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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-05-26 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks toward the limb of Saturn and, on the right of this image, views part of the rings through the planet's atmosphere. Saturn's atmosphere can distort the view of the rings from some angles.
PIA12641:
Rings Through Atmosphere
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-05-25 Pan Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's small moon Pan casts a long shadow across the A ring in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft a few days after the planet's August 2009 equinox.
PIA12640:
Pan's Shadow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-05-24 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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The rings split the planet in two in this NASA Cassini spacecraft view of a crescent Saturn. Saturn's moon Tethys is the small dot on the left of the image, below the rings.
PIA12639:
Bisected Crescent
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-05-21 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Rhea looms 'over' a smaller and more distant Epimetheus against a striking background of planet and rings. The two moons aren't actually close to each other.
PIA12638:
Big and Small Before Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-05-20 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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From a distant perspective, NASA's Cassini spacecraft sees hints of the unusual surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus, a moon where new terrain is created around a geologically active south polar region.
PIA12637:
Crescent of Changing Terrain
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-05-19 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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The shadow of Saturn's rings looks like a belt fastened around the planet's equator in this image. Overexposure to bring out the ring's details makes Saturn appear especially bright.
PIA12636:
Cinching the Belt
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-05-18 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Dione dwarfs the moon Telesto in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft image. Dione is the fourth largest of Saturn's moons, and it dominates this view. Tiny Telesto can be seen below and to the left of Dione.
PIA12635:
Don't Forget Telesto
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-05-17 Daphnis Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Daphnis, appearing as a tiny speck in the Keeler Gap of the A ring on the far right of this NASA Cassini spacecraft image, is almost lost among the moon's attendant edge waves.
PIA12634:
Hidden Among Waves
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-05-14 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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A startling silhouette of Saturn is created in this NASA Cassini spacecraft portrait.
PIA12633:
Saturn Silhouette
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-05-13 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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This map sheet covers a 15-series image set covering the entire surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus. The map data was acquired by NASA's Cassini imaging experiment.
PIA12783:
The Enceladus Atlas
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-05-13 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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The southern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Mimas is seen in these polar stereographic maps, mosaicked from the best-available NASA's Cassini and Voyager images.
PIA12782:
Mimas Southern Polar Maps - February 2010
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-05-13 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
Voyager
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The northern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Mimas is seen in these polar stereographic maps, mosaicked from the best-available NASA's Cassini and Voyager images.
PIA12781:
Mimas Northern Polar Maps - February 2010
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-05-13 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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This global map of Saturn's moon Mimas was created using images taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft flybys, with NASA's Voyager images filling in the gaps in Cassini's coverage.
PIA12780:
Map of Mimas - February 2010
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-05-13 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Two different seasons on Titan in different hemispheres can be seen in this image. The moon's northern half appears slightly darker than the southern half in this view taken in visible blue light by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA12632:
Titan's Two Halves
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-05-12 Prometheus Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Prometheus casts a narrow shadow on the rings near the much larger shadow cast by the planet in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft about five months after Saturn's August 2009 equinox.
PIA12631:
Moon Shadow, Planet Shadow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-05-11 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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In a sweeping mosaic of the low latitudes of Saturn's moon Titan, the bright landmass of the enigmatic region known as Xanadu stands out on the right-hand side of this radar image obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA12989:
Xanadu's Channels and Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-05-11 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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The bright landmass of an enigmatic area known as Xanadu and the intriguing lobed shapes of the Hotei Regio area are visible at the right and far right, respectively, in this radar image of Saturn's moon Titan obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA12988:
Dunes, Tectonics and Possible Ice Volcanoes on Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-05-11 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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A large cloud formation swirls through the high northern latitudes of Saturn near the top of this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA12630:
Northern Swirl
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-05-10 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's rings, partially darkened by the planet's shadow, cut a striking figure before Saturn's largest moon, Titan. The moon Mimas is near the bottom of this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA12629:
Cut by Saturn's Shadow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-05-07 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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A huge impact created Odysseus Crater, which covers a large part of Saturn's moon Tethys in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA12628:
Big Ding on Tethys
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-05-06 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Two of Saturn's small moons can be seen orbiting beyond the planet's thin F ring in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Pandora is on the left, and Epimetheus is on the right.
