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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-04-04 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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Rhea and Dione seem like dark and light fraternal twins in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, with each of these two Saturnian moons displaying a large crater oriented similarly in the northern hemisphere.
PIA12760:
Look-alike Moons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-03-31 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This graphic from NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured after Saturn's August 2009 equinox, shows Saturn's rings, after they became tilted relative to Saturn's equatorial plane, would have transformed into a corrugated ring.
PIA12820:
Tilting Saturn's Rings Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-03-28 Janus Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks past the cratered south polar area of Saturn's moon Rhea to spy the moon Dione and the planet's rings in the distance. Dione's 'wispy' terrain can be seen on the trailing hemisphere of that moon.
PIA12759:
Janus in the Way
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-03-23 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This spectrogram and video show a changing pattern of radio waves from Saturn known as Saturn Kilometric Radiation, as detected by NASA's Cassini spacecraft around March 2010.
PIA13767:
Saturn's Radio Period Crossover Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-03-21 Helene Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft imaged the surface of Saturn's moon Helene as the it flew by the moon on Jan. 31, 2011. Helene is a 'Trojan' moon of Dione, named for the Trojan asteroids that orbit 60 degrees ahead of and behind Jupiter as it circles the Sun.
PIA12758:
Flying by Helene
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-03-17 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft show changes caused by methane rain in the bright Adiri region near the equator of Saturn's largest moon, Titan.
PIA12819:
Brightening Adiri
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-03-17 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This series of images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows changes on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan, as the transition to northern spring brings methane rains to the moon's equatorial latitudes.
PIA12818:
Titanic Deluge
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-03-17 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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A huge arrow-shaped storm blows across the equatorial region of Titan in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, chronicling the seasonal weather changes on Saturn's largest moon.
PIA12817:
Titan's Arrow-Shaped Storm
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-03-17 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This image shows clouds in the mid-southern latitudes of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, one of a series of images captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft a few months after fall began in the southern hemisphere.
PIA12813:
Titan's Moving Mid-Latitude Clouds Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-03-17 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Clouds move above Titan's large methane lakes and seas near the moon's north pole in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Methane clouds in the troposphere, the lowest part of the atmosphere, appear white here.
PIA12812:
Northern Clouds in Motion Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-03-17 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Clouds move above the large methane lakes and seas near the north pole of Saturn's moon Titan in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA12811:
Titan's Northern Polar Clouds Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-03-17 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft chronicles the change of seasons as it captures clouds concentrated near the equator of Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Methane clouds in the troposphere, the lowest part of the atmosphere, appear white here.
PIA12810:
Equatorial Titan Clouds
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-03-14 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft watches over the northern latitudes of Saturn's geologically active moon Enceladus while the planet's rings peek through in the distance in this snapshot.
PIA12757:
Northern Reaches
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-03-07 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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This graphic, using data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, shows how the south polar terrain of Saturn's moon Enceladus emits much more power than scientists had originally predicted.
PIA13891:
Enceladus the Powerhouse
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-03-07 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft views Saturn with a selection of its moons in varying sizes. Also seen here are Titan (center), Enceladus (far right), Pandora, barely detectable as a speck on the far left, has been brightened by a factor of two.
PIA12756:
Moons Small to Large
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-02-28 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks past the cratered south polar area of Saturn's moon Rhea to spy the moon Dione and the planet's rings in the distance. Dione's 'wispy' terrain can be seen on the trailing hemisphere of that moon.
PIA12755:
Beyond Southern Rhea
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-02-21 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's rings appear as only a thin line seen edge-on in the middle of this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, but the rings cast broad shadows on the southern hemisphere of the planet in the lower left of the image.
PIA12754:
Thin Line, Broad Shadows
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-02-18 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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The northern and southern hemispheres of Dione are seen in these polar stereographic maps of the south pole, mosaicked from the best-available clear-filter images from NASA's Cassini and Voyager missions.
PIA12816:
Dione Polar Maps - October 2010
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-02-18 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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The northern and southern hemispheres of Dione are seen in these polar stereographic maps of the north pole, mosaicked from the best-available clear-filter images from NASA's Cassini and Voyager missions.
