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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-06-15 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This oblique view of Saturn shows what may be localized upwellings in the clouds of Saturn's southern hemisphere. This view looks toward the unlit side of the rings as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08200:
Saturn Aslant
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-06-14 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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An enhanced close-up view shows at least two distinct jets spraying a mist of fine particles from the south polar region of Enceladus. This image shows the night side of Saturn and the active moon against dark sky as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08199:
Scattered Ice, Scattered Light
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-06-13 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's atmosphere produces beautiful and sometimes perplexing features. The bright feature below center may be a rare crossing of a feature from a zone to a belt, as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08198:
Curious Clouds
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-06-12 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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The plumes of Saturn's moon Enceladus continue to gush icy particles into Saturn orbit, making this little moon one of a select group of geologically active bodies in the solar system as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08197:
A Moon's Telltale Tail
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-06-09 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This view was taken from above the ringplane and looks toward the unlit side of the rings. Here, the probe gazes upon Titan in the distance beyond Saturn and its dark and graceful rings as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08196:
A Sight to Behold
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-06-08 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini stares toward the night side of Saturn, seen here on the right, as the active icy moon Enceladus glides past.
PIA08195:
Dark Side of Saturn's Moon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-06-07 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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The dim, unlit side of Saturn's rings hides a secret in this view. Shy Mimas can be seen peeking out from behind the rings below center in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08194:
Hiding a Moon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-06-06 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini finds artistic harmony in the dark and icy realm of Saturn. The dim, unlit side of the rings is shown here. The narrow F ring appears bright when seen from angles near the plane of the rings.
PIA08193:
Arc and Crescent (Artist Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-06-05 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moons Janus and Prometheus look close enough to touch in this stunningly detailed view in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08192:
So Close…
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-06-02 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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The soft, sweeping shadows of Saturn's C ring cover bright patches of clouds in the planet's atmosphere. The shadow-throwing rings stretch across the view at bottom. The dark inner edge of the B ring is visible at top as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08191:
Shadow Strands
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-06-01 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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The dark shadows that drape Saturn's northern latitudes are split by three familiar bright gaps as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08190:
Sun Through the Shadows
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-31 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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This graphic illustrates the interior of Saturn's moon Enceladus. It shows warm, low-density material rising to the surface from within, in its icy shell (yellow) and/or its rocky core (red). This image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08500:
Enceladus Roll
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-31 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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Rhea's crater-saturated surface shows a large bright blotch, which was likely created when a geologically recent impact sprayed bright, fresh ice ejecta over the moon's surface. This is image is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08189:
Bright Ice Below
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-30 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's largest moon, Titan, peaks out from under the planet's rings of ice in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on April 28, 2006.
PIA08188:
Titan on the Side
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-29 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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The brilliant supergiant star, Rigel, emerges from behind the haze of Saturn's upper atmosphere in this view captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08187:
Help from Orion
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-26 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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A prominent scar on Rhea is seen by NASA's Cassini. A large and ancient impact basin is seen at upper right. The giant feature occurs within a terrain that appears rugged and which likely is saturated with other smaller craters.
PIA08186:
Reminder of Ages Past
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-25 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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Quiet and cold, a crescent Tethys floats above the nearly edge-on rings of Saturn. The only surface features visible to NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Tethys from this distance are a few impact craters.
PIA08185:
Cratered Crescent
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-24 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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The small, dark form of Janus cruises along in front of bright Saturn. The edge-on rings cast dramatic shadows onto the northern hemisphere as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08184:
Ring Moon, Ring Shadows
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-23 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's Dione and Rhea pair up for an occultation, or mutual event, as seen by NASA's Cassini. While the lit portion of each moon is but a crescent, the dar side of Dione has begun to take a bite out of its distant sibling moon.
PIA08183:
Orbs Align
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-22 Iapetus Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's yin-yang moon Iapetus is seen in these two views showing the moon's dark leading hemisphere. This image was taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on April 8, 2006.
PIA08164:
From Dark to Bright and Red to White
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-19 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Three large and impressive vortices, including two that appear to be interacting, are captured here by NASA's Cassini spacecraft as they swirl through Saturn's active southern latitudes.
