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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-23 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks toward the dark side of Saturn's largest moon as a circle of light is produced by sunlight scattering through the periphery of Titan's atmosphere. A detached, high-altitude global haze layer encircles the moon.
PIA12511:
Dark Side Ring of Light
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Tiny Daphnis appears as a bright dot in the Keeler Gap next to shadows cast by the moon and the edge waves it has created in the A ring in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft before Saturn's August 2009 equinox.
PIA12510:
Ripples from Daphnis
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-21 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Dramatic differences between dark and light embellish image of Saturn, its rings and its moons Dione and Enceladus in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11649:
Brightness Bucks the Dark
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-18 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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The shadow of Saturn's largest moon darkens a huge portion of the gas giant planet. Titan is not pictured here, but its shadow is elongated in the bottom right of the image.
PIA11648:
Enormous Elongated Shadow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-17 Pan Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's small moon Pan, brightly overexposed, casts a short shadow on the A ring in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft before the planet's August 2009 equinox.
PIA11647:
Stubby Shadow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-16 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Rhea passes in front of Dione, as seen from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. These images are part of a 'mutual event' sequence in which one moon passes close to, or in front of, another.
PIA11646:
Dione Beyond Rhea
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-15 Epimetheus Cassini-Huygens
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Orbiting near the plane of Saturn's rings, NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks across the span of the rings to spy the small moon Epimetheus. The brightest spoke is visible on the left of the image.
PIA11645:
Epimetheus, Rings and Spokes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-14 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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While studying Saturn's atmosphere, NASA's Cassini spacecraft happens to catch a view of two small, icy satellites. Mimas drifts past on the far right of the image. Janus appears as a black dot just below the rings near the center of the image.
PIA11644:
Study in Miniature
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-11 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures a couple of small moons in this image taken while the spacecraft was nearly in the plane of Saturn's rings.
PIA11643:
Mimas and Pan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-10 Iapetus Cassini-Huygens
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These two global images of Iapetus taken by NASA's Cassini's spacecraft show the extreme brightness dichotomy on the surface of this peculiar Saturnian moon.
PIA11690:
Global View of Iapetus' Dichotomy
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-10 Iapetus Cassini-Huygens
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This false-color view taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft is one of a panel of three images of Saturn's moon Iapetus showing the boundary of the global 'color dichotomy' on the hemisphere of this moon facing away from Saturn.
PIA11689:
Color Dichotomy on Iapetus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-10 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveals the cratered surface of Mimas, a moon whose shape is flattened at the poles.
PIA11642:
Oblate Mimas
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-09 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This image from NASA's Cassini, made possible only as Saturn's north pole emerged from winter darkness, shows new details of a jet stream that follows a hexagon-shaped path and has long puzzled scientists.
PIA11682:
Spring Reveals Saturn's Hexagon Jet Stream Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-09 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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A pair of Saturn's moons, Pan and Janus, cast their shadows on the A ring in this NASA's Cassini spacecraft image taken about a month and a half after Saturn's August 2009 equinox.
PIA11641:
Two Pairs
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-08 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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From just above the plane of Saturn's rings, NASA's Cassini spacecraft snapped this shot of Saturn two months after Saturn's August 2009 equinox, showing the shadow of its rings as a narrow band on the planet.
PIA11640:
Narrow Shadow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-07 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Bright spokes grace Saturn's B ring in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11639:
Ghostly Spokes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-04 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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Craters imprinted upon other craters record the long history of impacts endured by Saturn's moon Rhea; this image was taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11638:
Crater Upon Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-03 Daphnis Cassini-Huygens
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This image, which at first appears to show a serene scene, in fact reveals dramatic disturbances created in Saturn's A ring by its moon Daphnis as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11637:
Daphnis' Disturbances
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-02 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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The low albedo feature known as Senkyo is visible through the haze of Titan's atmosphere in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11636:
Details of Dark Senkyo
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-01 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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The bright arc within Saturn's G ring is shown truncated by the shadow of the planet at the bottom of this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11635:
Slicing the Arc
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-30 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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A moon's shadow strikes Saturn's rings near bright spokes on the B ring near the center of this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft about one month after the planet's August 2009 equinox.
PIA11634:
Shadow and Spokes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-27 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This image, taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, shows the shadows of two moons as they appear on Saturn, above and below the plane of the planet's rings.
PIA11633:
Shadows Above and Below
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-26 Iapetus Cassini-Huygens
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Iapetus shows off its puzzling light and dark terrain in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Lit terrain seen here is on the Saturn-facing side of Iapetus.
