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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-11 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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With nearby Saturn looming large, NASA's Cassini spacecraft spies the bright distant moon Tethys in the icy blackness beyond.
PIA10401:
Distant Moon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-25 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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A line of dark vortices charge through Saturn's 'Storm Alley,' a region that has seen intensive storm activity since NASA's Cassini spacecraft began its observations of the planet in early 2004.
PIA10411:
Swirling Storms
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-27 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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The ringed planet sits in repose, the center of its own macrocosm of many rings and moons and one artificial NASA satellite named Cassini. Mimas (397 kilometers, or 247 miles across) is visible at upper left.
PIA08414:
Perspective on Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-27 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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New hues are creeping into Saturn's northern cloud bands as winter gives way to spring there captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08415:
Saturn ... Four Years Later
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-30 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Golden hues continue to creep northward on Saturn, subduing the blues and grays NASA's Cassini spacecraft witnessed upon arrival in mid-2004. This view was acquired from about 27 degrees above the ringplane.
PIA10414:
Chasing Away the Blues
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-07-04 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This view of Titan captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows banding in the atmosphere of the moon's northern hemisphere. Like the planet Venus, Titan's atmosphere rotates faster than its surface, a characteristic called 'super rotation.'
PIA10418:
Banded Moon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-07-11 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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As they wheel about the planet, Saturn's sunlit rings often exhibit dark, radial markings called spokes. This image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on June 3, 2008.
PIA10423:
Spokes on the Wheel
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-02-11 Pandora Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Pandora shares the stage with ghostly B ring spokes in this NASA Cassini spacecraft scene. Pandora is on the left. The spokes are the radial markings visible on the right of the image.
PIA12547:
With Ghostly Spokes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-07-15 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Tethys passes silently between Saturn and NASA's Cassini spacecraft as a train of storms rumbles through the planet's southern hemisphere. The rings' shadows darken the planet at top.
PIA10425:
Peace Above, Turmoil Below
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-07-18 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-07-29 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft studies the dynamics of Saturn's blustery cloud bands as spring approaches in the northern hemisphere. Janus casts its shadow onto Saturn at right, just above the curving shadow of the rings.
PIA10435:
Racing 'Round the North
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-08-06 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Bright fractures adorn the trailing side of Saturn's moon Dione. This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks toward the northern hemisphere of Dione (1,123 kilometers, or 698 miles across).
PIA10441:
Dione's Bright Streaks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-08-08 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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Tethys appears here, against a background of star trails, in a view acquired as the icy moon exited Saturn's shadow. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera.
PIA10443:
Against a Hail of Stars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-08-13 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's icy rings shine in scattered sunlight in this view captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows, looking toward the unilluminated northern side of the rings from above the ringplane. The inner F-ring shepherd moon Prometheus appears at lower left.
PIA10446:
Scattered Sunshine
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-08-18 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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In the low light near Saturn's north pole, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures a partial view of the planet's unique hexagonal feature.
PIA10449:
Angles in the Atmosphere
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-08-19 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft spots a couple of large, wedge-shaped spokes in Saturn's B ring in this image from July 8, 2008.
PIA10450:
Like Spokes of Old
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-08-25 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's rings burst out of shadow and curve gracefully around the planet. Prometheus and Atlas are also visible, faintly, just outside the A ring edge in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on July 4, 2008.
PIA10454:
Out of Darkness
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-08-28 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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A line of vortices rolls through the turbulent region on Saturn nicknamed 'Storm Alley' by Cassini scientists. This image was in hues of pastel yellow was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera on July 23, 2008.
PIA10457:
Keep It Rolling
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-01 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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In the distance beyond Saturn's icy rings, NASA's Cassini spacecraft glimpses faint details on the surface of Titan. In the foreground, the B ring displays several dark spokes.
PIA10459:
Far from Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-10 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Surface details on Titan are seen faintly through the murky haze of the moon's atmosphere. This image was taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera on July 30, 2008 using a spectral filter sensitive to wavelengths of infrared light.
PIA10466:
World Beneath the Haze
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-24 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Large regions of Saturn's night side are illuminated by the planet's gleaming rings. Except for a sliver of the sunlit crescent at left, this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a part of the planet lit almost entirely by ringshine.
PIA10476:
Saturn by Ringshine
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-26 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks beyond Saturn's limb toward the icy face of Mimas, the innermost of the planet's major moons. This view looks toward the sunlit side of the rings from about 3 degrees below the ringplane.
