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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-11-30 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
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The southern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Tethys is seen in this updated polar stereographic maps, mosaicked from the best-available images obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA12799:
Tethys Polar Maps - August 2010
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-11-30 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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Geologic faults among craters on Saturn's moon Tethys are depicted in this image captured during a flyby of the moon by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Aug. 14, 2010.
PIA12802:
Geology on Tethys
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-12-14 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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These two views of Tethys show the high-resolution color (left) and the topography (right) of the leading, or forward-facing, hemisphere of this ice-rich satellite. Data for these images is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA13701:
A New View of Tethys
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-08-08 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft views the cratered surface of Saturn's moon Tethys in front of the hazy orb of the planet's largest moon, Titan. Tethys is much closer than Titan to Cassini.
PIA12778:
Craters Before Haze
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-11-07 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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Saturn's moon Tethys shows off its tortured surface in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. At top left of image is huge Odysseus Crater. At bottom right is Ithaca Chasma, a series of scarps that runs north-south across the moon.
PIA14581:
Scarred Moon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-01-02 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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Saturn's moon Tethys orbits in front of the wide shadows cast by the rings onto the planet for this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Tethys appears just below the rings near the center of the image.
PIA14589:
Before Wide Shadows
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-06-04 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft takes a close look at a row of craters on Saturn's moon Tethys during the spacecraft's April 14, 2012, flyby of the moon. Three large craters are visible along the terminator between day and night on Tethys.
PIA14611:
Line of Craters
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-08-20 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft takes a detailed look at the northern part of the huge Odysseus Crater on Saturn's moon Tethys. The crater dominates the left half of this view of Tethys.
PIA14622:
Northern Odysseus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-11-26 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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Tethys may not be tiny by normal standards, but when it is captured alongside Saturn, it can't help but seem pretty small in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA14636:
Tiny Tethys
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-11-14 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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This global map of Saturn's moon Tethys was created using images taken during flybys of NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA14931:
Map of Tethys - June 2012
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-11-14 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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The northern hemisphere of Tethys is seen in this polar stereographic map, mosaicked from the best-available images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA14932:
Tethys North Polar Map - June 2012
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-11-14 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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The southern hemisphere of Tethys is seen in this polar stereographic map, mosaicked from the best-available images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA14933:
Tethys South Polar Map - June 2012
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-12-03 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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Although Mimas holds the unofficial designation of 'Death Star moon,' Tethys is seen here also vaguely resembling the space station from Star Wars. Apparently, Tethys doesn't want Mimas to have all the fun!
PIA14637:
Another Death Star?
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-11-04 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this image of Tethys, telling the story of a violent history marked by impacts. Seen here are the craters Melanthius (near the center), Dolius (above Melanthius), and Penelope (upper left almost over the limb).
PIA17138:
Melanthius at Dusk
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-19 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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Tethys' trailing side shows two terrains that tell a story of a rough past. To the north (up, in image) is older, rougher terrain, while to the south is new material dubbed 'smooth plains' by scientists. This image was taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA17164:
Tethys' Terrains
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-07-28 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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Seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, Tethys, like many moons in the solar system, keeps one face pointed towards the planet around which it orbits. Tethys' anti-Saturn face is seen here, fully illuminated, basking in sunlight.
PIA18275:
Tethys in Sunlight
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-09-22 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures a rare family photo of three of Saturn's moons that couldn't be more different from each other. Shown here are Tethys (center), Hyperion (upper left), and Prometheus (lower left).
PIA18283:
The Odd Trio
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-10-13 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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Like a drop of dew hanging on a leaf, Tethys appears to be stuck to the A and F rings from this perspective of NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA18284:
Stuck on the Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-10-20 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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The moons visible in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, Pandora and Atlas, are quite small by astronomical standards, but the rings are also enormous. From one side of the planet to the other, the A ring stretches over 170,000 miles (270,000 km).
PIA18279:
Mini Moons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-11-04 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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This set of global, color mosaics of Saturn's moon Tethys was produced from images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft during its first ten years exploring the Saturn system.