PIA11632:
Iapetus' Terrain
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-25 Prometheus Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured Saturn's moon Prometheus, orbiting near the streamer-channels it has created in the thin F ring, casts a shadow on the A ring in this image taken a little more than a week after the planet's August 2009 equinox.
PIA11631:
Streamer-channels and Shadow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-24 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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An aurora, shining high above the northern part of Saturn, moves from the night side to the day side of the planet in this frame from a movie recorded by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11681:
Northern Aurora in Motion Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-24 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks toward the battered surface of the moon Rhea.
PIA11630:
Roughed-up Rhea
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-23 Daphnis Cassini-Huygens
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Long shadows stretch away from the towering edge waves created by the gravity of the moon Daphnis in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft a little more than a week before Saturn's August 2009 equinox.
PIA11629:
Slanting Shadows
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-20 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft's camera looks in near-infrared light at a dramatic view of Saturn, its ringplane and the shadows of a couple of its moons.
PIA11628:
Scene Seen in the Near-Infrared
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-19 Janus Cassini-Huygens
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Janus, Saturn's small moon named after the two-faced god, here displays two illuminated hemispheres taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11627:
Twice-lit Janus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-18 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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In the top right of NASA's Cassini image, the southern end of Titan's huge lake of liquid hydrocarbons called Kraken Mare is visible near the moon's north pole.
PIA11626:
Titan's Northern Lake
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-17 Pan Cassini-Huygens
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The small moon Pan casts a short shadow on Saturn's A ring in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft as the planet approached its August 2009 equinox.
PIA11625:
Pan's Short Shadow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-16 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft spies the large Penelope crater on Saturn's moon Tethys. This image is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11624:
Spotlight on Penelope
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-13 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Spokes, those ghostly radial markings on Saturn's B ring, appear bright compared to the rings in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft a little more than a month after the planet's August 2009 equinox.
PIA11623:
Bright Spokes, Dark Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-12 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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In this image, NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks down on the north pole of Titan, and, although this view is centered on the leading hemisphere of the moon, the lit terrain seen here is mostly on the opposite, trailing hemisphere of the moon.
PIA11622:
Titan's Halo
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-11 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Prometheus casts a shadow near a streamer-channel created by the moon in the thin F ring in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft about a month after the planet's August 2009 equinox.
PIA11621:
Shadow Between the Shepherds
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-11 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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The northern and southern hemispheres of Enceladus are seen in these polar stereographic maps, mosaicked from the best-available images from NASA's Cassini and Voyager.
PIA11679:
Enceladus South Polar Map - October 2009
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-11 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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The northern and southern hemispheres of Enceladus are seen in these polar stereographic maps, mosaicked from the best-available images from NASA's Cassini and Voyager.
PIA11678:
Enceladus North Polar Map - October 2009
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-10 Iapetus Cassini-Huygens
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A crescent Iapetus shows, at the top right of this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, some of the dark terrain characterizing this unusual Saturnian moon.
PIA11620:
A Slice of Iapetus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-09 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks to the night side of Saturn and its rings for a view that includes Dione. Tiny Pandora is also present outside the F ring in this image taken on Sept. 22, 2009.
PIA11619:
Dione and the Dark Side
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-06 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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A pair of moon shadows and a series of spokes adorn this ring image taken about a month after Saturn's August 2009 equinox. The shadow of the moon Janus stretches across the middle of this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11618:
Shadows Side by Side
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-05 Hyperion Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft peers at the pitted surface of Saturn's small and irregularly-shaped moon Hyperion in this image taken on Sept. 5, 2009.
PIA11617:
Pitted Hyperion
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-04 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks past the night side of Saturn, dimly lit on the left of this image by ringshine, for a subtly distorted view of the planet's rings.
PIA11616:
Atmospheric Distortion
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-03 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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Bright sunlight on Rhea shows off the cratered surface of Saturn's second largest moon in this image captured by NASA's Cassini Orbiter. The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on Sept. 21, 2009.
PIA11615:
Reflecting on Icy Rhea
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-02 Prometheus Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Prometheus casts a shadow on the narrow F ring in this image captured by NASA's Cassini Orbiter weeks after the planet's August 2009 equinox.
PIA11614:
Shadow on a Thin Ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-10-30 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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This image shows an updated map of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus, generated by NASA's Cassini imaging team. The map incorporates new images taken in 2008, with better image processing techniques.
PIA11680:
Map of Enceladus October 2009
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-10-30 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini Orbiter captured this natural color view of Saturn almost a month after the planet's August 2009 equinox. The shadow cast on the planet by the rings remains narrow.