PIA10478:
Mimas Adrift
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-30 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's high north is a seething cauldron of activity filled with roiling cloud bands and swirling vortices. This image was taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera on Aug. 25, 2008.
PIA10480:
Saturn's Active Atmosphere
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-01 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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A trio of Saturn's icy moons, Enceladus, Pandora, and Mimas, crowds together along NASA's Cassini spacecraft's line of sight in this image captured on June 28, 2007.
PIA10481:
Gathering of Moons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-08 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's north polar hexagon appears to be a long-lived feature of the atmosphere, having been spotted in images of Saturn in the early 1980s, again in the 1990s, and then by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in the past several years.
PIA10486:
The Persistent Hexagon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-09 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-10 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Bright, high-altitude clouds interact with dark, deeper structures near Saturn's south pole. The image was taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera on Aug. 27, 2008.
PIA10488:
Forces from the Deep
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-14 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Seasonal twilight is approaching for Saturn's south polar vortex—the giant hurricane-like storm swirling around the planet's southern pole. The image was taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera on Aug. 27, 2008.
PIA10490:
Change of Season
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-16 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks upward at the swirling clouds of Saturn's southern hemisphere. The C and B rings are seen at right, beyond the planet's nightside limb.
PIA10492:
Saturn from Below
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-17 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks toward the sunlit face of Saturn's rings, whose shadows continue to slide southward on the planet toward their temporary disappearance during equinox in August 2009.
PIA10493:
Eyes on the Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-02-08 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn shares its space with its moon Tethys in this scene captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Tethys can be seen above the rings near the middle of the image. This view looks toward the northern, sunlit side of the rings from just above the ringplane.
PIA12544:
Satellite Companionship
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-21 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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From high above the ringplane, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures a multitude of storms in the blustery cloud bands of Saturn's high north. This view looks toward the planet from about 72 degrees north of the equator.
PIA10495:
So Many Swirls
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-27 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures Saturn's main rings in a study of light and dark. A bright knot is visible in the F ring near upper left. This image was captured on Sept.22, 2008.
PIA10499:
The Unlit Face
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-11-07 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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Tethys sits within Saturn's shadow, but not in complete darkness as shown in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Sept. 25, 2008.
PIA10508:
Tethys in Eclipse
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-11-13 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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The shadow of Tethys drifts across the face of Saturn. Nearby, shadows of the planet's rings form a darkened band above the equator in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Oct. 1, 2008.
PIA10512:
Moon Spot
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-11-14 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Long streamers of cloud encircle the south polar region of Saturn. Farther poleward, or toward lower left, faint, deeper atmospheric structures lurk beneath the haze. This view was taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera on Oct. 2, 2008.
PIA10513:
Wrapped in Ribbons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-11-24 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's shadow cuts across the rings in this view from high above the ringplane in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Oct. 18, 2008.
PIA10519:
Shadow of the Giant
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-02 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Broad, dark spokes in the B ring are clearly seen in this image of Saturn's rings taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Oct. 19, 2008.
PIA10525:
Spokes in the Morning
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-03 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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Numerous stars provide a serene background in this view of Enceladus captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft while the moon was in eclipse, within Saturn's shadow.
PIA10526:
Starry Night
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-22 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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A large group of spokes emerges from Saturn's shadow in this image taken on Nov. 2, 2008 by NASA's Cassini spacecraft of the morning side of the rings.
PIA10539:
Out of the Shadow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-26 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's south pole, seen here by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, is in twilight as Saturn nears equinox (August 2009). Soon, the pole will enter its 15-year-long night.
PIA10543:
Encroaching Darkness
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-30 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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As Saturn advances its orbit toward equinox and the sun gradually moves northward on the planet, the motion of Saturn's ring shadows and the changing colors of its atmosphere continue to transform the face of Saturn as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11141:
Saturn ... Four Years On
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-30 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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Dark spokes dance around Saturn's B ring in this series of movies comprised of images taken NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera.
PIA11144:
'Tis the Season for Spokes Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-06 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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The ghostly features in Saturn's B ring called spokes are making an appearance again as NASA's Cassini spacecraft continued its tour of the Saturn system on Nov. 26, 2008.
PIA10550:
Dusty Wedge
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-07 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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In Saturn's shadow, the southern hemisphere of Enceladus is lit by sunlight reflected first off of the rings and then onto the nightside of the planet. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera.
PIA10551:
Enceladus in Eclipse
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-09 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's north pole is littered with storms, as seen in this color view in hues of pastel yellow of the pole captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. A bit of the north polar hexagon is also visible at the upper-right.