PIA08181:
Storms Roll Past
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-18 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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Enceladus briefly passes behind the crescent of Rhea in these images, which are part of a 'mutual event' sequence taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. These sequences help scientists refine our understanding of the orbits of Saturn's moons.
PIA08180:
Now You See Me…
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-17 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This comparison view shows a common, large vortex on Saturn as it plows through the atmosphere as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08179:
Round and Round They Go
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-16 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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The faint F ring extends across the image; Janus appears directly between its near and far edges taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08178:
Epimetheus Falls Behind
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-15 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Four of Saturn's many and varied moons crowd this single frame from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08182:
A Multitude of Moons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-12 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This image was taken with NASA's Cassini Synthetic Aperture Radar instrument on Oct. 28, 2005. This was the fourth flyby of Titan during which radar images were obtained. The most ubiquitous features in this swath are
PIA08454:
Dunes and more Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-12 Iapetus Cassini-Huygens
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A distant glimpse of Iapetus reveals details within the dark terrain of Cassini Regio, including an impact basin at top that is roughly 400 kilometers (250 miles) wide. This is image is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08177:
Mysterious Iapetus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-12 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft delivers this stunning vista showing small, battered Epimetheus and smog-enshrouded Titan, with Saturn's A and F rings stretching across the scene.
PIA07786:
Stunning Vistas
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-11 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This rare color view of Saturn's night side shows how the rings dimly illuminate the southern hemisphere, giving it a dull golden glow in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08176:
Saturn's Night Colors
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-10 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Epimetheus floats in the distance below center, showing only the barest hint of its irregular shape. Pandora hides herself in the ringplane, near upper right, appearing as little more than a bump in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08175:
Ring-Hugging Moons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-09 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This complex area of hilly terrain and erosional channels is located atop Xanadu, the continent-sized region on Saturn's moon Titan. This image was captured by NASA's Cassini Titan Radar Mapper on April 30, 2006.
PIA08449:
Complex Terrain
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-09 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft's Titan Radar Mapper instrument imaged this area atop Xanadu, the bright area of Titan, on April 30, 2006.
PIA08448:
Titan's Land-o-Lakes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-09 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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The wispy fractured terrain on Saturn's moon Dione is illuminated here by 'Saturnshine' -- dim reflected light from the planet. This image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Mar. 24, 2006.
PIA08174:
Bright Fractures in the Dark
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-08 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks down upon Rhea, whose cratered surface was already ancient before any complex life developed on Earth. The terrain seen here has probably changed little in the past billion years.
PIA08173:
The Record of Rhea
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-05 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This map of Saturn's moon Titan shows the location mapped with NASA's Cassini radar mapper using its synthetic aperture radar imaging mode on April 30, 2006.
PIA08430:
Radar Flyby of Titan - April 30, 2006
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-05 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This image from the Synthetic Aperture Radar instrument on NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the radar-bright region Xanadu and two circular features interpreted to be degraded impact craters.
PIA08429:
Impact Craters on Xanadu
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-05 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This image from the Synthetic Aperture Radar instrument on NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the radar-bright western margin of Xanadu, one of the most prominent features on Titan.
PIA08428:
Xanadu: Rivers Flowed onto a Sunless Sea
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-05 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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This amazing perspective view captures battered Mimas against the hazy limb of Saturn. Mimas has been badly scarred by impacts over the eons; its wide crater, Herschel, lies in the darkness at right as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08172:
Sharp Focus on Mimas
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-04 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This frame from a movie, built with data collected during the ESA's Huygens probe on Jan. 14, 2005, shows the operation of the Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer camera during its descent and after touchdown. The camera was funded by NASA.
PIA08117:
Titan Descent Data Movie with Bells and Whistles Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-04 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This image is from data collected during the 147-minute plunge through Titan's thick orange-brown atmosphere to a soft sandy riverbed by the European Space Agency's Huygens Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer on Jan. 14, 2005.
PIA08118:
A View from Huygens - Jan. 14, 2005 Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-04 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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When printed on letter sized paper this poster shows the size of the 'rocks' on Titan's surface in their true size. This Huygens image was taken on Jan. 14, 2005. The Huygens probe was delivered to Saturn's moon Titan by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08116:
Titan's Pebbles
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This poster shows a composite view from the descent imager/spectral radiometer taken while the European Space Agency's Huygens probe was setting on Titan's surface, juxtaposed with a similarly scaled picture taken on the Moon's surface.