PIA12627:
Petite Pair Beyond Rings
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A large dark region fills a semicircle of the visible disk of Iapetus on the left of this NASA Cassini spacecraft image, appearing like a bite taken out of this Saturnian moon.
PIA12626:
Bite Out of Iapetus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-05-04 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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Appearing like a freckle on the face of Saturn, a shadow from the moon Enceladus blemishes the planet just below the ringplane in this NASA Cassini spacecraft image.
PIA12625:
Shadow Freckle
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-05-03 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Dione passes by the moon Tethys in this NASA Cassini spacecraft depiction of a 'mutual event' in which one moon passes close to or in front of another moon.
PIA12624:
Dione Sliding By Tethys
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-04-30 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks down and pictures Saturn wrapped in a pencil-thin shadow of the rings just days after the planet's August 2009 equinox. The moon Epimetheus (not shown) is casting a tiny shadow on the planet above the rings.
PIA12623:
Crescent at Equinox
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-04-29 Daphnis Cassini-Huygens
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Shadows are cast by Daphnis and the moon's attendant edge waves in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken about a month and a half before the Saturn's August 2009 equinox.
PIA12622:
Shadows from the Waves
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-04-28 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft peers through Titan's atmosphere at the region called Adiri, west of the landing site of the Huygens probe on the anti-Saturn side of the moon.
PIA12621:
West of the Probe
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-04-27 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Part of the shadow of Saturn's moon Epimetheus appears as if it has been woven through the planet's rings in this image taken about a month and a half before the planet's August 2009 equinox by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA12620:
Woven Shadow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-04-26 Hyperion Cassini-Huygens
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Myriad shadows cover the pitted surface of Saturn's small moon Hyperion in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, which shows the moon's south pole on the right.
PIA12619:
Pitted Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-04-23 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's second largest moon Rhea pops in and out of view behind the planet's rings in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, which includes the smaller moon Epimetheus.
PIA12618:
Peekaboo Rhea
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-04-22 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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The shadow of Saturn's moon Mimas is elongated across the planet in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The moon itself is not shown, but the shadow appears just above the ringplane on the right of the image.
PIA12617:
Mimas' Stretched Shadow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-04-21 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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From just below the plane of Saturn's rings, NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks at the rings edge-on and sees the planet's second largest moon beyond. Although Rhea may appear to be in the foreground of this image, it is not.
PIA12616:
Rhea and Edge-On Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-04-20 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft obtained shifting stratospheric temperatures. The difference between the temperatures from 2005-2008 is shown in the middle, with red indicating warming in the stratosphere and blue indicating cooling.
PIA13043:
Changing Temperatures in Saturn's Stratosphere
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-04-20 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks at Belet, a dark region on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. The Cassini spacecraft looks at Belet, a dark region on Saturn's largest moon, Titan.
PIA12615:
Behold Belet
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-04-16 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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The highly reflective moon Enceladus appears as a bright dot beyond a crescent Saturn in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Enceladus is visible above the ringplane to the left of the center of the image.
PIA12613:
Brilliant Blip Beyond Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-04-15 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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The southern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Dione is seen in this polar stereographic maps, mosaicked from the best-available clear-filter images from NASA's Cassini and Voyager missions.
PIA12579:
Dione Polar Maps - February 2010
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-04-15 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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The northern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Dione is seen in this polar stereographic maps, mosaicked from the best-available clear-filter images from NASA's Cassini and Voyager missions.
PIA12578:
Dione Polar Maps - February 2010
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-04-15 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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This global map of Saturn's moon Dione was created using images taken during flybys by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Images from NASA's Voyager mission fill the gaps in Cassini's coverage.
PIA12577:
Map of Dione - February 2010
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-04-15 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft image holds an unseen treasure orbiting within the bright arc of Saturn's G ring: the tiny moonlet Aegaeon. Too small to be seen here, it is thought to be the source of the debris forming the bright arc in the lower right.
PIA12612:
In the Arc
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-04-14 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, the first of its kind, shows lightning on Saturn's night side flashing in a cloud that is illuminated by light from Saturn's rings.