PIA11613:
Post-Equinox Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-10-29 Pan Cassini-Huygens
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About a month after Saturn's August 2009 equinox, shadows continue to grace the planet's rings in this image taken by NASA's Cassini Orbiter. Pan runs through the center of this image.
PIA11612:
Shadows Still Seen
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-10-28 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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The rings share this view with Saturn's moon Mimas, whose gravity influences the rings in this image taken by NASA's Cassini Orbiter.
PIA11611:
Resonance Moon and Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-10-27 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini Orbiter sees Titan become obscured as it moves into eclipse by Saturn. Most of the light comes from refracted sunlight passing through the edge of Saturn's atmosphere.
PIA11610:
Eclipsing Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-10-26 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini Orbiter captures a far-off view of the two-toned surface of Saturn's moon, Iapetus.
PIA11609:
Shadow and a Wave
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-10-23 Iapetus Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini Orbiter captures a far-off view of the two-toned surface of Saturn's moon, Iapetus. Scientists continue to investigate the nature of this moon's surface.
PIA11608:
Light-Dark Enigma
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-10-22 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Moon shadows are cast on Saturn's A ring in this image taken by NASA's Cassini Orbiter almost a month after the planet's August 2009 equinox.
PIA11607:
Shadows on the A Ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-10-21 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini Orbiter caught the shadow of the moon Prometheus as a small dark dot on Saturn just below the narrow shadow cast by the rings in the center of this image.
PIA11606:
Shadow Below Another
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Saturn's moons Mimas and Pandora join bright B ring spokes in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured on Aug. 30, 2009.
PIA11605:
Portrait of Bright Spokes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-10-19 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moons Prometheus and Pan cast a pair of shadows on the A ring in this image taken shortly after the planet's August 2009 equinox by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The gravity of potato-shaped Prometheus creates streamer-channels in the F ring.
PIA11604:
Prometheus and Pan Pair
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Seasonal changes in the atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon are captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, which shows Titan with a slightly darker top half and a slightly lighter bottom half.
PIA11603:
Two Halves of Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-10-15 Janus Cassini-Huygens
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The moon Janus casts a shadow on Saturn's A ring but misses the thin F ring as the planet approached its August 2009 equinox in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on May 28, 2009.
PIA11602:
Skipping a Ring
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks down at craters near the north pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Cratered surfaces on solar system moons indicate older terrains, while smooth surfaces are generally younger.
PIA11601:
Smooth and Rough Enceladus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-10-13 Daphnis Cassini-Huygens
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The shadows cast by Daphnis' attendant edge waves create a dark, jagged pattern on the A ring in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on July 28, 2009 as Saturn approached its August 2009 equinox.
PIA11600:
Jagged Shadows
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks down on the cratered northern leading hemisphere of Saturn's moon, Dione, showing the moon's pockmarked surface.
PIA11599:
Dione's Cratered Surface
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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 from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Feb. 25, 2009.
PIA11598:
Pulchritudinous Perturbations
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks toward the south pole and cratered surface of Saturn's moon Janus in this image taken by the narrow-angle camera.
PIA11597:
Janus' Cratered South
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-10-07 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft took a break from imaging Saturn's rings as the planet approached its August 2009 equinox and snapped this close-up of the planet's atmosphere, revealing detailed and elaborate patterns in the clouds of the northern hemisphere.
PIA11596:
Atmospheric Intricacies
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-10-06 Pan Cassini-Huygens
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The moon Pan casts a shadow on Saturn's outer A ring in this image taken as the planet approached its August 2009 equinox. NASA's Cassini spacecraft took this image on July 29, 2009.
PIA11595:
Round the Outside
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-10-05 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This ultraviolet view of Titan shows the moon's north polar hood and its detached, high-altitude haze layer. This image was taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Aug. 13, 2009.
PIA11594:
Titan's North Polar Hood
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-10-02 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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A pair of Saturn's moons, Dione and Tethys, accompany the planet and its rings in this image taken shortly after the planet's August 2009 equinox by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11593:
Saturnscape After Equinox
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-10-01 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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The long shadow of a small moon cuts across Saturn's A ring and thin F ring as the planet approached its August 2009 equinox in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11592:
Epimetheus' Long Shadow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-09-30 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks down on the north of Tethys and sees brightly illuminated Penelope Crater on the trailing hemisphere of the moon in this image taken on July 27, 2009.
PIA11591:
Bright Penelope
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-09-29 Janus Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's rings cast a shadow on the moon Janus in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft made possible only around the time of the planet's August 2009 equinox.
