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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-09-19 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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The two moons pictured here each share their orbits with other bodies; Dione and Epimetheus taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA09731:
Moons that Share
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Two icy moons meet on the sky in a 'mutual event' recorded by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The great brightness of Enceladus is rather obvious in comparison to Dione behind it.
PIA09729:
Enceladus and Dione
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Giant craters like the one seen in this view deform the shape of Hyperion, making it the largest irregularly-shaped body in the Saturn system. This image was taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA09728:
Chiseled Away
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-09-13 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's nearly edge-on rings are caught between two moons, Dione and Pandora taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA09727:
Crossing Dione
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Dione looms large before the rings of Saturn in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA09721:
Inclined Dione
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-08-22 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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A string of icy moons stretches across the Saturn system in this view from nearly edge-on with the ringplane. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera.
PIA09011:
Crowded Sky
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-08-13 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Three of Saturn's brood are captured near the rings in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Together they showcase the rich variety of worlds found in the Saturn system.
PIA09004:
A Diverse Family
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-08-07 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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Dione floats in the sea of space, bisected by Saturn's edge-on ringplane. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on July 2, 2007 at a distance of approximately 2.5 million kilometers from Dione.
PIA09000:
Skewered Moon
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Bright lines creep across the face of Saturn's moon, Dione. The lines are systems of geologically fresh-looking canyons with bright, icy walls in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Jan. 19, 2007.
PIA08998:
World of Canyons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-07-06 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's Dione appears small and far off in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, which manages to capture a detailed look at the moon's beautiful bright streaks, or 'linea.' The linea are a system of braided canyons that cut across the moon's face.
PIA08978:
Dione's Good Side
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft spies bright fractures in the icy crust of Dione. This view looks toward the northern hemisphere on Dione's anti-Saturn side.
PIA08960:
Wisps on Dione
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft investigates the craters and deep valleys on Dione during a close approach in April 2007.
PIA08956:
The Crater Gradient
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Giant pits cover the impact-eroded face of Saturn's moon, Hyperion, giving it a spongy appearance. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on April 12, 2007.
PIA08940:
Pitted Hyperion
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-04-26 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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Grooves and deep craters adorn terrain at high southern latitudes on Saturn's moon, Dione, in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on March 23, 2007.
PIA08927:
Dione's Decorations
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Chaotically tumbling and seriously eroded by impacts, Hyperion is one of Saturn's more unusual satellites in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft .
PIA08904:
Unusual Hyperion
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-03-13 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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Bright icy fractures, or linea, cover the trailing hemisphere of Saturn's moon, Dione, in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Feb. 3, 2007.
PIA08895:
Dionean Linea
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-03-02 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's Dione's leading hemisphere appears relatively smooth and placid here, compared to the fractured landscape on its trailing hemisphere in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Jan. 19, 2007.
PIA08888:
The Quiet Side
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-01-17 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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Canyons and mountain peaks snake along the terminator on the crater-covered, icy moon Dione. A line of mountain ridges above center casts shadows toward the east as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08856:
Shadows on Ice
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-12-29 Hyperion Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Hyperion appears to tumble toward NASA's Cassini in this frame from a movie that shows variations in color across the moon's surface.
PIA08349:
Multicolor Hyperion Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-12-29 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Dione floats in the dark sky before NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Images taken from slightly different directions allow construction of stereo views, helpful in interpreting the complex topography of Saturn's moons. 3D glasses are necessary.
PIA08338:
Dione Anaglyph
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-12-26 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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The fractured terrain so distinctive to Dione curves away toward the south in this view, which looks down at the moon's northern hemisphere. This image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Nov. 22, 2006.
PIA08839:
Down on Dione
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-11-27 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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Dione looks lovely half lit in this portrait from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Just visible is a long canyon running southward just left of the terminator in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Oct. 29, 2006.