PIA08115:
Titan's Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-04 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This poster is a stereographic (fish-eye) projection taken with the descent imager/spectral radiometer onboard the European Space Agency's Huygens probe, when the probe was about 5 kilometers (3 miles) above Titan's surface.
PIA08114:
Fish-eye View of Titan's Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-04 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This poster shows a flattened (Mercator) projection of the Huygens probe's view from 10 kilometers altitude (6 miles). The Huygens probe was delivered to Saturn's moon Titan by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08113:
Mercator Projection of Huygens's View
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-04 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This poster shows a stereographic (fish-eye) view of Titan's surface from six different altitudes. The images taken by the European Space Agency's Huygens probe descent imager/spectral radiometer show the haze layer at 20 to 21 kilometers.
PIA08112:
Stereographic View of Titan's Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-04 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This poster shows a flattened (Mercator) projection of the view from the descent imager/spectral radiometer on the European Space Agency's Huygens probe at four different altitudes.
PIA08427:
Mercator Projection of Huygens's View at Different Altitudes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-04 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This poster shows a set of images acquired by the European Space Agency's Huygens probe descent imager/spectral radiometer, in the four cardinal directions (north, south, east, west), at five different altitudes above Titan's surface.
PIA08119:
Views of Titan from Different Altitudes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-04 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This splendid view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft offers a detailed look at the faint rings within the Cassini Division as well as a rare glimpse of the Keeler gap moon, Daphnis.
PIA08171:
Is That a Moon?
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-03 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This image of Saturn's moon Titan from the Synthetic Aperture Radar instrument on NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows Shikoku Facula, a region that is bright in both radar and visible wavelengths.
PIA08426:
Radar Images Shikoku - "Great Britain"
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-03 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This image of Saturn's moon Titan from the Synthetic Aperture Radar instrument on NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the southwestern area of a feature called Xanadu (bottom right of the image).
PIA08425:
Radar Images the Margin of Xanadu
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-03 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This frame from a movie shows how data from two different instruments on NASA's Cassini spacecraft can be combined to give an integrated view of Titan's surface.
PIA07785:
Comparing Notes on Titan -- Radar & Imaging Science Subsystem Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-03 Janus Cassini-Huygens
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In their orbital ballet, Janus and Epimetheus swap positions every four years -- one moon moving closer to Saturn, the other moving farther away. This is image is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08170:
The Dancing Moons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-02 Janus Cassini-Huygens
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Janus peeks out from beneath the ringplane, partially lit here by reflected light from Saturn. A couple of craters can be seen on the moon's surface. At right, two faint clumps of material are seen in the dynamic F ring in this image from NASA's Cassini.
PIA08169:
Janus on the Far Side
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-01 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This remarkably detailed view of Saturn's clouds reveals waves at the northern boundary of the bright equatorial zone, presumably associated both with the strong wind shear there. This image was taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on March 16, 2006.
PIA08168:
Waves and Shear
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-04-28 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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The complex and dynamic atmosphere of Titan displays multiple haze layers near the north pole in this view from NASA's Cassini, which also provides an excellent look at the detached stratospheric haze layer that surrounds the moon at lower latitudes.
PIA08167:
Shifting Northern Hazes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-04-27 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This map of Saturn's moon Titan by NASA's Cassini radar mapper using its synthetic aperture radar imaging mode. Shown are a variety of geologic features, including impact craters, wind-blown deposits, channels and cryovolcanic features.
PIA08100:
Titan (T13) Viewed by Cassini's Radar - Flat Map
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-04-27 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Seen here are areas mapped on Saturn's moon Titan by NASA's Cassini radar mapper using its synthetic aperture radar imaging mode. Shown are a variety of geologic features, including impact craters, wind-blown deposits, channels and cryovolcanic features.
PIA08099:
Titan (T13) Viewed by Cassini's Radar
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-04-27 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Dreamy colors ranging from pale rose to butterscotch to sapphire give this utterly inhospitable gas planet a romantic appeal. Shadows of the rings caress the northern latitudes whose blue color is presumed to be a seasonal effect as seen by NASA's Cassini
PIA08166:
Saturn's Subtle Spectrum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-04-26 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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The three very different moons seen here provide targets of great interest for planetary scientists studying the Saturn system. Captured by NASA's Cassini, along with the rings, are Tethys at upper right, Enceladus below center and Janus at lower left.