PIA10553:
Stormy Pole
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-15 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Overexposed Mimas stands starkly against the disk of Saturn as the dim shadow of Epimetheus is captured through the C ring in the planet's rings in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Nov. 26, 2008.
PIA10557:
Saturn and Mimas
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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 north pole retains its bluish hue in this true color Cassini image, even as northern winter is coming to an end. This image was acquired with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera on Nov. 29, 2008.
PIA10558:
A Blue Northern Mystery
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-19 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Light from the star Beta Crucis (Mimosa) breaks through the plane of the A ring in the center of this image of a stellar occultation taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Dec. 24, 2008.
PIA10559:
A Star Shines Through
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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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Shadows cast onto Saturn by its rings, visible here as dark bands, move steadily towards the equator and grow thinner as equinox approached on on Nov. 22, 2008. This image is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA10563:
Shadows on the Move
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-29 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft trades views of dark spokes in Saturn's B ring for the bright spokes in this image taken by on Dec. 8, 2008.
PIA10567:
Bright Spokes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-30 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Cassini imaging scientists have waited years for the sun to reveal the hexagonal wave pattern in the clouds of Saturn's north pole, part of which can be seen at the top of this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA10568:
Slow Northern Reveal
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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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The hurricane-like vortex encircling Saturn's south pole is still visible in the top left of this image as it slowly slips into darkness with the planet's changing seasons. This image was taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera.
PIA10572:
Seasons Conceal South Pole Storm
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-02-11 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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The rings cast a dramatic but narrow shadow on the planet in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft on the sunlit side of the rings from just one degree below the ringplane.
PIA10576:
Shrinking Shadow
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A chef's bounty of colors is represented in this full color view of Saturn's northern hemisphere. Butternut, peach, and olive hues have replaced the azure blue of winter. This image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera.
PIA10578:
Cornucopia of Color
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft image captured a bright, oblong storm swirling high through the middle latitudes of the southern hemisphere. taken on Jan. 5, 2008.
PIA10580:
High Clouds Aloft
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Three large white spokes stretch out across the B ring in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Jan.14, 2009.
PIA10581:
Spectacular Spokes
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Saturn's north pole hexagon, seen here in an image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, has been around for awhile. It was seen in Voyager images in the early 1980s, in ground-based telescopic images in the 1990s, and now with Cassini.
PIA10583:
Unveiling the Hexagon
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Epimetheus is the lone moon orbiting Saturn, but a closer inspection reveals a couple of companions in the rings in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Jan. 20, 2009.
PIA10584:
Small Sidekicks
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The terminator nearly covers the south pole of Saturn and its stormy vortex in darkness. This image was taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera on Jan. 6, 2009.
PIA10585:
Vanishing Pole
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Rendered in myriad hues, vivid details of Saturn's stormy atmosphere play out below the shadow of the rings in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Dec. 29, 2008.
PIA10588:
Blue Eyed Storm
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Intricate curlicues and circular patterns of storms swirl through the high latitudes near Saturn's south pole in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA10591:
Southern Storms
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The face of Saturnian moon Dione is almost fully lit as NASA's Cassini spacecraft flies in between this moon and the sun with Dione at low phase. With a few hundred pixels of its digital camera, Cassini details dozens of craters a million kilometers away.
PIA10592:
Details on Dione
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft peers through Saturn's delicate, translucent inner C ring to see the diffuse blue limb of Saturn's atmosphere in this image taken on April 25, 2008.
PIA10596:
Rolling Thunder
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-20 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's rings cast a dramatic shadow separating the blues and greens of the planet's northern hemisphere from the creamy pastels coloring the southern hemisphere. This image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera.
PIA11453:
Shadow of Demarcation
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-24 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Prometheus and Epimetheus, brothers in Greek mythology, share the stage in NASA's Cassini spacecraft image of the two moons near the outer A ring and faint F ring, taken on Feb. 15, 2009.
PIA11455:
Brotherly Moons
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Faint, ghostly spokes dapple the dark side of Saturn's A ring as the planet's shadow makes a sharp diagonal cut across this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11462:
Spoke Leftovers
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-04-03 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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The orbits of Dione and Titan bring them together in one frame in this distant glimpse from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Jan. 28, 2009.
PIA11463:
Two Moons, One Picture
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-04-06 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Day breaks on the northern hemisphere of Saturn in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Mar. 20, 2009. The D ring is hidden below the horizon, but, this image shows the C, B, A and F rings.
PIA11464:
Daybreak From Above
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Saturn's northern hemisphere is seen against its nested rings in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Feb. 24, 2009.
