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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-05-01 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Joining other moons in heralding the coming of Saturn's August 2009 equinox, the moon Tethys casts its shadow across Saturn's F ring and part of the A ring in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on March 20, 2009.
PIA11483:
Trumpeting the Equinox
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft takes a break from the Saturn system to check out the Pleiades star cluster, the Seven Sisters.
PIA11482:
Scoping the Sisters
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-04-28 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Three moons, Janus, Prometheus, and Daphnis, have bunched themselves together in this image of Saturn's rings in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on March 2, 2009.
PIA11480:
Moons by the Bunch
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-04-27 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-04-24 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This natural color view taken on Feb. 28, 2009,from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, with hues of yellow and brown, highlights the myriad gradations in the transparency of Saturn's inner rings.
PIA11478:
Pastel Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-04-23 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-04-22 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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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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Saturn's northern hemisphere is seen against its nested rings in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Feb. 24, 2009.
PIA11473:
Nested Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-04-16 Prometheus Cassini-Huygens
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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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Bright spokes emerge from behind the shadow of the planet and into sunlight in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11470:
Spokes at Sunrise
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-04-10 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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From the dark side of Titan, NASA's Cassini spacecraft profiles the moon's atmosphere as sunlight filters through its upper hazes. Images taken using red, green and blue spectral filters were combined to create this full color view of Titan at high phase.
PIA11468:
Hazy Ring of Titan's Sky
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-04-09 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-04-08 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-04-07 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-04-06 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Day breaks on the northern hemisphere of Saturn in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Mar. 20, 2009. The D ring is hidden below the horizon, but, this image shows the C, B, A and F rings.
PIA11464:
Daybreak From Above
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-04-03 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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The orbits of Dione and Titan bring them together in one frame in this distant glimpse from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Jan. 28, 2009.
PIA11463:
Two Moons, One Picture
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-04-02 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Faint, ghostly spokes dapple the dark side of Saturn's A ring as the planet's shadow makes a sharp diagonal cut across this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11462:
Spoke Leftovers
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-04-01 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-31 Iapetus Cassini-Huygens
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-30 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-27 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-26 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-25 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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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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Prometheus and Epimetheus, brothers in Greek mythology, share the stage in NASA's Cassini spacecraft image of the two moons near the outer A ring and faint F ring, taken on Feb. 15, 2009.
PIA11455:
Brotherly Moons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-23 Pan Cassini-Huygens
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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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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-23 Epimetheus Cassini-Huygens
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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 2009-03-20 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's rings cast a dramatic shadow separating the blues and greens of the planet's northern hemisphere from the creamy pastels coloring the southern hemisphere. This image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera.
PIA11453:
Shadow of Demarcation
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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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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.
PIA10596:
Rolling Thunder
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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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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 2009-03-05 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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The face of Saturnian moon Dione is almost fully lit as NASA's Cassini spacecraft flies in between this moon and the sun with Dione at low phase. With a few hundred pixels of its digital camera, Cassini details dozens of craters a million kilometers away.
PIA10592:
Details on Dione
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-04 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Intricate curlicues and circular patterns of storms swirl through the high latitudes near Saturn's south pole in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA10591:
Southern Storms
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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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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 2009-02-27 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Rendered in myriad hues, vivid details of Saturn's stormy atmosphere play out below the shadow of the rings in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Dec. 29, 2008.
PIA10588:
Blue Eyed Storm
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-02-26 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This global digital map of Saturn's moon Titan was created using images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's imaging science subsystem. The images were taken using a filter centered at 938 nanometers.
PIA11149:
Map of Titan - February 2009
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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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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 2009-02-24 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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The terminator nearly covers the south pole of Saturn and its stormy vortex in darkness. This image was taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera on Jan. 6, 2009.
PIA10585:
Vanishing Pole
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Epimetheus is the lone moon orbiting Saturn, but a closer inspection reveals a couple of companions in the rings in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Jan. 20, 2009.
PIA10584:
Small Sidekicks
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Saturn's north pole hexagon, seen here in an image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, has been around for awhile. It was seen in Voyager images in the early 1980s, in ground-based telescopic images in the 1990s, and now with Cassini.
PIA10583:
Unveiling the Hexagon
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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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Three large white spokes stretch out across the B ring in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Jan.14, 2009.
