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PIA06655: Waves on Saturn

This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows an up-close look at Saturn's atmosphere, revealing wavelike structures in the planet's constantly changing clouds.

Target Name:	Saturn
Is a satellite of:	Sol (our sun)
Mission:	Cassini-Huygens
Spacecraft:	Cassini Orbiter
Instrument:	ISS - Wide Angle
Product Size:	992 x 992 pixels (w x h)
Produced By:	Cassini Imaging Team
Primary Data Set:	Cassini
Full-Res TIFF:	PIA06655.tif (985.3 kB)
Full-Res JPEG:	PIA06655.jpg (103.8 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

An up-close look at Saturn's atmosphere shows wavelike structures in the planet's constantly changing clouds.

Feathery striations in the lower right appear to be small-scale waves propagating at a higher altitude than the other cloud features.

The image was taken with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on April 14, 2005, through a filter sensitive to wavelengths of infrared light centered at 727 nanometers and at a distance of approximately 386,000 kilometers (240,000 miles) from Saturn. The image scale is 19 kilometers (12 miles) per pixel.

Image Credit:

NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

Image Addition Date:

2005-05-24