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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-09-10 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft peers through the hazy atmosphere of Titan for a close view of light and dark terrain on Saturn's largest moon.
PIA11577:
Titan Through the Haze
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A wide shadow is cast onto the thin F ring and the A ring by the moon Janus in this image taken as Saturn approached its August 2009 equinox.
PIA11576:
Wide Shadow of Janus
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft eyes a prominent crater on the moon Janus.
PIA11575:
Crater View
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-09-07 Atlas Cassini-Huygens
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The shadow of the moon Janus dwarfs the shadow of Daphnis on Saturn's A ring in this image taken as the planet approached its August 2009 equinox. This image is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11574:
Small Moon Shadow
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The shadow of the moon Janus dwarfs the shadow of Daphnis on Saturn's A ring in this image taken as the planet approached its August 2009 equinox. This image is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11573:
Long Shadow, Short Shadow
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The Odysseus Crater sprawls across the mid-latitudes of the northern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Tethys as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11572:
Tethys' Northern Crater
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Waves in the edges of the Keeler gap in Saturn's A ring, created by the embedded moon Daphnis, show considerable complexity in this image taken as Saturn approached its August 2009 equinox. This image is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11571:
Complex Edge Waves
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-08-31 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks closely at the outer B ring and the Cassini Division, revealing clump-like structures in the outer edge of the B ring.
PIA11569:
Behold B Ring Clumps
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-08-27 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks at Saturn's largest moon, Titan, revealing its halo-like ring formed in the upper hazes of the moon's extensive atmosphere.
PIA11567:
Ring Around Titan
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The moon Prometheus casts a shadow on Saturn's F ring near a streamer-channel it has created on the ring. The image was taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft as the planet approached its August 2009 equinox.
PIA11566:
Roche Division Shadow Caster
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks down on the north pole of Saturnian moon Dione and the fine fractures that cross its trailing hemisphere.
PIA11565:
Above Dione's Fractures
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks toward the varied surface of the trailing hemisphere of Saturn's moon Enceladus.
PIA11562:
Trailing Enceladus
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft charts a quartet of dark albedo features on the moon Titan. From upper left to lower right of the image are Fenzal, Aztlan, Aaru and Senkyo.
PIA11560:
Low Albedo Foursome
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Saturn's moon Janus casts a shadow on the F and A rings while the moon Prometheus, seen on the left of the image, creates a streamer-channel in the thin F ring. This image is from as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11559:
Along the F Ring
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The oblate shape of Saturn's moon Mimas is presented in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The moon appears flattened at the poles with an equatorial bulge.
PIA11556:
Mimas' Bulging Middle
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-08-07 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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A vertically extended structure or object in Saturn's F ring casts a shadow long enough to reach the A ring in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken just days before planet's August 2009 equinox.
PIA11666:
Shadow Reaches the A Ring
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this image of a small object in the outer portion of Saturn's B ring casting a shadow on the rings as Saturn approaches its August 2009 equinox.
PIA11665:
A Small Find Near Equinox
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-08-07 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft spies a shadow cast by a vertically extended structure or object in the F ring in this image taken as Saturn approaches its August 2009 equinox.
PIA11663:
Shadows in the F Ring
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As Saturn approaches its August 2009 equinox, a shadow is cast by a narrow, vertically extended feature in the F ring as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11662:
Punching through the F Ring
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The moon Prometheus casts a shadow on the thin F ring marked with streamer-channels created by the moon in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft as Saturn approaches its August 2009 equinox.
PIA11553:
Shadow and Streamer-channels
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Appearing like an iris of a human eye, the huge Odysseus Crater dominates the sphere of Saturn's moon Tethys as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11552:
Eye on Tethys
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-08-05 Atlas Cassini-Huygens
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Atlas joins other moons casting shadows on Saturn's rings as the planet approaches its August 2009 equinox. This image is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11551:
Atlas' Ring Shadow Premiere
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The battered features of the moon Rhea, seen at low phase, appear washed out by the sun.
PIA11550:
Low Contrast Rhea
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As Saturn's equinox continues to approach, the moon Pan casts a slightly longer shadow on the A ring. This image is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11549:
Lengthening Shadows
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-07-30 Daphnis Cassini-Huygens
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Jagged looking shadows stretch away from vertical structures of ring material created by the moon Daphnis in this image taken as Saturn approaches its August 2009 equinox. This image is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11547:
Sawtooth Shadows
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-07-29 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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A large impact basin dominates the high southern latitudes of Saturn's moon Dione as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11546:
Dione's Southern Basin
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The shadow of the moon Epimetheus stretches across the B ring in this image taken by Cassini as Saturn approaches its 2009 equinox. This image is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11544:
Shadow on Bright B Ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-07-24 Pandora Cassini-Huygens
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The moon Pandora casts a shadow onto Saturn's A ring but not the F ring. This image is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11543:
Shadow Misses a Ring
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks toward Fensal and Aztlan, two dark areas near the equator of Titan.