PIA18439:
Color Maps of Tethys - 2014
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-12-15 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini orbiter shows that Tethys appears to be peeking out from behind Rhea, watching the watcher. Scientists believe that Tethys' surprisingly high albedo is due to the water ice jets emerging from its neighbor, Enceladus.
PIA18293:
Tethys the Spy
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-06-08 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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Like most moons in the solar system, Tethys is covered by impact craters. Some craters bear witness to incredibly violent events, such as the crater Odysseus (seen here at the right of this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft).
PIA18317:
Tethys the Target
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-06-15 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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In this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, two large craters on Tethys, near the line where day fades to night, almost resemble two giant eyes observing Saturn. Tethys is significantly closer to the camera, while the planet is in the background.
PIA18318:
Tethys 'Eyes' Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-07-27 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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The giant impact basin Odysseus on Saturn's moon Tethys stands out brightly from the rest of the illuminated icy crescent as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA18329:
Bright Basin on Tethys
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-07-29 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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This enhanced-color mosaic from NASA's Cassini spacecraft of Saturn's icy moon Tethys shows a range of features on the moon's trailing hemisphere.
PIA19636:
The Colors of Tethys I
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-07-29 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
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Unusual arc-shaped, reddish streaks cut across the surface of Saturn's ice-rich moon Tethys in this enhanced-color mosaic from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA19637:
Red Arcs on Tethys
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-07-29 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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This enhanced-color mosaic of Saturn's icy moon Tethys shows a range of features on the moon's trailing hemisphere. This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft was constructed from 52 images from its narrow-angle camera on April 11, 2015.
PIA19638:
The Colors of Tethys II
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-12-07 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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Tethys, dwarfed by the scale of Saturn and its rings, appears as an elegant crescent in this image taken by NASA's Cassini Spacecraft. Views like this are impossible from Earth, where we only see Saturn's moons as (more or less) fully illuminated disks.
PIA18348:
Crescent Tethys and Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-01-11 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured Saturn, around 10 times the diameter of Earth, dwarfs it retinue of moons. Tethys is seen here at lower right.
PIA18350:
Saturn the Mighty
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-02-08 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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Saturn's moon Tethys appears to float between two sets of rings in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, but it's just a trick of geometry. The rings, which are seen nearly edge-on, are the dark bands above Tethys.
PIA18355:
Ices and Shadows
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-02-29 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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Two of Saturn's moons, Tethys and the much smaller Janus, are captured in this photo from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA18356:
Different Worlds
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-07-11 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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An illusion of perspective, Saturn's moon Tethys seems to hang above the planet's north pole in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA20488:
Tethys Tops Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-08-15 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moons Tethys and Hyperion appear to be near neighbors in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, even though they are actually 930,000 miles apart here. Tethys is the larger body on the left.
PIA20493:
Distant Moons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-01-23 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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Tethys, one of Saturn's larger icy moons, vaguely resembles an eyeball staring off into space in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The resemblance is due to the enormous crater, Odysseus, and its complex of central peaks.
PIA20518:
Here's Looking at You, Tethys
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-04-24 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the low angle of the sun over Tethys' massive canyon, Ithaca Chasma (near the terminator, at right), highlights the contours of this enormous rift.
PIA20527:
Dark Chasm
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-08-21 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini gazes across the icy rings of Saturn toward the icy moon Tethys, whose night side is illuminated by Saturnshine, or sunlight reflected by the planet.
PIA21342:
Saturn-lit Tethys
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-06-04 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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On Aug. 17, 2015, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this image of Odysseus crater with its ring of steep cliffs and the mountains that rise at its center, the most visually striking feature on Saturn's icy moon, Tethys.
PIA21613:
Mighty Odysseus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-08-20 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows Saturn's moon Tethys disappearing behind Titan as observed by Cassini on Nov. 26, 2009. Tethys is about 660 miles (1,070 kilometers) across.
PIA22648:
Tête-à-tête
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-02-24 Telesto Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Telesto is visible below and to the left of center in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06592:
Telesto: Companion of Tethys
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-07-20 Telesto Cassini-Huygens
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This is NASA's Cassini spacecraft's best look yet at the Trojan moon Telesto (24 kilometers, or 15 miles across), which orbits Saturn about 60 degrees ahead of the much larger Tethys (1,071 kilometers, or 665 miles across).
