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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-23 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Around the time of equinox, Epimetheus' shadow was cast on Saturn's rings rather than the planet in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Jan. 16, 2009.
PIA11651:
Moon Shadow in Motion Animation Icon
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In this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Jan. 8, 2009, the moon Epimetheus is not visible, but it has begun to cast its shadow onto the A ring.
PIA11650:
Groundhog Day on Saturn
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Seen from a viewpoint nearly coincident with the ringplane, the bright arc within the G ring appears even brighter with its ring material concentrated in the center of this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Jan. 28, 2009.
PIA11454:
Arc On-Edge
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-19 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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As NASA's Cassini sped around Saturn on Feb. 2, 2009, the spacecraft turned to snap this image of bright spokes giving chase around the B ring.
PIA11452:
Spokes Comin' Atcha
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-18 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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Basking in sunlight, Enceladus looks peaceful and quiet while unseen jets of vapor and icy particles shoot from the south polar terrain of Saturn's active moon. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera.
PIA11451:
Hidden Activity
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-17 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Five wide bands near the center of this image form the structure of the Cassini Division, an expanse between Saturn's B and A rings as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Feb. 13, 2009.
PIA11450:
Light Shed on the Division
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-16 Janus Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks down on the cratered northern leading hemisphere of Dione, showing the moon's pockmarked surface in this image taken on June 11, 2009.
PIA10599:
Two-Faced Janus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-13 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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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.
PIA10598:
Grooves on Blue
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-12 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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The huge Odysseus Crater is clearly illuminated by the sun on the western limb of Tethys, with Saturn shining from the right in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Jan. 22, 2009.
PIA10597:
Not-So-Dark Side of Tethys
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-10 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon, Daphnis, leaves a path of disturbance on either side of her as she moves in her orbit within the Keeler Gap in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Jan. 31, 2009.
PIA10595:
In Her Wake
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-09 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Almost the entire disk of Titan is illuminated by the sun in this low-phase image of Saturn's largest moon. With the sun behind NASA's Cassini spacecraft, the camera can clearly see the dark Senkyo region and the bright area south of the equator.
PIA10594:
A Wafer of Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-06 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft snapped this image of Saturn's Prometheus and its shadow, just as the moon was creating a new streamer in the ring. This image was taken on Jan. 14, 2009.
PIA10593:
Busy Moon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-03 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This sequence of three images, obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft over the course of about 10 minutes, shows the path of a newly found moonlet in a bright arc of Saturn's faint G ring, taken on Oct. 27, 2008.
PIA11148:
Tiny Moonlet Within G Ring Arc
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-03 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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The simple beauty of Saturn's rings, curving lines of varied shades that have surrounded the planet for eons, is captured in visible light in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Jan. 14, 2009.
PIA10590:
Shades Aplenty
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-02 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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The two terminators that stretch across Saturn's moon Mimas are created by sunshine across the north and Saturn-shine in the east as captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Jan. 23, 2009.
PIA10589:
Twice the Terminators
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-02-26 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Set starkly against the blackness of space are Saturn's F ring's delicate strands which are periodically gored by its shepherding moon, Prometheus, in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Jan. 11, 2009.
PIA10587:
Fragile F Ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-02-25 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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A wide crater dominates the lower right of this image while part of Rhea's brightly lit, wispy terrain can still be seen near the limb of the moon. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera.
PIA10586:
Ancient Crater on Wispy Rhea
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-02-19 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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The humongous Odysseus impact basin stretches on and on across Saturn's moon, Tethys, in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Jan. 2, 2009.
PIA10582:
Icy Crown on Tethys
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-02-16 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Tiny Daphnis' impact on the Keeler gap in which it resides can be seen in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Jan. 11, 2009.
PIA10579:
Small but Effective
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-02-12 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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This high-phase view of Saturn's Dione shows the great contrast between the highly reflective 'wisps' and the surrounding terrain. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Dec. 26, 2008.
PIA10577:
High Contrast Crescent
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Two dark bands stretch across the moon Titan in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft: Fensal north of the equator and Aztlan south of the equator. The eastern part of Fensal features the white circle of Bazaruto Facula.