PIA11542:
Enchanted Titan
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The shadow of Saturn's moon Mimas is seen through the unlit side of the Cassini Division of Saturn's rings. This image is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11541:
Shadow in the Cassini Division
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The Herschel crater dominates this view of Saturn's moon Mimas as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11540:
Highlighting Herschel
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The shadow of Saturn's icy moon Tethys is cast onto Saturn's A ring, almost blanketing the Enke Gap. This image is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11539:
Engulfing a Gap
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The shadow of the moon Mimas is cast on Saturn's outer A ring in this image which also shows a couple of moons and a collection of stars. This image is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11538:
Shadow Between Moons
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A couple of craters share a crescent of lit terrain on Saturn's moon Rhea in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11537:
Craters on a Crescent
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Seen from the unlit side of Saturn's A ring, the shadow of the moon Janus is cast across the Encke Gap.
PIA11536:
Across the Encke Gap
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The effects of the moon Prometheus create intricate formations in Saturn's thin F ring as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11535:
Prometheus' Trail
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From hundreds of thousands of kilometers away, NASA's Cassini spacecraft spies craters on the surface of the moon Janus.
PIA11534:
Craters on Janus
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The shadow of the moon Epimetheus is cast onto Saturn's rings, striking the outer-most part of the A ring and only just nipping the F ring. This image is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11533:
Epimetheus' Shadow
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks toward the wispy, fractured terrain of the trailing hemisphere of the Saturnian moon Dione.
PIA11532:
Wispy Line
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The moon Prometheus and a bit of Saturn's northern hemisphere are both brilliantly lit by the sun here, making the A ring seem dim in comparison. This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11531:
Bright Duo
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks toward the flattened south pole of Saturn's small moon Epimetheus.
PIA11530:
Somewhat Flattened South
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Saturn's moon Pan, orbiting in the Encke Gap, casts a slender shadow onto the A ring. This image is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11529:
Shadow of Saucer-Shaped Moon
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A scalloped look is created in the edges of the Keeler Gap in Saturn's outer A ring as the moon Daphnis orbits in the gap. This image is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11528:
Scallops at the Edges
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Prometheus is seen near Saturn's tenuous F ring as the moon orbits in the Roche Division, between the F and A rings. This image is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11527:
Between the Lines
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Saturn's moon Atlas plies the Roche Division between the A ring and the thin F ring. This image is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11524:
Navigating the Blackness
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft examines the dark region of Senkyo on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Senkyo is in the center of the image, and it lies just south of the moon's equator.
PIA11522:
Centered on Senkyo
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Saturn's moon Enceladus looks tranquil here, concealing the true nature of this active moon. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on May 10, 2009.
PIA11520:
Serene Enceladus
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As the moon Enceladus eclipses its neighbor Mimas, NASA's Cassini spacecraft records a scene possible only around the time of Saturn's approaching equinox.
PIA11661:
Eclipsing Mimas Animation Icon
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Part of the shadow of Saturn's moon Mimas appears as if it has been woven through the planet's rings in this unusual series of images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11660:
Weaving a Shadow Animation Icon
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures the shadow of Saturn's moon Tethys as it seems to disappear as it crosses the planet's rings.
PIA11659:
Shadow from the Dark Side Animation Icon
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Mimas' shadow traverses the sunlit side of Saturn's rings in this image and mosaic showcasing the unusual sights seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft at Saturn as the planet approaches its August 2009 equinox.
PIA11658:
A Shadow's Traverse Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-06-22 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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In the lower center of this image captures an intriguing feature of Saturn's tenuous F ring taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on March 23, 2009.
PIA11519:
Fascinating F Ring
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft catches Janus joining other Saturnian moons in the equinox shadow-casting party in this image taken on Mar. 10, 2009.
PIA11517:
Janus' Ring Shadow Premiere
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The Odysseus Crater dominates this view of Saturn's moon Tethys in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on May 14, 2009.
PIA11516:
Broad Impact on Tethys
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured the shadow of Saturn's tiny moon Pandora sneaking onto the planet's main rings on May 9, 2009.