PIA07546:
Trojan Telesto
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The blob of light seen here is Saturn's moon Telesto, which shares its orbital path with the much larger moon Tethys. This image was taken in visible green light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Aug. 1, 2005.
PIA07586:
Squinting at Telesto
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These views from NASA's Cassini spacecraft show surface features and color variation on the Trojan moon Telesto. The smooth surface of this moon suggests that, like Pandora, it is covered with a mantle of fine, dust-sized icy material.
PIA07696:
A Closer Look at Telesto (Monochrome)
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This view captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Dec. 25, 2005, show surface features and color variation on the Trojan moon Telesto. The smooth surface suggests that, like Pandora, it is covered with a mantle of fine, dust-sized icy material.
PIA07697:
A Closer Look at Telesto (False-Color)
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft passed within a cosmic stone's throw of Telesto in October, 2005 capturing this shot of the tiny Trojan moon.
PIA07702:
Smooth Surface of Telesto
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The smooth surface of Saturn's moon Telesto is documented in this image captured during the NASA's Cassini spacecraft's Aug. 27, 2009, flyby.
PIA12704:
Smooth Telesto
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-10-15 Sol (our sun) Cassini-Huygens
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As the solar wind flows from the sun, it creates a bubble in space known as the 'heliosphere' around our solar system. The heliosphere is the region of space under the influence of our sun.
PIA12310:
The Bubble of Our Solar System Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-20 Sol (our sun) Cassini-Huygens
MIMI
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft created this image of the bubble around our solar system based on emissions of particles known as energetic neutral atoms.
PIA12374:
Particles from the Heliosphere
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-12-18 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft gazes down at the marvelous rings and swirling clouds of giant Saturn from above the planet's north pole.
PIA08823:
Such Splendor
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-11-01 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn appears serene and majestic in the first color composite made of images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on its approach to the ringed planet, with arrival still 20 months away.
PIA02884:
Distant Saturn Sighting
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This is an artists concept of NASA's Cassini spacecraft during the Saturn Orbit Insertion (SOI) maneuver, just after the main engine has begun firing.
PIA03883:
Artists's Conception of Cassini Saturn Orbit Insertion
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft in a Jet Propulsion Laboratory assembly room in 1997.
PIA04603:
Cassini Spacecraft in a JPL Assembly Room
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-12-05 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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A cold, dusky Saturn looms in the distance in this striking, natural color view of the ringed planet and five of its icy satellites. This image was taken by NASA's Cassini's narrow angle camera on Nov. 9, 2003, from a distance of 111.4 million kilometers.
PIA04913:
Looming Saturn
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The narrow angle camera onboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft took a series of exposures of Saturn and its rings and moons on February 9, 2004, which were composited to create this stunning, color image.
PIA05380:
Approach to Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-05 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini narrow angle camera took this image of Saturn on Feb. 16, 2004, from a distance of 66.1 million kilometers (41.1 million miles) in a special filter which reveals clouds and haze high in the atmosphere.
PIA05381:
Saturn Methane Image
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These images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft show clumps seemingly embedded within Saturn's narrow, outermost F ring.
PIA05382:
Clumps in the F Ring
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Bands and spots in Saturn's atmosphere, including a dark band south of the equator with a scalloped border, are visible in this image from NASA's Cassini-Huygens spacecraft.
PIA05383:
Blue Saturn
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Wind-blown clouds and haze high in Saturn's atmosphere are captured in this image taken by NASA's Cassini narrow angle camera in February 2004.
PIA05384:
High Winds Aloft on Saturn Animation Icon
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As NASA's Cassini closes in on Saturn, its view is growing sharper with time and now reveals new atmospheric features in the planet's southern hemisphere.
PIA05385:
Spots on Saturn
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Three months before its scheduled arrival at Saturn, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has observed two storms in the act of merging. With diameters close to 1,000 kilometers (621 miles), both storms, which appear as spots in the southern hemisphere.