PIA08318:
North on Dione
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Craters of all sizes litter the landscape on Saturn's Dione. The larger craters in this view display prominent central peak in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Oct. 12, 2006.
PIA08314:
Holey Dione!
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-11-14 Hyperion Cassini-Huygens
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This color view of Saturnian moon Hyperion shows off the dark pits that cover this strangely shaped moon as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08309:
Hyperion's Pitted Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-10-23 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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Bright fractures creep across the surface of icy Dione. This extensive canyon system is centered on a region of terrain that is significantly darker that the rest of the moon in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Sept. 27, 2006.
PIA08293:
Dione's Creeping Canyons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-09-13 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft whizzed past Dione on Aug. 16, 2006, capturing this slightly motion-blurred view of the moon's fractured and broken landscape in reflected light from Saturn.
PIA08266:
Dim Details on Dione
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Soft light from Saturn lifts the veil of night from the moons Dione (lower left) and Rhea (upper right). A scant crescent on each satellite marks the limit of the Sun's direct reach in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Aug. 11, 2006.
PIA08261:
Glow of Night
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-08-31 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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This splendid view showcases Saturn's moon Dione's tortured complex of bright cliffs. At lower right is the feature called Cassandra, exhibiting linear rays extending in multiple directionsas captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on July 24, 2006.
PIA08256:
Incredible Cliffs
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Unlike most of the dull grey moons in the Solar System, Hyperion's color is a rosy tan and looks like a spongy potato, as shown is this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08240:
Rosy Tan Moon
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This extreme false-color view of Saturnian moon Hyperion shows color variation across the impact-blasted surface of the tumbling moon in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft .
PIA08236:
Eroded Moon
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks across the unlit ringplane as Mimas glides silently in front of Dione.
PIA08228:
Night Lights
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Saturn's moons Janus and Epimetheus are captured swinging around Saturn's rings and past Dione in this frame from a movie sequence from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA07808:
Three Moons Meet Animation Icon
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Three of Saturn's moons swim past in this frame from a movie sequence of images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. These sequences, called mutual events, are useful for refining scientists' understanding the orbits of the moons.
PIA07802:
Staying with Epimetheus Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-06-20 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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Two Saturnian moons meet in the sky. Dione departs after crossing the face of Rhea for several minutes. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on May 14, 2006.
PIA08203:
Uncovering Rhea
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The dark side of the ringplane glows with scattered light, including the luminous F ring, which shines like a rope of brilliant neon. Below, Dione presents an exquisitely thin crescent in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08201:
Saturn's Night Lights
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-23 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's Dione and Rhea pair up for an occultation, or mutual event, as seen by NASA's Cassini. While the lit portion of each moon is but a crescent, the dar side of Dione has begun to take a bite out of its distant sibling moon.
PIA08183:
Orbs Align
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The wispy fractured terrain on Saturn's moon Dione is illuminated here by 'Saturnshine' -- dim reflected light from the planet. This image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Mar. 24, 2006.
PIA08174:
Bright Fractures in the Dark
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks toward the Saturnian horizon as Dione and Janus glide past.
PIA08158:
Sidelong at Saturn
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As our robotic emissary to Saturn, NASA's Cassini spacecraft is privileged to behold such fantastic sights as this pairing of two moons beyond the rings. The bright, narrow F ring is the outermost ring structure seen here.
PIA08150:
Enceladus Races Onward
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-03-14 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Dione steps in front of Tethys for a few minutes in an occultation, or mutual event. These events occur frequently for NASA's Cassini spacecraft when it is orbiting close to the ringplane.
PIA08134:
Taking a Bite Out of Tethys
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Saturn's tumbling and irregularly shaped moon Hyperion hangs before NASA's Cassini spacecraft in this image taken during a distant encounter in Dec. 2005.
PIA07684:
Rough and Tumble Hyperion (Still)
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The tumbling and irregularly shaped moon Hyperion rotates away from NASA's Cassini spacecraft in this image taken during a distant encounter on Dec. 23, 2005. Hyperion (174 miles across) is covered with closely packed and deeply etched pits.