PIA12576:
Lightning Flashing on Saturn Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-04-14 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured the first lightning flashes on Saturn. The storm that generated the lightning lasted from January to October 2009, making it the longest-lasting lightning storm known in the solar system.
PIA12575:
First Lightning Flashes on Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-04-14 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft profiles several features oriented north-south on Saturn's moon Tethys. A line of craters runs north to south near the center of the image: (from top) Phemius, Polyphemus, Ajax and the large southern crater Antinous.
PIA12611:
Up and Down Tethys
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-04-13 Atlas Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's tiny moon Atlas, just to the left of the center of the image, appears almost indistinguishable from the background stars seen in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA12610:
Lost Among Stars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-04-12 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Dione passes in front of the larger moon Titan, as seen from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. This image is part of a mutual event sequence in which one moon passes close to or in front of another.
PIA12609:
Before Hazy Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-04-09 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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Wispy terrain winds across the trailing hemisphere of Saturn's moon Dione in this view taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft's Jan. 27, 2010 non-targeted flyby.
PIA12608:
Profiling Dione's Wisps
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-04-08 Prometheus Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's A ring appears bright compared to the thin F ring, which is shepherded by the moon Prometheus, in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA12607:
Prometheus Between Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-04-07 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks toward the dark side of Titan as a circle of light is produced by sunlight scattering through the periphery of the atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon. A detached, high-altitude global haze layer encircles the moon.
PIA12606:
Lit Through the Haze
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-04-06 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Bright spokes and the shadow of a moon grace Saturn's B ring in this NASA Cassini spacecraft image. Spokes are radial markings scientists continue to study, and they can be seen here stretching from the far left to upper right of the image.
PIA12605:
Bright Spokes, Dark Shadow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-04-05 Iapetus Cassini-Huygens
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The two-toned surface of Saturn's moon Iapetus is demonstrated in the dark region of the moon visible on the top left and the bright crater in the lower right of this portrait captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA12604:
Yin Yang Iapetus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-04-02 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Although the sun is on the other side of Saturn in this dramatic image, some sunlight scatters through the uppermost part of the atmosphere to reach NASA's Cassini spacecraft's cameras.
PIA12603:
High-Phase Drama
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-04-01 Janus Cassini-Huygens
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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 2010-03-31 Pan Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Pan, orbiting in the Encke Gap near the top of the image, casts a short shadow on the A ring in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft about six months after the planet's August 2009 equinox.
PIA12601:
Pan's Effects
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-03-30 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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In this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft two light sources illuminate Saturn's highly reflective moon Enceladus featuring bright rings and the small moon Pandora in the foreground.
PIA12600:
Dual Illuminated Enceladus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-03-29 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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This image shows NASA's Cassini spacecraft's imaging science subsystem visible-light mosaic of Mimas from previous flybys on the left. The right-hand image shows new infrared temperature data mapped on top of the visible-light image.
PIA12867:
Bizarre Temperatures on Mimas
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Appearing like a cyclops gazing off into space, Saturn's moon Mimas and its large Herschel Crater are profiled from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Herschel Crater is 130 kilometers (80 miles) wide and covers most of the left of this image.
PIA12574:
Mimas Three-Quarter Portrait
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured a three-dimensional view of the large Herschel Crater on Saturn's moon Mimas during its closest-ever flyby of the moon. 3D glasses are needed to view this image.
PIA12573:
Herschel Crater in 3-D
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Subtle color differences on Saturn's moon Mimas are apparent in this false-color view of Herschel Crater captured during NASA's Cassini spacecraft on its closest-ever flyby of that moon.
PIA12572:
Color Near Herschel Crater
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A false-color view of Saturn's moon Mimas from NASA's Cassini spacecraft accentuates terrain-dependent color differences and shows dark streaks running down the sides of some of the craters on the region of the moon that leads in its orbit around Saturn.
PIA12571:
Streaked Craters in False-Color
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In this view captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on its closest-ever flyby of Saturn's moon Mimas, large Herschel Crater dominates Mimas, making the moon look like the Death Star in the movie 'Star Wars.'
PIA12570:
Flying by the "Death Star" Moon
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Relatively dark regions below bright crater walls and streaks on some of the walls are seen in this mosaic of Saturn's moon Mimas, created from images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft during its closest flyby of the moon.