PIA10575:
A Titanic Mansion
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-02-09 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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The Encke Gap moon, Pan, has left its mark on a scalloped ringlet of the Encke Gap. The moon creates these perturbations as it sweeps through the gap in the A ring as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA10574:
God of Shepherds and Flocks
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Sunrise uncovers both old and new Enceladus in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The lit side of the moon faces Saturn toward the left in this view of the trailing hemisphere.
PIA10573:
The New South and the Old North
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-02-04 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Structure in the tenuous F ring can be seen in this image of the ring's bright core in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Dec. 8, 2008.
PIA10571:
Turn of a Narrow Ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-02-03 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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Ithaca Chasma, an enormous rift that stretches from north to south across the face of Tethys, seemingly takes a bite out of the moon's limb in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Dec. 9, 2008.
PIA10570:
A Bite Out of the Moon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-28 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Dark straw-like patterns dot Saturn's bright outer B ring just left of the Huygens Gap in the center of this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Dec. 8, 2008.
PIA10566:
B Ring's Straw-like Clumps
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-27 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Named for other-worldly paradises, the dark regions of Senkyo and Aaru comprise the center of this image of Saturn's moon Titan. This image was taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Dec. 12, 2008.
PIA10565:
This Side of Paradise
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-26 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's F ring, which often appears kinked and gored, looks straight here. Above the brighter core, the ghostly strands of the F ring's outer envelope, with a spiral arm structure, appear in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Nov. 8, 2008.
PIA10564:
Straightening Out the Kinks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-22 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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In the boundary between light and shadow on Saturn's moon Enceladus, run the Anbar Fossae— a series of narrow, shallow depressions. This image was taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Dec. 17, 2008.
PIA10562:
The Arabian Connection
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-20 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft views the 'wisps' on the surface of the Saturnian moon, Dione, looking from afar much the way they looked to the Voyager cameras years ago. These linea cover the trailing hemisphere of the moon.
PIA10560:
Dione's Icy Wisps
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-13 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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As NASA's Cassini spacecraft slid between the Sun and Rhea, it caught this view of the moon at almost full opposition. North on Rhea is up in this image, and, in the southern hemisphere, the faint outlines of a ray crater are visible.
PIA10555:
Washed Out Rhea
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-12 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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The Encke Gap, the broad, vertical dark band running down the center of this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, is maintained by the small moon Pan (not pictured). Pan also shepherds three ringlets which appear here as faint, narrow bands.
PIA10554:
Not-Quite-Empty Gap
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-08 Prometheus Cassini-Huygens
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Prometheus is caught here by NASA's Cassini spacecraft casting a shadow on the F ring. To the right, the F ring also shows a gore where Prometheus recently entered into the ring, scattering material out of its way.
PIA10552:
Shadows and Gores
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-05 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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Dione's dark trailing hemisphere (toward the left) and bright leading hemisphere are both visible in this view centered on the moon's anti-Saturn facing side. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera.
PIA10549:
Dione's Transition Zone
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-02 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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Gray Mimas appears to hover above the colorful rings as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The large crater seen on the right side of the moon is named for William Herschel, who discovered Mimas in 1789.
PIA10548:
Rebel Base in Range
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The terminator encroaches upon Penelope, one of the largest craters on Saturn's moon Tethys. Two other large craters, Polyphemus and Phemius, are visible near the limb in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraf taken on Nov. 24, 2008.
PIA10547:
Penelope on Tethys
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-31 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Titan's globally distributed detached haze layer and the moon's north polar hood, both notable details of its thick atmosphere, are clearly seen in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Titan is 5,150 kilometers across, slightly larger than Mercury.
PIA10546:
Titan's North Polar Haze
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-30 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera captured Saturn's moon Rhea as it gradually slipped into the planet's shadow, an event known as 'ingress,' on Aug. 19, 2008.
PIA11143:
Darkness Falls on Rhea Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-30 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Details of Saturn's icy rings are visible in this sweeping view NASA's Cassini spacecraft of the planet's glorious ring system taken on Nov. 26, 2008.