PIA05386:
Merging Saturnian Storms
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NASA's Cassini has sighted Prometheus and Pandora, the two F-ring-shepherding moons whose unpredictable orbits both fascinate scientists and wreak havoc on the F ring.
PIA05387:
Prometheus and Pandora
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A montage of NASA's Cassini images, taken in four different regions of the spectrum from ultraviolet to near-infrared, demonstrates that there is more to Saturn than meets the eye.
PIA05388:
Four Ways to See Saturn
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Saturn and its rings completely fill the field of view of NASA's Cassini's narrow angle camera in this natural color image taken on March 27, 2004. This is the last single 'eyeful' of Saturn and its rings.
PIA05389:
Saturn in Color
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The veils of Saturn's most mysterious moon have begun to lift in NASA's Cassini's eagerly awaited first glimpse of the surface of Titan; scientists believe organic matter rains from hazy skies and seas of liquid hydrocarbons dot a frigid surface.
PIA05390:
The Veils of Titan
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As NASA's Cassini nears its rendezvous with Saturn, new detail in the banded clouds of the planet's atmosphere are becoming visible.
PIA05391:
Bands of Clouds and Lace
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NASA's Cassini orbiter continues its observations of Saturn's mysterious moon Titan, stealing another early peek at the haze-enshrouded surface.
PIA05392:
Peering Closer at Titan
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This image from NASA's Cassini-Huygens spacecraft shows two of Saturn's moons, Prometheus (102 kilometers, or 63 miles across) and Pandora (84 kilometers, or 52 miles across), shepherding the planet's narrow F-ring.
PIA05393:
Pandora and Prometheus Near F Ring
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Saturn's rings cast threadlike shadows on the planet's northern hemisphere. Note the translucent C ring, and thin outermost F ring. The image was taken with NASA's Cassini narrow angle camera in visible light on May 10, 2004.
PIA05394:
Rings and Shadows
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows dramatic details in the swirling, turbulent bands of clouds in Saturn's atmosphere. Particularly noteworthy is the disturbed equatorial region.
PIA05395:
Swirls of Clouds
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the multitude of grooves for which Saturn's rings are famed.
PIA05396:
Groovy Rings and Moons
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Hubble Space Telescope
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Wide Field Planetary Camera 2
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These images are from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, taken March 22 (top) and May 16, 2004, of Saturn's displays its familiar banded structure, with haze and clouds at various altitudes.
PIA05981:
Saturn from Far and Near
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NASA's Cassini-Huygens spacecraft returned this image of Saturn on May 16, 2004, when its imaging science subsystem narrow-angle camera was too close to fit the entire planet in its field-of-view.
PIA05983:
Saturn from Far and Near (Cassini-Huygens)
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This close-up image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft of Saturn's southern hemisphere, shows several dark spots huddled in the mid-latitude region.
PIA05397:
Storms in Saturn's Atmosphere
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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the delicate banded nature of Saturn's atmosphere.
PIA05398:
Saturn's Stripes
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Saturn's southern hemisphere shows dark spots and wisps of high clouds, as captured in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA05399:
Storms and Feathery Clouds
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Two pairs of dark spots, or storms, in Saturn's atmosphere squeeze past each other as they dance around the planet. In this group of four storms, the top left and lower right storms are fringed with white clouds as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA05401:
Two Pairs of Storms
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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows Saturn's moon Prometheus orbiting inside the planet's F-ring, which exhibits some of the knotted structure for which it is renowned.
PIA05402:
Prometheus and Knots in the F Ring
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken May 21, 2004 displays the ringed planet's subtle, multi-hued atmospheric bands.
PIA06060:
Colorful Saturn, Getting Closer
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The path that lies ahead for NASA's Cassini-Huygens mission is indicated in this image which illustrates where the spacecraft will be just 27 days from now, when it arrives at Saturn.
PIA06061:
Passage through the Ring Plane
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The high clouds of Saturn's bright equatorial band appear to stretch like cotton candy in this image taken by NASA's Cassini narrow angle camera on May 11, 2004.