PIA11515:
Diminutive Debut
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The small moon Janus is illuminated by light from both the sun and Saturn in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on May 9, 2009.
PIA11514:
Two Lights on Two-faced Janus
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Tall vertical structures created by Saturn's moon Daphnis rise above the planet's otherwise flat, thin disk of rings to cast long shadows in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on April 13, 2009.
PIA11656:
Wavy Shadows
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A scalloped look is created in the edges of the Keeler Gap in Saturn's outer A ring as the moon Daphnis orbits in the gap in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on May 9, 2009.
PIA11655:
Wave Shadows in Motion
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Vertical structures created by Saturn's small moon Daphnis cast long shadows across the rings in this dramatic image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on June 8, 2009, as the planet approaches its mid-August 2009 equinox.
PIA11654:
Rippling Shadows
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Looming vertical structures created by the tiny moon Daphnis cast long shadows across the rings in this startling image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on May 24, 2009, as Saturn approaches its mid-August 2009 equinox.
PIA11653:
Tiny Moon, Looming Shadows
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Lit brilliantly by the sun, the moon Rhea shows off its huge ray crater. The view captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft was obtained at a distance of approximately 812,000 kilometers (505,000 miles) from Rhea.
PIA11512:
Sun-bleached Rhea
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Saturn's moon Pan casts a delicate shadow onto the planet's A ring. NASA's Cassini spacecraft took this image on May 2, 2009.
PIA11511:
Pan's Slender Shadow
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Looking down toward the north pole of Saturn's moon Dione, NASA's Cassini spacecraft sights wispy features. These linea cover the trailing hemisphere of the moon.
PIA11510:
Down Dione Way
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Fresh from an encounter with Saturn's F ring, the moon Prometheus continues in its orbit in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on April 24, 2009.
PIA11509:
On His Merry Way
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Saturn's moon Atlas, shown at the center of this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on May 2, 2009, orbits within the Roche Division separating the A ring from the tenuous F ring.
PIA11507:
Plying a Division
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The tip of the shadow of the moon Tethys is cut off where it crosses Saturn's B ring, demonstrating the variations in density across the planet's rings in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Apr. 29, 2009.
PIA11506:
Tethys' Truncated Shadow
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The huge Odysseus Crater disfigures the face of Saturn's moon Tethys in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Apr. 24, 2009.
PIA11505:
A Little Off the Top
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Saturn's moon Daphnis gives a scalloped look to the edge of the A ring as the moon orbits within the Keeler Gap in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Apr. 30, 2009.
PIA11504:
Gravity-Induced Undulations
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A bright arc within Saturn's faint G ring holds a tiny gift. A small moonlet is just visible as a short streak near the ansa of the G ring arc in the top of two versions of the same image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Jan. 28, 2009.
PIA11503:
Petite Moon
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Although Saturn's moon Pan is absent from this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Feb. 25, 2009 of the A ring's Encke Gap, two ringlets seen in the gap are maintained by Pan's gravitational action.
PIA11502:
Encke Ringlets
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Cloud streaks stand out on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. This image was taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on March 24, 2009.
PIA11501:
Streaking Through the South
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The thin shadow of the moon Pandora cuts across Saturn's narrow F ring, as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Apr. 16, 2009. As Saturn approaches its August 2009 equinox, the planet's moons cast shadows onto the rings.
PIA11499:
Slender Slice of Shadow
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Saturn's moon Prometheus continues its dance with the planet's F ring, creating channels in the ring and streamers of extracted ring material as a result. This image is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on April 16, 2009.
PIA11497:
Prometheus' Two-Step
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Saturn's moon Daphnis creates waves of disturbance in the Keeler Gap in this image of the wide A ring and narrow F ring in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Mar. 30, 2009.
PIA11496:
Daphnis' Waves
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Two large craters named after characters in Homer's Odyssey take the stage in this scene on Saturn's moon Tethys. The crater on the right is the Odysseus crater in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Apr. 12, 2009.
PIA11495:
Odysseus and Penelope
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Atlas is seen in this image taken on March 23, 2009 by NASA's Cassini spacecraft with several background stars as the moon orbits within the Roche Division, the region between Saturn's A and F rings.
PIA11494:
Star Companions
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Although Epimetheus appears to be lurking above the rings here, it's actually just an illusion resulting from NASA's Cassini spacecraft viewing angle on July 26, 2015. In reality, Epimetheus and the rings both orbit in Saturn's equatorial plane.