PIA11473:
Nested Rings
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This natural color view taken on Feb. 28, 2009,from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, with hues of yellow and brown, highlights the myriad gradations in the transparency of Saturn's inner rings.
PIA11478:
Pastel Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-04-28 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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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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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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Joining other moons in heralding the coming of Saturn's August 2009 equinox, the moon Tethys casts its shadow across Saturn's F ring and part of the A ring in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on March 20, 2009.
PIA11483:
Trumpeting the Equinox
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveals Titan's upper-most atmospheric hazes, creating the appearance of a halo around Saturn's largest moon. Also visible in this image are hints of atmospheric banding around Titan's north pole.
PIA11485:
Hazy Halo
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-05-06 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Tethys casts a wide shadow over the planet's F and A rings. Tethys itself is not visible in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Apr. 21, 2009.
PIA11486:
Tethys' Shadow
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A quartet of Saturn's moons, Mimas, Tethys, Rhea, and Pandora, is seen here with the planet's F and A rings in this from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on April 11, 2009.
PIA11488:
Reciprocating Rings
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The short and slender shadow of Pan is cast over Saturn's A ring as the moon orbits within the Encke Gap in this from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on April 10, 2009.
PIA11489:
Moon Shadow Adornment
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Rays of light from the sun have taken many different paths to compose this glorious image of Saturn and its rings taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on March 20, 2009.
PIA11493:
Glorious View
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The partial shadow of the moon Tethys demonstrates the variations in density across Saturn's rings in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Apr. 17, 2009.
PIA11498:
Shadow Slipping Through
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This low-phase image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on April 10, 2009 shows bright areas between dark spokes in Saturn's B ring.
PIA11500:
Between the Spokes
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this image of a dimly lit Titan as Saturn's largest moon was eclipsed by the planet.
PIA11508:
Titan in Eclipse
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft samples a bit of Saturn's southern hemisphere along with a spread of the planet's main rings in this image taken on April 23, 2009. Working outward from the planet, the C, B, and A rings are visible.
PIA11513:
Southern Color
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The shadow of the moon Mimas has just slipped off Saturn's rings and onto the planet in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Apr. 30, 2009.
PIA11518:
From Rings to Planet
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This high-phase image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows dark areas separating faint spokes that are brighter than the rest of Saturn's B ring. The shadow of Saturn cuts across the bottom of this image taken on Feb. 24, 2009.
PIA11521:
Faint Spokes on a Ring
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The shadow of Saturn's icy moon Tethys is revealed on Saturn's B and C rings in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft which also includes the planet.
PIA11523:
Exposing a Shadow
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures the shadow of Saturn's moon Mimas as it dips onto the planet's rings and straddles the Cassini Division in this natural color image.
PIA11657:
Across Resplendent Rings
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The shadow of the moon Tethys stretches across Saturn's A ring before fading into the B ring as the shadow extends towards the lower right of this as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11525:
Long Shadow of Tethys
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks down on Titan's north pole and unveils the moon's upper-most atmospheric hazes, creating the appearance of a halo around Saturn's largest moon.
PIA11526:
Atmospheric Halo
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The shadow of the moon Mimas strikes the F ring at a different angle than the angle at which it is cast on the A ring, illustrating differences in the vertical heights of the rings in this image as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11545:
Crooked Shadow
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks down on the north pole of Titan, showing night and day in the northern hemisphere of Saturn's largest moon.
PIA11548:
Colorful Northern Crescent
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The moon Tethys casts its shadow on Saturn's rings next to the shadow of the planet in this image taken as Saturn approaches its August 2009 equinox. This image is from as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11554:
Side by Side Shadows
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The shadow of Saturn's icy moon Tethys cuts across the C ring in this image taken as Saturn approaches its August 2009 equinox as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11555:
Cutting 'Cross the C Ring
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a section of Saturn and its rings which includes a special treat made possible as the planet approaches its August 2009 equinox: the shadow of a moon cast on the rings.
PIA11557:
Sampling Saturn and a Shadow
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks past the illuminated side of Saturn's rings to the brilliant moon Enceladus.
PIA11558:
Brilliance Beyond the Rings
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The shadows of Saturn's rings appear as a narrow band on the planet in this image taken as Saturn approaches its August 2009 equinox as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11563:
Narrowing Ring Shadow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-08-24 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Tethys casts a shadow on the planet's A ring alongside the larger shadow cast by the planet itself in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken as Saturn approached its August 2009 equinox.
PIA11564:
Shadows Big and Small
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