PIA05403:
Atmospheric Detail and Enceladus
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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows several dark storms confined to a region below 30 degrees south latitude in Saturn's atmosphere.
PIA05405:
Storm Alley
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On its approach to Saturn orbit insertion, the narrow angle camera on NASA's Cassini spacecraft snapped this image of a turbulent swirl in the high clouds of Saturn's atmosphere.
PIA05406:
Swirls of Clouds in Infrared
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Cassini continues its vigil as Saturn's atmosphere churns and morphs through time. This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft's was taken on May 15, 2004, from a distance of 24.7 million kilometers (15.3 million miles) from Saturn.
PIA05408:
Mid-Latitude Storms
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Saturn's bright equatorial band displays an exquisite swirl near the planet's eastern limb. This image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on May 18, 2004, from a distance of 23.4 million kilometers (14.5 million miles) from Saturn.
PIA05409:
Bands and Swirls in Infrared
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Saturn's magnificent rings show some of their intricate structure in this image taken on May 11, 2004, by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow angle camera.
PIA05410:
Rings and Moons
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With ultraviolet eyes, NASA's Cassini spacecraft gazes at cloud bands and wavy structures in Saturn's southern hemisphere.
PIA05412:
Southern Hemisphere in Ultraviolet
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In this image, dark regions represent areas where NASA's Cassini spacecraft is seeing into deeper levels in Saturn's atmosphere.
PIA05413:
Saturn's Atmosphere and Rings
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Saturn's peaceful beauty invites NASA's Cassini spacecraft for a closer look in this natural color view, taken during the spacecraft's approach to the planet.
PIA06077:
Ringworld Waiting
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This image of Saturn's southern hemisphere taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft cameras shows a banded appearance due to winds, as well as dark cyclonic ovals.
PIA06082:
Saturn Movie Animation Icon
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MIMI
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Saturn's magnetosphere is seen for the first time in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on June 21, 2004.
PIA06345:
Behold Saturn's Magnetosphere!
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Radio and Plasma Wave Science Instrument
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This graph illustrates the series of sonic booms that took place when NASA's Cassini spacecraft crossed Saturn's bow shock.
PIA06347:
Entering Saturn's Magnetosphere with a Boom
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Dual Technique Magnetometer
Plasma Spectrometer
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This graph illustrates NASA's Cassini spacecraft's transition into Saturn's magnetosphere from an outer region called the magnetosheath.
PIA06348:
Entering the Magnetic Bubble
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This image of Saturn's southern hemisphere taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft cameras shows a banded appearance due to winds, as well as dark cyclonic ovals.
PIA06083:
Saturn Movie Close-Up Animation Icon
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Composite Infrared Spectrometer
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These graphs illustrate wind strength (bottom) and temperature above Saturn. The data were acquired by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's composite infrared spectrometer when Saturn had just begun summer in its southern hemisphere.
PIA06346:
High Above Saturn's Cloud Tops
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Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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Evidence from the visual and infrared mapping spectrometer on NASA's Cassini spacecraft indicates that the grain sizes in Saturn's rings grade from smaller to larger, related to distance from Saturn.
PIA06349:
The Stuff of Rings
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Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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The visual and infrared mapping spectrometer on NASA's Cassini spacecraft has found evidence for a material dubbed 'dirt' in Saturn's rings.
PIA06350:
'Dirty Rotten' Rings
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This image taken by the narrow angle camera on NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows Saturn's F ring.
PIA06351:
Streaming F Ring
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Details observed in Saturn's south polar region demonstrate that this area is far from featureless. This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows lighter colored clouds dot the entire region.
PIA05414:
South Pole on Saturn
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured intriguing cloud structures on Saturn as it neared its rendezvous with the gas giant.
PIA05415:
Atmospheric Detail in Infrared
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Saturn's captivating cloud bands display a number of interesting features in this narrow angle camera image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on May 20, 2004.
PIA05416:
Moon under Saturn
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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a dramatic view of Saturn's rings draped by the shadow of Saturn.
PIA05417:
Rings and More Rings
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