PIA08165:
Frontier Worlds
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-04-25 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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This view of the faint E ring - a ring feature now known to be created by Enceladus - also shows two of Saturn's small moons that orbit within the ring, among a field of stars in the background. This image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08163:
The Enceladus Ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-04-24 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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The bright whorls and small-scale specks of convective clouds drift through a region just north of Saturn's bright equatorial band. Observers have seen major storms develop in this region in the past 15-20 years as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08162:
Rotating Flow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-04-21 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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Rhea shows off her bright, fresh-looking impact crater in this view from NASA's Cassini view taken during a close approach.
PIA08148:
Revisiting the Splat
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-04-20 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Three of Saturn's moons are captured with the planet in this exquisite family portrait. At top, Saturn is bedecked with the shadows of its innermost rings as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08161:
Worlds in Orbit
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-04-19 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This view of the ringed planet shows its tilt relative to the plane of its orbit around the Sun as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08160:
Viewing Saturn from the Plane
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The tilted crescent of Saturn displays lacy cloud bands here along with a bright equatorial region and threadlike ring shadows on the northern hemisphere as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08159:
A Complex Crescent
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks toward the Saturnian horizon as Dione and Janus glide past.
PIA08158:
Sidelong at Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-04-14 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This poetic scene shows the giant, smog-enshrouded moonTitan behind Saturn's nearly edge-on rings. Much smaller Epimetheus is just visible to the left of Titan in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08157:
Crescent Moon with Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-04-13 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Bright, high altitude clouds, like those imaged here, often appear more filamentary or streak-like than clouds imaged at slightly deeper levels in Saturn's atmosphere. This view from NASA's Cassini also shows one of the many 'cat's eye' vortices.
PIA08156:
Cat-Eyed Saturn
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Streamers, swirls and vortices roll across the dynamic face of Saturn as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08155:
Psychedelic Saturn
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Gaseous Saturn rotates quickly -- once every approximately 10.8 hours -- and its horizontal cloud bands rotate at different rates relative to each other as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08154:
Bright Vortex
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Long, thin streamers of cloud arc gracefully across this view of Saturn's southerly latitudes as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08153:
Seeking the Cloud Tops
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This atmospheric close-up shows a bright, somewhat distorted feature in Saturn's southern hemisphere as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08152:
Strange Shape
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-04-06 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This image is a false-color ultraviolet view of Saturn's B ring and A ring, separated by a large gap known as the Cassini Division. The images were processed from data taken by the ultraviolet imaging spectrograph aboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08036:
Star-Crossed Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-04-06 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This view of high southern latitudes on Saturn shows very linear clouds at top, usually indicative of stable prevailing winds, and two turbulent, swirling features farther south. This image is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft
PIA08151:
Turbulent Down South
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-04-05 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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As our robotic emissary to Saturn, NASA's Cassini spacecraft is privileged to behold such fantastic sights as this pairing of two moons beyond the rings. The bright, narrow F ring is the outermost ring structure seen here.
PIA08150:
Enceladus Races Onward
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-04-04 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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This dramatic close-up from NASA's Cassini spacecraft of Saturn's moon Tethys shows the large crater Penelope lying near center, overprinted by many smaller, younger impact sites.
PIA08149:
Penelope Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-04-03 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks up from beneath the ringplane to spy Atlas hugging the outer edge of the A ring, above center. This image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on Feb. 23, 2006.
PIA08147:
Edgy Atlas
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Crater-scarred Rhea floats in the distance, peeking out from behind Saturn's partly shadowed rings. This view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks upward from just beneath the ringplane.
PIA08146:
Rhea Beyond the Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-03-30 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Staring toward the outer edge of Saturn's main rings, NASA's Cassini spacecraft spots Pandora and tiny Atlas. Several clumps are visible in the narrow F ring, as well as multiple dusty strands flanking the F ring core.
PIA08145:
Small Moons on the Edge
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-03-29 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This collection images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. provides context for understanding the location and scale of propeller-shaped features observed within Saturn's A ring.