PIA07683:
Rough and Tumble Hyperion (Movie) Animation Icon
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This close-up of Saturn's moon Dione's icy surface shows deeply shadowed craters near the terminator, as well as a group of roughly linear faults above center. This image was taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Dec. 24, 2005.
PIA07692:
Dione: Magnified View
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This view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Dec. 24, 2005, highlights tectonic faults and craters on Dione, an icy world that has undoubtedly experienced geologic activity since its formation.
PIA07691:
Dione Has Her Faults (False Color)
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This view captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft highlights tectonic faults and craters on Saturn's moon Dione, an icy world that has undoubtedly experienced geologic activity since its formation.
PIA07690:
Dione Has Her Faults (Monochrome)
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The leading hemisphere of Dione displays subtle variations in color across its surface in this false color view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft takene on Dec. 24, 2005.
PIA07688:
Detail on Dione (False color)
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The leading hemisphere of Saturn's moon Dione displays linear grooves and subtle streaks in this image taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Dec. 24, 2005.
PIA07687:
Detail on Dione (Monochrome)
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Saturn's ring moon Prometheus continues its work shaping the delicate F ring as Dione looks on. The image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Dec. 20, 2005.
PIA07681:
Prometheus with Distant Dione
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Two of Saturn's battered, icy companions, Tethys and Mimas, hover here, above the ringplane. A wide band of visible rings is in between the two moons in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA07679:
Moons in Perspective
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After journeying a bit more than an hour across the Solar System, bright sunlight reflects off the gleaming icy cliffs in the wispy terrain of Dione and is captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's cameras several light seconds later.
PIA07668:
Light Seconds from Dione
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With the icy rings between them, Dione and Tethys each show off the prominent features for which they are known. Dione displays wispy fractures that adorn its trailing side. Tethys, closest to NASA's Cassini spacecraft, shows its impact basin Odysseus.
PIA07659:
Children of Saturn
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This frame from an animation show two crescent moons dance around Saturn as far-off Dione slips behind its sibling moon Rhea. NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this view on Dec. 5, 2005.
PIA07770:
Rhea Eclipses Dione (Animation) Animation Icon
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Dione is partly occulted by Saturn's rings in this nearly edge-on view, taken from less than a tenth of a degree above the ringplane. The side of the rings nearer to NASA's Cassini spacecraft was masked by Saturn's shadow at the time and appears dark.
PIA07658:
Slicing Through Dione
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Saturn's sibling moons, Rhea and Dione, pose for NASA's Cassini spacecraft in this view. Even at this distance, it is easy to see that Dione (below) appears to have been geologically active in the more recent past, compared to Rhea (above).
PIA07649:
Seeing Double
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Saturn's impact-pummeled moon Hyperion stares back at NASA's Cassini spacecraft in this six-image mosaic, taken during the spacecraft's close approach on Sept. 26, 2005.
PIA07761:
Cosmic Blasting Zone
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This fanciful view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft spies the Saturnian moons, Dione and Enceladus, from just beneath the ringplane. Enceladus is on the near side of the rings with respect to Cassini, and Dione is on the far side.
PIA07645:
Dione and Enceladus
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In a rare moment, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this enduring portrait of a near-alignment of four of Saturn's restless moons. Timing is critical when trying to capture a view of multiple bodies, like this one.
PIA07644:
When Moons Align
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Saturn's moon Dione's icy surface is scarred by craters at Carthage Linea in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Oct. 11, 2005.
PIA07638:
At Carthage Linea
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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the soft appearance of Dione's wispy terrains belies their true nature. They are, in fact, complex systems of crisp, braided fractures that cover the moon's trailing hemisphere.