PIA11590:
Rings Return the Favor
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This image shows a pair of moons, Pandora and Prometheus, continuing their shepherding duties near Saturn's thin F ring as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11589:
A Pair of Shepherds
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-09-25 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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The shadow of the moon Enceladus appears on Saturn just south of the thin shadow of the planet's rings in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11588:
Shadow South of Another
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured Saturn's B ring showing off bright spokes in the middle of this image taken at high phase in visible light with the narrow-angle camera.
PIA11587:
Spokes on Display
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Beyond the ansa of Saturn's rings, a crescent Rhea completes this ring-and-moon composition captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11586:
Rhea and Rings
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A big shadow from Saturn's largest moon darkens the planet in the lower right of this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shortly after Saturn's August 2009 equinox.
PIA11585:
The Black Spot
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-09-21 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This Saturn equinox, captured here in a mosaic of light and dark, is the first witnessed up close by an emissary from Earth, none other than our NASA's faithful robotic explorer, Cassini.
PIA11667:
The Rite of Spring
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Ring material, pulled to spectacular heights above the ring plane by the gravity of the moon Daphnis, casts long shadows on Saturn's A ring in NASA's Cassini image taken about a month before the planet's August 2009 equinox.
PIA11677:
New Heights for Edge Waves
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Several sets of shadows are cast onto the A ring in this image taken by NASA's Cassini Orbiter about a week after Saturn's August 2009 equinox.
PIA11676:
Shadows and More Shadows
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These two images, taken four years before Saturn's August 2009 equinox by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, indicate the streaks in these images are likely evidence of impacts into the planet's rings.
PIA11675:
New Views on Old Finds
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The bright streaks visible in these image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken during Saturn's August 2009 equinox are exciting evidence of a constant rain of interplanetary projectiles onto the planet's rings.
PIA11674:
Rain on the Plane
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An unusually large propeller feature is detected just beyond the Encke Gap in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft of Saturn's outer A ring taken a couple days after the planet's August 2009 equinox.
PIA11672:
Giant Propeller in A Ring
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This mosaic, part of a larger mosaic of images captured by NASA's Cassini Orbiter just hours before exact equinox at Saturn, shows that the spiral corrugation in the planet's inner rings continues right up to the inner B ring.
PIA11671:
Inner B Ring Terminus
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New insights into the nature of Saturn's rings are revealed in this panoramic mosaic of 15 images taken during the planet's August 2009 equinox, taken by NASA's Cassini Orbiter.
PIA11670:
Ring Scan Spilling Secrets
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Alternating light and dark bands, extending a great distance across Saturn's D and C rings taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft one month before the planet's August 2009 equinox.
PIA11664:
Extensive Spiral Corrugations
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This perspective view, generated from high resolution images acquired by NASA's Cassini orbiter, highlights one of the wall scarps of the medial trough of Cairo Sulcus on Enceladus.
PIA12209:
Perspective view of Cairo Sulcus, Enceladus
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This perspective view, generated from high resolution images acquired by NASA's Cassini orbiter, highlights one of the wall scarps of the medial trough of Baghdad Sulcus on Enceladus.
PIA12208:
Perspective view of Baghdad Sulcus, Enceladus
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This perspective view, generated from high resolution images acquired by NASA's Cassini orbiter, highlights one of the wall scarps of the medial trough of Damascus Sulcus on Enceladus.
PIA12207:
Perspective view of Damascus Sulcus, Enceladus
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft snags a close-up view of the shadow cast onto Saturn's A ring by the moon Epimetheus as the planet approached its August 2009 equinox.
PIA11584:
Zooming in on a Shadow
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Rhea joins other Saturnian moons in casting a shadow on the rings as the planet approached its August 2009 equinox in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera.
PIA11583:
Rhea's Ring Shadow
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks down on the north pole of Mimas and sees the moon's cratered trailing hemisphere.
PIA11582:
Trailing Hemisphere Craters
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Saturn's moon Pan casts a longer shadow across the A ring as the planet's August 2009 equinox draws near. This image is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11581:
Pan's Lengthening Shadow
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Two sources of light illuminate the textured surface of the moon Enceladus in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow angle camera.
PIA11580:
Twice-Lit Moon
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Vertical ring structures created by the moon Daphnis cast dark shadows 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.
PIA11579:
Edge Wave Shadows
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Just before Saturn's August 2009 equinox, Dione joined other Saturnian moons in casting shadows on the planet's main rings as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11578:
Dione's Ring Shadow Premiere
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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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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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