PIA12569:
Streaks and Markings on Mimas
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This mosaic, created from images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, looks straight at Saturn's moon Mimas' huge Herschel Crater revealing bright-walled craters, with floors and surroundings about 20 percent darker than the steep crater walls.
PIA12568:
Examining Herschel Crater
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The moon Rhea moves behind Saturn's largest moon, Titan, in this 'mutual event' imaged by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Part of Rhea's southern hemisphere is also visible here through the haze of Titan's atmosphere.
PIA12599:
Hiding Rhea
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-03-26 Calypso Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft's February 2010 encounter with Calypso yielded this incredibly detailed view of this Trojan moon. Irregularly shaped Calypso is one of two Trojan moons of the larger moon Tethys.
PIA12598:
Calypso Close Up
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-03-25 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Two moons orbit serenely before Saturn while large storms churn through the planet's southern hemisphere in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The moon Mimas is on the right. Dione is on the left.
PIA12597:
Attendant Pair
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-03-24 Iapetus Cassini-Huygens
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Craters give a rugged look to surface of Iapetus, especially in the large basin of Engelier visible along the southern limb of the moon in this view captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA12596:
Crater at the Edge
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-03-23 Atlas Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Atlas, just below the center of this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, orbits in the Roche Division between the A ring and thin F ring.
PIA12595:
Charting Atlas' Path
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Sunlight highlights the bright, wispy features on the trailing hemisphere of Saturn's moon Dione as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. These wispy features are a system of braided canyons with bright walls caused by fractures.
PIA12594:
High Contrast Wisps
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-03-19 Prometheus Cassini-Huygens
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Appearing like eyes on a potato, craters cover the dimly lit surface of the moon Prometheus in this high-resolution image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft's early 2010 flyby.
PIA12593:
Cratered Spud
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-03-18 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's rings and its moon Rhea are imaged before a crescent of the planet in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The shadows of the rings continue to grow wider after their disappearing act during the planet's August 2009 equinox.
PIA12592:
Widening Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-03-17 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft takes a look through the atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon to spy light and dark in the area called Adiri on Titan.
PIA12591:
Zooming in on Adiri
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-03-16 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn casts its shadow on the rings in this NASA Cassini spacecraft image that also shows how the rings reflect sunlight onto the dark side of the planet. Here Saturn appears dimly illuminated by this ringshine.
PIA12590:
Shadow and Ringshine
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-03-15 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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Both ancient and more recent surfaces are exposed in this view taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft of Saturn's moon Enceladus.
PIA12589:
Young and Old
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-03-12 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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Odysseus Crater, with a size of epic proportions, stretches across a large northern expanse on Saturn's moon Tethys in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA12588:
Epic Odysseus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-03-11 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This artist's illustration shows the likely interior structure of Saturn's moon Titan deduced from gravity field data collected by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA12843:
Titan's Cool and Sluggish Interior (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-03-11 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Three of Saturn's small moons straddle the rings in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. From left to right are Pandora, Prometheus and, near the top right, Epimetheus.
PIA12587:
Tiny Trio
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft records Titan's seasonal hemispheric dichotomy, with the moon's northern half appearing slightly lighter than the southern half in this image.
PIA12586:
Titan's Changing Seasons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-03-09 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft images dark spokes on Saturn's B ring. Spokes are radial markings on Saturn's rings that continue to interest scientists, and they can be seen here stretching left to right across the image.
PIA12585:
Detailing Dark Spokes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-03-08 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft pictures a crescent of Saturn's moon Rhea. Although craters dominate this particular view, the trailing hemisphere of Rhea also features wispy fractures.
PIA12584:
A Few Rhea Craters
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-03-05 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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The shadow of Saturn's moon Dione, cast onto the planet, is elongated in dramatic fashion in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The moon itself does not appear here, but the shadow can be seen south of the ringplane.
PIA12583:
Stretched Shadow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-03-04 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Two of Saturn's moons orbit beyond four of the planet's rings in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. From the top right of the picture are the C, B, A, and thin F rings, the small moon Pandora and, near the middle of the image, the moon Enceladus.
