of false-color images, made from data obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, shows clouds covering parts of Saturn's moon Titan in yellow, while Titan's hazy atmosphere appears magenta.
PIA13400:
Clouds Clearing around Titan's North Pole
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-21 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This graphic, constructed from data obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, shows the percentage of cloud coverage across the surface of Saturn's moon Titan. The color scale from black to yellow signifies no cloud coverage to complete cloud coverage.
PIA13401:
Mapping Titan's Cloud Coverage
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-23 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This false-color composite image, constructed from data obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, shows the glow of auroras streaking out about 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) from the cloud tops of Saturn's south polar region.
PIA13402:
Glowing Southern Lights
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Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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A quartet of false-color, composite images show the dance of Saturn's southern lights in data obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA13403:
Four Aurora Snapshots
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-23 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This frame from a movie, made from data obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, shows Saturn's southern aurora shimmering over approximately 20 hours as the planet rotates. The video is available at the Photojournal.
PIA13404:
Dancing Southern Lights of Saturn Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-23 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This false-color composite image, constructed from data obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, shows Saturn's rings and southern hemisphere.
PIA13405:
Majestic Saturn, in the Infrared
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-06 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This false-color image, made from infrared data obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, shows dark and bright clouds on Saturn associated with thunderstorm activity.
PIA13421:
Dark and Stormy Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-05-19 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This false-color infrared image, obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, shows clouds of large ammonia ice particles dredged up by a powerful storm in Saturn's northern hemisphere.
PIA14119:
Updrafts of Large Ammonia Crystals in Saturn Storm
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-14 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft obtained these false-color images of a circular feature in a region known as Xanadu on Saturn's moon Titan. The images show Titan in infrared wavelengths of radiation.
PIA14311:
Circular Feature at Xanadu, Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-02-23 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This series of false-color images obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the dissolving cloud cover over the north pole of Saturn's moon Titan, allowing scientists to see the underlying northern lakes and seas, including Kraken Mare.
PIA15230:
Snapshots of Titan's North Polar Cloud
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-02-23 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This series of images obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows several views of the north polar cloud covering Saturn's moon Titan.
PIA15231:
Changes in Titan's North Polar Cloud
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-04-15 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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These images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft show one of the large seas and a bounty of smaller lakes on Saturn's moon Titan.
PIA16844:
Titan Lake Country
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-07-31 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This set of images from NASA's Cassini mission shows the difference in the amount of spray emanating from Saturn's moon Enceladus.
PIA17039:
Enceladus "On" and "Off"
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-07-31 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This set of images from NASA's Cassini mission shows how the gravitational pull of Saturn affects the amount of spray coming from jets at the active moon Enceladus.
PIA17040:
Squeezing and Releasing Enceladus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-09-03 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This set of images from NASA's Cassini mission shows the turbulent power of a monster Saturn storm. The visible-light image in the back, obtained on Feb. 25, 2011 shows the turbulent clouds churning across the face of Saturn.
PIA17044:
Two Looks at the Turbulent Saturn Storm
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-10-17 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This colorized mosaic from NASA's Cassini mission shows an infrared view of the Saturn system, backlit by the sun, from July 19, 2013.
PIA17468:
Infrared Scan of Saturn and its Rings
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