PIA11142:
A Full Sweep of Saturn's Rings
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The F ring and outer edge of the A ring can be seen in this image taken on Nov. 7, 2008 by NASA's Cassini spacecraft . A kink feature is visible in the F ring, probably caused by Prometheus or Pandora, the F ring's shepherd moons.
PIA10545:
Fingerprints of the Shepherds
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-29 Helene Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's small moon Helene, a 'Trojan' moon of Dione (not shown) is captured in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Nov. 24, 2008.
PIA10544:
Helene Attends Dione
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-25 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft acquired this view of Rhea's leading hemisphere near 'opposition,' or with the Sun almost directly behind the camera.
PIA10542:
Where Have All the Shadows Gone?
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-24 Pan Cassini-Huygens
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Pan orbits in the Encke gap near the middle of this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Nov. 5, 2008. Also visible is one of the three dusty ringlets that reside in the Encke gap.
PIA10541:
Pan's Ringlet
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-23 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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Against a background of muted atmospheric bands in Saturn's northern hemisphere, Mimas forges onward in its orbit around the Ringed Planet in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Nov. 26, 2008.
PIA10540:
Mimas Before Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-19 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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Tethys' dark equatorial band is seen in natural color on the moon's leading hemisphere. The largest impact basin on Saturn's moon Tethys, Odysseus, appears on the left in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Oct. 27, 2008.
PIA10538:
Tethys' Subtle Hues
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-18 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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The range of features to be found in Saturn's C ring is seen in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Nov. 9, 2008.
PIA10537:
Many Faces of the C Ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-17 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Although this image is centered on the Saturn-facing hemisphere of Titan, here the sun illuminates mainly the trailing hemisphere of Saturn's largest moon. This image was taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Nov. 9, 2008.
PIA10536:
Saturn's View of Titan's Trailing Hemisphere
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-16 Prometheus Cassini-Huygens
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Prometheus emerges from Saturn's shadow in this image taken on Oct. 29, 2008 by NASA's Cassini spacecraft of the dark side of the rings.
PIA10535:
Prometheus Emerges
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-15 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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During two close flybys of Saturn's moon Enceladus in 2008, the cameras on NASA's Cassini spacecraft acquired several very high-resolution images of specific regions of the south polar terrain.
PIA11135:
Tiger Stripes...Magnified!
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-15 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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On Oct. 9, 2008, just after coming within 25 kilometers (15.6 miles) of the surface of Enceladus, NASA's Cassini captured this stunning mosaic as the spacecraft sped away from this geologically active moon of Saturn.
PIA11133:
A Tectonic Feast
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-15 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Clouds swirl about in Saturn's active atmosphere. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Oct. 29, 2008.
PIA10534:
Swirls
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-12 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft obtained this view of a bright ray crater on the southern portions of Rhea's leading hemisphere.
PIA10533:
Icy Impact
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Prometheus shows up bright in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft of the dark side of the rings. The bright band that appears above Prometheus in this image is the Cassini division separating the (very dark) B ring and the A ring.
PIA10532:
Prometheus Lurking in the Rings
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A bright ray crater dominates this view of the leading hemisphere of Rhea, obtained at a time when the Sun was nearly aligned behind NASA's Cassini spacecraft, or 'opposition.'
PIA10531:
Opposing Rhea
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Pandora orbits near a kink in the F ring. Whether it was Prometheus or Pandora that created the kink is not obvious in this instance in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Oct. 15, 2008.
PIA10530:
Pandora Gets Kinky
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The moons Pan (near center) and Daphnis cruise through the Encke and Keeler gaps, respectively. The edge waves used to discover Daphnis can be seen in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft as the brightening on either side of the moon.
PIA10529:
Making Waves
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-05 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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In this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft of the F ring, taken shortly after its ring particles encountered the shepherd moon Prometheus, the disruption to the ring caused by the moon is evident.
PIA10528:
Ring Disrupted
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-04 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft provides a view of the southern portion of Tethys' trailing hemisphere. Prominent features include the huge canyon, Ithaca Chasma, as well as Demodocus and Telemus, large basins just to the right of the rift.