PIA07636:
Captivating Dione
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The moons Dione and Tethys face each other across the gulf of Saturn's rings. Here, NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks on the Saturn-facing hemisphere of Tethys below and the anti-Saturn side of Dione above.
PIA07630:
The Face-off
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This excellent grouping of three moons Dione, Tethys and Pandora near the rings provides a sampling of the diversity of worlds that exists in Saturn's realm. This image was taken in visible blue light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera.
PIA07628:
Satellite Trio
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-09 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Dione is about to swing around the edge of the thin F ring in this color view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Sept. 20, 2005. More than one thin strand of the F ring's tight spiral can be seen here.
PIA07627:
Wisps in Color
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This view looks up toward the sunlit side of Saturn's rings, as Dione and Pandora trundle by. NASA's Cassini spacecraft took this image in visible light with its narrow-angle camera on Sept. 16, 2005.
PIA07625:
Dione and Pandora
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Saturn's expansive rings separate the moon's Tethys (at the top) from Dione (at the bottom). This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Sept. 12, 2005.
PIA07623:
Moons with Separate Paths
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-01 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows Saturn's moon Tethys partially occulting the moon Dione. The difference in the surface brightness of the two moons is immediately apparent.
PIA07621:
Tethys Meets Dione
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-01 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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This brief movie catches Saturn's moon Tethys partially occulting the moon Dione. Images in this frame from a movie sequence were taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Sept. 11, 2005.
PIA07620:
Tethys Meets Dione (Animation) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-10-28 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft views the far-off wispy canyons of Saturn's moon Dione and sees an interesting dichotomy between the bright wisps and the bright south polar region at the bottom.
PIA07618:
Dione's Canyonlands
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-10-17 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft continues to prove that the closer the view of the myriad worlds constituting the Saturn system, the more interesting and varied the views become.
PIA07748:
In the Groove
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-10-17 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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The cratered and cracked disk of Saturn's moon Dione looms ahead in this mosaic of images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Oct. 11, 2005, as it neared its close encounter with the icy moon.
PIA07747:
Dione in Full View - False Color
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The cratered and cracked disk of Saturn's moon Dione looms ahead in this mosaic of images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Oct.11, 2005, as it neared its close encounter with the icy moon.
PIA07746:
Dione in Full View
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As it departed its encounter with Saturn's moon Dione, NASA's Cassini spacecraft sailed above an unreal landscape blasted by impacts. The rising Sun throws craters into sharp contrast and reveals steep crater walls.
PIA07745:
Icy Crescent
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-10-07 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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Naming features on other worlds, scientists like to follow themes, and Dione is no exception. Dione possesses numerous features with names from Virgil's 'Aeneid.' This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Aug. 25, 2005.
PIA07603:
Virgil's Moon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-29 Hyperion Cassini-Huygens
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This high-resolution mosaic from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows that Hyperion truly has a surface different from any other in the Saturn system. The images were taken during Cassini's close flyby of Hyperion on Sept. 26, 2005.
PIA07741:
Hyperion's Unusual Craters
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This stunning false-color view of Saturn's moon Hyperion reveals crisp details across the strange, tumbling moon's surface. The view was obtained during NASA's Cassini close flyby on Sept. 26, 2005.
PIA07740:
Odd World
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As NASA's Cassini spacecraft sped away from its close encounter with Saturn's moon Hyperion on Sept. 26, 2005, it took this parting shot of the battered moon's shadowy limb.
PIA07739:
Hyperion: Parting Glance
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-07 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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Dione's southern polar region contains fractures whose softened appearance suggests that they have different ages than the bright braided fractures seen in the image to the north. This image was taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Aug. 1, 2005.
PIA07581:
Older Southern Fractures?
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Saturn's moons Helene and tiny Polydeuces (not seen here) are Trojan moons of Dione, orbiting about 60 degrees ahead of and behind, the much larger moon. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft on May 20, 2005.