PIA07792:
Locating the Propellers
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This magnified view illustrates the general orientation of the 'propeller' features in Saturn's rings as they orbit the planet as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA07791:
Propeller Motion
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These figures show four propeller-shaped structures discovered by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in close-up images of Saturn's A ring.
PIA07790:
Four Propellers
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-03-29 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks toward giant Saturn and its moon Tethys, while a large and powerful storm rages in the planet's southern hemisphere. The storm was observed by the Cassini spacecraft beginning in late Jan. 2006.
PIA08144:
The Storm Continues
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Shadows drape Saturn's northern hemisphere, providing a different kind of look at prominent features in the rings. This image was taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Feb. 18, 2006.
PIA08143:
Structure in the Shadows
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-03-27 Phoebe Cassini-Huygens
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This map is part of a group release of Mercator and polar stereographic projections of Saturn's moon Phoebe. This global digital map of Phoebe was created using data taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft's close flyby of the small moon.
PIA07797:
Phoebe: Cartographic Projections (South Polar Map)
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This map is part of a group release of Mercator and polar stereographic projections of Saturn's moon Phoebe. This global digital map of Phoebe was created using data taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft's close flyby of the small moon in June 2004.
PIA07796:
Phoebe: Cartographic Projections (North Polar Map)
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This map is part of a group release of Mercator and polar stereographic projections of Saturn's moon Phoebe. This global digital map of Phoebe was created using data taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft's close flyby of the small moon in June 2004.
PIA07795:
Phoebe: Cartographic Projections (Mercator Projection)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-03-27 Jupiter Cassini-Huygens
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These color maps of Jupiter were constructed from images taken by the narrow-angle camera onboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft as the spacecraft neared Jupiter during its flyby of the giant planet.
PIA07784:
Cassini's Best Maps of Jupiter (South Polar Map)
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These color maps of Jupiter were constructed from images taken by the narrow-angle camera onboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft as the spacecraft neared Jupiter during its flyby of the giant planet.
PIA07783:
Cassini's Best Maps of Jupiter (North Polar Map)
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These color maps of Jupiter were constructed from images taken by the narrow-angle camera onboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft as the spacecraft neared Jupiter during its flyby of the giant planet.
PIA07782:
Cassini's Best Maps of Jupiter (Cylindrical Map)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-03-27 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Storm Alley's latest, greatest resident, the recent lightning-producing storm seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft and Earth-based observers churns away.
PIA08142:
Against the Current
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Saturn's atmosphere comes alive with a multitude of dark vortices swirling through the southern hemisphere. This image was taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Feb. 16, 2006.
PIA08141:
Vortices Abound
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This atmosphere close-up shows bright clouds in Saturn's northern hemisphere being sheared apart. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera, approximately 3.3 million kilometers from Saturn.
PIA08140:
Shear Zone
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures three moons at once as they hurtle around Saturn. In the background, Saturn's night side covers the more distant portion of the rings, betraying the presence of the unseen giant.
PIA08139:
Where's Saturn?
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This perspective, from just beneath Saturn's ringplane, gives the rings a pointed appearance and captures a few clumps at the edge of the narrow F ring. This image was taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Feb. 12, 2006.
PIA08138:
The Rings Make a Point
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-03-20 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This composite of 24 images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows multiple layers in Titan's stratospheric haze. The most prominent layer is located about 500 kilometers (300 miles) above the surface and is seen at all latitudes, encircling the moon.
PIA08137:
Haze Layers on Titan
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Shadow-striped Saturn and its exquisitely thin rings occupy the near field in this NASA Cassini spacecraft view, while a crescent Rhea hangs in the distance.
PIA08132:
In Orbit with Rhea
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Distant Rhea (right) poses here for NASA's Cassini spacecraft, as Pandora hovers against Saturn's dark shadow on the rings.
PIA08136:
Moons Near and Far
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Saturn's moon Mimas briefly slipped in front of Tethys while NASA's Cassini spacecraft looked on and captured the event in this series of images.
PIA08135:
Quick Passage
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-03-14 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Dione steps in front of Tethys for a few minutes in an occultation, or mutual event. These events occur frequently for NASA's Cassini spacecraft when it is orbiting close to the ringplane.
PIA08134:
Taking a Bite Out of Tethys
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