PIA10527:
Icy Old Moon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-01 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This low elevation image shows the G ring arc discovered by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. This faint arc of material is maintained by a gravitational interaction with the moon Mimas.
PIA10524:
Lost Arc
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-11-28 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Two of Saturn's moons that have profound impacts on the rings, Mimas and Prometheus, are seen here with the F ring. This image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA10523:
Ring Shapers
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-11-27 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's Encke and Keeler gaps are visible in this image of the outer A ring. Brightness variations are clearly visible in the Encke ringlet. This image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Oct. 23, 2008.
PIA10522:
Fingerprints of the Moons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-11-26 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's B ring is filled with radial structure. This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft of the inner B ring was taken from the unlit side of the rings so the denser parts of the ring transmit less light and consequently appear darker here.
PIA10521:
B Ring in the Negative
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-11-25 Prometheus Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft spied Saturn's moon, Prometheus, one of the F ring shepherds, orbiting between the A and F rings. The F ring shows a kink near Prometheus, due to the moon's gravitational effect.
PIA10520:
Prometheus Brings Change to the F Ring
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Saturn's ever-changing F ring appears as wisps of smoke in this image taken downstream of the shepherd moon, Prometheus in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Oct. 23, 2008.
PIA10518:
Smokey Ring
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Saturn's moon Mimas's lit crescent has the appearance of a golf ball thanks to its heavily cratered surface in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Oct. 24, 2008.
PIA10517:
Fore!
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In the Maxwell gap within Saturn's C ring resides a narrow, eccentric ringlet of the same name. This image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Oct. 25, 2008.
PIA10516:
Maxwell's That Ends Well
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft acquired this view of Saturn's moon Enceladus just after the spacecraft passed within 25 kilometers (15 miles) of the surface on Oct. 9, 2008.
PIA10515:
Over the Limb
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks through Titan's thick atmosphere to reveal bright and dark terrains on the Saturn-facing side of the planet's largest moon.
PIA10514:
Saturn's View of Titan
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Clouds in this image and other NASA Cassini spacecraft views are at higher latitudes than similar streak-like clouds observed in the southern hemisphere. Scientists are working to understand why such clouds appear preferentially at certain latitudes.
PIA10511:
Titan's Northern Streaks
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Mimas emerges from behind hazy Saturn. The rings appear distorted near the planet as their image passes through the upper atmosphere in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Nov. 30, 2007.
PIA10510:
Features Distorted
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft focuses on a streamer-channel feature in Saturn's F ring in this image captured on Sept. 30, 2008.
PIA10509:
Streamer Channel
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Saturn's battered moon Janus wears the record of its long history of impacts. Janus orbits just beyond the outer reaches of Saturn's A and F rings in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Sept. 28, 2008.
PIA10507:
Scarred Janus
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The prominent crater Telemachus sits within the northern reaches of Ithaca Chasma on Saturn's moon Tethys in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Sept. 24, 2008.
PIA10506:
Crater and Canyon
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A close-up of Saturn's A ring reveals dozens of small, bright streaks aligned with the orbital direction of the rings in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Sept. 25, 2008.
PIA10505:
Propeller Swarm
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Mimas hangs above the hazy skies of Saturn in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Sept. 20, 2008.
PIA10504:
Mimas Above the Haze
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This mosaic from NASA's Cassini spacecraft was made from 'skeet shoot' narrow-angle images 1, 2, 3, and 4, all captured during the Oct. 31, 2008, flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus.
PIA11134:
Enceladus Rev 91 Flyby - Skeet Shoot 1-4 Mosaic
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft was the ninth 'skeet shoot' narrow-angle image captured during the Oct. 31, 2008 flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus.
PIA11127:
Enceladus Rev 91 Flyby - Skeet Shoot #9
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft was the eighth 'skeet shoot' narrow-angle image captured during the October 31, 2008, flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus.
PIA11125:
Enceladus Rev 91 Flyby - Skeet Shoot #8
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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft was the fourth 'skeet shoot' narrow-angle image captured during the Oct. 31, 2008, flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus.
PIA11108:
Enceladus Rev 91 Flyby - Skeet Shoot #4
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft was the first and highest resolution 'skeet shoot' narrow-angle image captured during the Oct. 31, 2008, flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus.