PIA07547:
Helene from Afar
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Saturn's moon, Hyperion, looking a bit like a sponge, pops into view in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06245:
Pop-Up Moon (non-stereo version)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-07-14 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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During a recent pass of Saturn's moon Titan, one of more than 40 during NASA's Cassini's planned four-year mission, the spacecraft acquired this infrared view of the bright Xanadu region and the moon's south pole.
PIA07542:
Clues in the Bright and Dark
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Saturn's moon Hyperion pops into view in this stereo anaglyph created from NASA's Cassini images; differing views are helpful in interpreting the moon's irregular shape. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA06244:
Pop-Up Moon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-07-11 Hyperion Cassini-Huygens
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This frame from a movie sequence provides the record of NASA's Cassini spacecraft's first close brush with Hyperion, Saturn's chaotically tumbling moon.
PIA06243:
Encountering Hyperion (Movie) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-05-19 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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The moon Dione is eclipsed here by the narrow band of Saturn's rings, which in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows one of the interesting ways that they transmit light.
PIA06652:
F Ring Edges
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-05-12 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Dione occults part of Saturn's distant rings while Tethys hovers below, as shown in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06647:
Pair to Compare
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Saturn's chaotically tumbling moon Hyperion is captured in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06645:
What's the Spin?
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Saturn's moon Mimas poses with the larger moon Dione in this handsome portrait captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06644:
Mimas and Dione
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Several distinct craters on Saturn's moon Hyperion can be seen here in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, as well as a protruding feature, perhaps a mountain, near the center.
PIA06643:
Hyperion's Nose
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-05-05 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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A scene straight out of science fiction, this fantastic view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows, from left to right, Saturn's moon's Mimas, Dione and Rhea, on the far side of Saturn's nearly edge-on rings.
PIA06642:
Amazing Icy Moons
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The large Tirawa impact basin on Saturn's moon Rhea is visible at the two o'clock position in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06641:
Big Basin
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Saturn's moon Helene, seen here with Saturn's nearly edge-on rings, orbits 60 degrees ahead of Dione and is called a 'Trojan' moon. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on March 12, 2005.
PIA06639:
Dione's Companion
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The Sun also rises on Saturn's moon Dione, seen in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Wispy fractured terrain lies along the limb taken on March 12, 2005.
PIA06638:
Daybreak on Dione
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The distinctive, wispy system of fractures on the trailing hemisphere of Saturn's moon Dione shows a great deal of contrast in this ultraviolet view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06634:
Far off Cracks
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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the night side of Saturn's moon Dione on Feb. 18, 2005.
PIA06626:
Saturn-lit Surface
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The rugged surface of Saturn's irregular tumbling moon Hyperion is revealed in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06623:
Hyperion's Face
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Wispy streaks curl over the horizon on Saturn's moon Dione, caught here in a distant view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Feb. 18, 2005.
PIA06611:
Far-off Fractures
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As it loops around Saturn, NASA's Cassini spacecraft periodically gets a good view of Saturn's moon Hyperion.
PIA06608:
Hyperion Hoopla
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This captivating portrait captures Saturn's wispy moon Dione over the shoulder of smoggy Titan in a single inspiring scene taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Feb. 18, 2005.
PIA06607:
Art and Science
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In this frame from a movie, NASA's Cassini spacecraft pointed its cameras toward Saturn's moon Dione to witness its distant sibling moon Rhea briefly pass behind in a series of 32 individual frames taken over 17 minutes.
PIA06199:
Cassini's Private Eclipse Animation Icon
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This unusual view of Saturn's moon Hyperion from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows just how strangely shaped this tumbling little moon is.
PIA06562:
Strange Hyperion
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This image of Saturn's moon Dione from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a nice view of the crater Aeneas on the terminator taken on Dec. 10, 2004.
PIA06561:
Aeneas on the Edge
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft spied Saturn's crater-covered moon Dione in this image from Dec. 8, 2004.
PIA06551:
Pocked Moon
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