PIA11492:
Belittled Moon
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Atlas is seen in this image taken on March 23, 2009 by NASA's Cassini spacecraft with several background stars as the moon orbits within the Roche Division, the region between Saturn's A and F rings.
PIA11491:
Minuscule Moon Shadow
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Sunlight illuminates a bright crescent on Saturn's moon Enceladus while Saturnshine dimly lights more of the moon. This view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks toward the Saturn-facing side of Enceladus (504 kilometers, or 313 miles across).
PIA11490:
Shining a Second Light
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Craters dot Saturnian moon Dione's high northern latitudes, and, farther south, wispy fractures stretch across the moon's equator and mid-latitudes. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft on March 29, 2009.
PIA11487:
Looking Down on Dione
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The shadow of the moon Mimas extends elegantly across Saturn's A and F rings in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on April 7, 2009.
PIA11484:
Ring-spanning Shadow
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Bright light reflects off the wispy terrain of Saturn's moon Rhea in this image which looks down on the high northern latitudes of the icy moon. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera.
PIA11481:
Shine On Crazy Wisps
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft image affords a view of Titan's south polar region, an area home to one of Titan's hydrocarbon 'lake districts.' Titan's south pole is illuminated to the right of the terminator near the bottom of the visible disk.
PIA11479:
Titan's Murky South Pole
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Saturn's moon Prometheus is seen here in its never-ending perturbation of Saturn's F ring in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on March 12, 2009.
PIA11477:
Bothersome Moon
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The terminator between shadow and light cuts across a large crater in the high southern latitudes of the moon Tethys in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Feb. 16, 2009.
PIA11476:
Crater Chasm Combo
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Undulations mark both sides of the path of Saturn's moon Daphnis through the A ring as seen in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Feb. 1, 2009.
PIA11475:
Waves from Daphnis
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Only a slice of Iapetus is illuminated in this image, but still NASA's Cassini spacecraft spies the distinctive two-tone surface of this distant Saturnian moon taken on Mar. 3, 2009.
PIA11474:
Distant Crescent
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The fragile F ring bears the signs of a moon's bruising passage. The A ring and its Keeler Gap sit idly, while Saturn's moon Prometheus has gored the ring. This image was taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on March 2, 2009.
PIA11472:
Tortured Ring
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Only a sliver of Saturnian moon Dione is visible as NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks at the dark side of the moon. Here, only a narrow crescent reflects light forward toward Cassini's camera.
PIA11471:
Dione's Thumbnail
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A large crater on Saturn's tiny moon Janus is distinctly visible in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on March 5, 2009.
PIA11469:
Janus' Pole Crater
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The faint G ring surrounding Saturn offers up a glimpse of its newfound tiny moonlet in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Feb. 20, 2009.
PIA11467:
Mini Moon
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A bright narrow ring dominates this view of Saturn's Cassini Division separating Saturn's A and B rings in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Feb. 25, 2009.
PIA11466:
Points of Interest
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With streaks of icy material thrown in many directions, a huge ray crater stretches across nearly half of the leading hemisphere of Saturn's moon Rhea. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera.
PIA11465:
Rhea's Real Big Rays
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The shadow of Saturn's moon Enceladus cast onto the planet's atmosphere appears like a drop of black ink on a canvas of Saturnian storms. This image was taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on June 20, 2008.
PIA11461:
A Shadow Amid the Storms
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft casts its gaze across four million kilometers of space for this snapshot of Iapetus, Saturn's most distant major moon in this image taken on Mar. 3, 2008.
PIA11460:
Taking a Longer View
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveals a remarkable amount of structure in the outer portion of Saturn's A ring in this image taken on June 2, 2008.
PIA11459:
Clumpy Construction
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The terminator between light and dark throws Rhea's cratered surface into stark relief while the southern hemisphere is scored by bright icy cliffs. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera.
PIA11458:
Crater Terminator
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A soft collision between Prometheus and the F ring created the dark channel goring the ring in the bottom of this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Feb. 2, 2009.
PIA11457:
F Ring Fender Bender
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A broad impact basin hints at Dione's split personality in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Dione's leading hemisphere is heavily cratered by impacts while its trailing hemisphere features bright ice cliffs created by tectonic fractures.
PIA11456:
Dione's Pockmarked Side
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In the center of this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, the shadow of Pan is a short streak thrown over the edge of the A ring where Pan travels its path through the Encke Gap.
PIA11652:
Pan's Very Own Shadow
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