PIA11124:
Enceladus Rev 91 Flyby - Skeet Shoot #1
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft peeks through the murk of Titan's thick atmosphere in a search for clouds. Although there are no obvious cloud features in this view, bright cloud streaks have occasionally been seen by Cassini and Earth-based telescopes.
PIA10503:
Watching for Clouds
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Northern craters line the crescent of Enceladus. This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft is part of an observation designed to view the moon's plume of icy particles at a moderately high phase angle.
PIA10498:
Just a Phase
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Many features in Saturn's rings are thought to be induced by the gravity of the planet's moons in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Sept. 25, 2008.
PIA10501:
Two Kinds of Wave
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This image was taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft's extremely close encounter with Saturn's moon Enceladus on Oct. 9, 2008.
PIA11123:
Enceladus Oct. 9, 2008 Flyby - Posted Image #5
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This image was taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft's extremely close encounter with Saturn's moon Enceladus on Oct. 9, 2008.
PIA11122:
Enceladus Oct. 9, 2008 Flyby - Posted Image #4
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This image was taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft's extremely close encounter with Saturn's moon Enceladus on Oct. 9, 2008.
PIA11121:
Enceladus Oct. 9, 2008 Flyby - Posted Image #3
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This image was taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft's extremely close encounter with Saturn's moon Enceladus on Oct. 9, 2008.
PIA11120:
Enceladus Oct. 9, 2008 Flyby - Posted Image #2
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This image was taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft's extremely close encounter with Saturn's moon Enceladus on Oct. 9, 2008.
PIA11119:
Enceladus Oct. 9, 2008 Flyby - Posted Image #1
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Enceladus peeks over the limb of Dione during a partial occultation. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Sept. 13, 2008.
PIA10500:
Occulting Enceladus
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The serene beauty of Saturn invites NASA's Cassini spacecraft's gaze as the spacecraft hurtles through this dynamic system, studying the giant planet's rings, moons, atmosphere, and magnetosphere.
PIA10497:
Saturn in Recline
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The active surface jets on Saturn's moon Enceladus collectively form a brilliant, extended plume that is made visible as sunlight scatters among the microscopic particles of ice. Image was taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera.
PIA10502:
Plumewatch
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Saturn's moon Dione's defining feature, the fractures on its trailing side, shine brilliantly in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA10496:
Bright Canyons
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks toward Rhea's cratered, icy landscape with the dark line of Saturn's ringplane and the planet's murky atmosphere as a background. Rhea is Saturn's second-largest moon, at 1,528 kilometers (949 miles) across.
PIA10494:
Icy Profile
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured signs of activity on both sides of the Roche Division, the region between Saturn's A and F rings in this image from Aug. 31, 2008.
PIA10491:
From A to F
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This detailed Cassini view of the monstrous vortex at Saturn's south pole provides valuable insight about the mechanisms that power the planet's atmosphere. This image was taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on July 14, 2008.
PIA11104:
Convection in Saturn's Southern Vortex
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Shadows reveal the topography of Saturn's south polar vortex. At high resolution, a new, inner ring of isolated, bright clouds is seen. This image was taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on July 15, 2008.
PIA11103:
The Yet Yawning Gulf
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The gravity of Prometheus alters the orbits of the fine, icy particles in Saturn's F ring, creating dazzling structures in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Aug. 30, 2008.
PIA10489:
Warped F Ring
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Ring shadows line the face of distant Saturn, providing an exquisite backdrop for the brilliant, white sphere of Enceladus. This icy moon is a target of intense study for NASA's Cassini spacecraft during its Equinox mission.
PIA10485:
Focus on Enceladus
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft spies Saturn's icy moon Mimas on the far side of Saturn's rings. The large crater Herschel gives the moon a flattened profile on its leading hemisphere, at left.
PIA10484:
Mimas in Profile
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During a distant flyby encounter with Saturn's moon Enceladus, NASA's Cassini spacecraft imaged the moon's wrinkled leading hemisphere.
PIA10483:
Youthful Wrinkles
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