PIA10581:
Spectacular Spokes
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft image captured a bright, oblong storm swirling high through the middle latitudes of the southern hemisphere. taken on Jan. 5, 2008.
PIA10580:
High Clouds Aloft
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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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A chef's bounty of colors is represented in this full color view of Saturn's northern hemisphere. Butternut, peach, and olive hues have replaced the azure blue of winter. This image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera.
PIA10578:
Cornucopia of Color
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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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The rings cast a dramatic but narrow shadow on the planet in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft on the sunlit side of the rings from just one degree below the ringplane.
PIA10576:
Shrinking Shadow
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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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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-02-06 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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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 2009-02-05 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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The hurricane-like vortex encircling Saturn's south pole is still visible in the top left of this image as it slowly slips into darkness with the planet's changing seasons. This image was taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera.
PIA10572:
Seasons Conceal South Pole Storm
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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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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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Structure in the tenuous F ring can be seen in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft of the ring's bright core taken on Dec. 8, 2008.
PIA10569:
It's Full of Moons!
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-30 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Cassini imaging scientists have waited years for the sun to reveal the hexagonal wave pattern in the clouds of Saturn's north pole, part of which can be seen at the top of this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA10568:
Slow Northern Reveal
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-29 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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These mosaics of the south pole of Saturn's moon Titan, made from images captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken almost one year apart, show changes in dark areas that may be lakes filled by seasonal rains of liquid hydrocarbons.
PIA11147:
Changes in Titan's Lakes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-29 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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These updated maps of Saturn's moon Titan, consisting of data from NASA's Cassini imaging science subsystem, include Cassini's August 2008 imaging of the moon's northern hemisphere.
PIA11146:
Maps of Titan - January 2009
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-29 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft trades views of dark spokes in Saturn's B ring for the bright spokes in this image taken by on Dec. 8, 2008.
PIA10567:
Bright Spokes
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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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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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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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Shadows cast onto Saturn by its rings, visible here as dark bands, move steadily towards the equator and grow thinner as equinox approached on on Nov. 22, 2008. This image is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA10563:
Shadows on the Move
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-22 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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This global map of Saturn's moon Enceladus was created using images taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft's flybys, with Voyager images filling in the gaps in Cassini's coverage.
PIA11145:
Map of Enceladus - December 2008
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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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This November 2008 snapshot from NASA's Cassini spacecraft showcases a classic view of the triangular shape typical of many of the spokes in Saturn's outer B ring.
PIA10561:
The Classic Wedge
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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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Light from the star Beta Crucis (Mimosa) breaks through the plane of the A ring in the center of this image of a stellar occultation taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Dec. 24, 2008.
PIA10559:
A Star Shines Through
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Saturn's north pole retains its bluish hue in this true color Cassini image, even as northern winter is coming to an end. This image was acquired with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera on Nov. 29, 2008.
PIA10558:
A Blue Northern Mystery
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Overexposed Mimas stands starkly against the disk of Saturn as the dim shadow of Epimetheus is captured through the C ring in the planet's rings in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Nov. 26, 2008.
PIA10557:
Saturn and Mimas
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Three of Saturn's satellites, Janus, Pandora (just outside the F ring), and Pan are visible in this snapshot from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Dec. 7, 2008.
PIA10556:
Moons in a Row
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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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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 2009-01-09 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's north pole is littered with storms, as seen in this color view in hues of pastel yellow of the pole captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. A bit of the north polar hexagon is also visible at the upper-right.
PIA10553:
Stormy Pole
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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 2009-01-07 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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In Saturn's shadow, the southern hemisphere of Enceladus is lit by sunlight reflected first off of the rings and then onto the nightside of the planet. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera.
PIA10551:
Enceladus in Eclipse
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The ghostly features in Saturn's B ring called spokes are making an appearance again as NASA's Cassini spacecraft continued its tour of the Saturn system on Nov. 26, 2008.
PIA10550:
Dusty Wedge
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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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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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Dark spokes dance around Saturn's B ring in this series of movies comprised of images taken NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera.
PIA11144:
'Tis the Season for Spokes Animation Icon
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-30 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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As Saturn advances its orbit toward equinox and the sun gradually moves northward on the planet, the motion of Saturn's ring shadows and the changing colors of its atmosphere continue to transform the face of Saturn as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11141:
Saturn ... Four Years On
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