PIA12582:
Pair Past the Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-03-03 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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A crescent of Tethys displays two of the moon's large craters in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Penelope Crater can be seen at the top left. Antinous Crater is in the bottom left.
PIA12581:
Greek Drama
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-03-03 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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The northern and southern hemispheres of Saturn's moon Enceladus are seen in these polar stereographic maps, mosaicked from the best-available NASA Cassini and Voyager clear-filter images.
PIA12566:
Enceladus Polar Maps - February 2010
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-03-03 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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The northern and southern hemispheres of Saturn's moon Enceladus are seen in these polar stereographic maps, mosaicked from the best-available NASA Cassini and Voyager clear-filter images.
PIA12565:
Enceladus Polar Maps - February 2010
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-03-03 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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This mosaic shows an updated global map of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus, created using images taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft's flybys. The map incorporates images taken during flybys in October and November 2009.
PIA12564:
Map of Enceladus - February 2010
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-03-03 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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The northern and southern hemispheres of Rhea are seen in these polar stereographic maps, mosaicked from the best-available NASA Cassini and Voyager images. Six Voyager images fill in gaps in Cassini's converge of the moon's north pole.
PIA12563:
Rhea Polar Maps - February 2010
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The northern and southern hemispheres of Rhea are seen in these polar stereographic maps, mosaicked from the best-available NASA Cassini and Voyager images. Six Voyager images fill in gaps in Cassini's coverage of the moon's north pole.
PIA12562:
Rhea Polar Maps - February 2010
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This global digital map of Rhea was created using data taken during NASA's Cassini and Voyager spacecraft flybys. The map is an equidistant projection and has a scale of 417 meters (1,400 feet) per pixel in the full size version.
PIA12561:
Map of Rhea - February 2010
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-03-03 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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This global map of Saturn's moon Tethys was created using images taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft's flybys.
PIA12560:
Map of Tethys - February 2010
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The northern and southern hemispheres of Saturn's moon Tethys are seen in these polar stereographic maps, mosaicked from the best-available images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11699:
Tethys Polar Maps - February 2010
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The northern and southern hemispheres of Saturn's moon Tethys are seen in these polar stereographic maps, mosaicked from the best-available images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11698:
Tethys Polar Maps - February 2010
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-03-02 Daphnis Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Daphnis casts a short shadow on the A ring in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraftabout six months after the planet's August 2009 equinox. Daphnis appears as a tiny bright dot in the Keeler Gap of the A ring near the center top.
PIA12580:
The Shortest of Shadows
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-03-01 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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This perspective view from NASA's Cassini orbiter shows the western half of Rhea's second largest impact basin, Tirawa. The broad arcuate scarp cutting across scene center is the battered rim of Tirawa.
PIA12856:
Edge of Tirawa
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NASA's Cassini orbiter has revealed the possible presence of a ring of debris surrounding the ancient heavily cratered surface of Rhea, Saturn's second largest moon. The bluish material in this image is believed to be fresh ice.
PIA12855:
Rhea's Blue Streaks (Looking West) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-03-01 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini orbiter has revealed many surprises within the Saturn system, including the possible presence of a ring of debris surrounding the ancient heavily cratered surface of Rhea, Saturn's second largest moon.
PIA12854:
Rhea's Blue Streaks (Looking South) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-03-01 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks toward the dark region of Belet on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. This large region on the moon has a low albedo, meaning it diffusely reflects little light.
PIA12559:
Dark Belet
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-02-25 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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Two different instruments on NASA's Cassini spacecraft combined their observations to create a more detailed portrait of the Hotei Regio area on Saturn's moon Titan. Blue lines on top show the location of channels that stand out in the bottom of image.
PIA12849:
Channels and Minerals at Hotei Regio
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Two different instruments aboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft combined their observations to create a more detailed portrait of the Hotei Regio area on Saturn's moon Titan.
PIA12848:
Looking for Ice Volcano Flows at Hotei Regio
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-02-25 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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The limb of Saturn appears bright as NASA's Cassini spacecraft peers through several of the planet's rings. The curvature of the planet can be seen on the bright left half of the image.
PIA12557:
Saturn Bright Through Rings
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