PIA12815:
Dione Polar Maps - October 2010
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-02-18 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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This global map of Saturn's moon Dione was created using images taken during flybys by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Images from NASA's Voyager mission fill the gaps in Cassini's coverage.
PIA12814:
Map of Dione - October 2010
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-02-17 Cassini-Huygens
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This frame from a video demonstrates the hiss-like radio noise generated by electrons moving along magnetic field lines from the Saturnian moon Enceladus to a glowing patch of ultraviolet light on Saturn.
PIA13866:
Hiss from Aurora Caused by Enceladus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-02-14 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Enceladus reflects sunlight brightly while the planet and its rings fill the background in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Enceladus is one of the most reflective bodies in the solar system.
PIA12753:
Bright Enceladus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-02-07 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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Wispy terrain reflects sunlight brightly in the lower left of this NASA Cassini image of the northern latitudes of Saturn's moon Dione.
PIA12752:
Trailing Wisps
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-01-31 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's 'wispy' moon Dione lies in front of the cratered surface of the moon Tethys, as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Dione is closest to the spacecraft here.
PIA12751:
Wisps Before Craters
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-01-24 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks over cratered and tectonically deformed terrain on Saturn's moon Enceladus as the camera also catches a glimpse of the planet's rings in the background.
PIA12750:
Looking Over Enceladus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-01-17 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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At top of this image, Saturn's moon Dione may appear closer to the spacecraft because it is larger than the moon Enceladus in the lower left. However, Enceladus was actually closer to the spacecraft in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA12749:
Dione's Deception
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-01-10 Hyperion Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures a view of the southern latitudes of Saturn's tumbling moon Hyperion. Lit terrain seen here is mostly in the southern hemisphere of Hyperion. The south pole of the moon is near the bottom of the illuminated terrain.
PIA12748:
Somersaulting Moon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-01-03 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Enceladus brightly reflects sunlight before a backdrop of the planet's rings and the rings' shadows cast onto the planet. NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this snapshot during its flyby of the moon on Nov. 30, 2010.
PIA12747:
Ring Backdrop
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-12-29 Jupiter Cassini-Huygens
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This graphic shows the distribution of the organic molecule acetylene at the north and south poles of Jupiter, based on data obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in early January 2001. Movie is available at the Photojournal.
PIA13699:
Acetylene around Jupiter's Poles
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-12-27 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this high-resolution view of the cratered surface of Saturn's moon Rhea as the spacecraft flew by the moon on Oct. 17, 2010.
PIA12746:
Rhea's Northern Craters
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-12-21 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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Icy fractures on Saturn's moon Rhea reflect sunlight brightly in this high-resolution mosaic created from images captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft during its March 2, 2010, flyby.
PIA12809:
Rhea's Western Wisps
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-12-21 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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Hemispheric color differences on Saturn's moon Rhea are apparent in this false-color view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. This image shows the side of the moon that always faces the planet.
PIA12808:
False-Color Rhea
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-12-21 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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Wispy fractures cut through cratered terrain on Saturn's moon Rhea in this high resolution, 3-D image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. 3D glasses are necessary to identify surface detail.
PIA12807:
Rhea's Fractured Terrain in 3-D
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-12-21 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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Presented here is a complete set of cartographic map sheets from a high-resolution Rhea atlas. The map data was acquired by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA12806:
The Rhea Atlas
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-12-21 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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The southern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Rhea is seen in this polar stereographic maps, mosaicked from the best-available images obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA12805:
Rhea South Polar Map - November 2009
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-12-21 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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The northern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Rhea is seen in this polar stereographic map, mosaicked from the best-available images obtained by NASA's Cassini and Voyager spacecraft.
PIA12804:
Rhea North Polar Map - November 2009
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-12-21 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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This global digital map of Saturn's moon Rhea was created using data obtained by NASA's Cassini and Voyager spacecraft.
PIA12803:
Map of Rhea - November 2009
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-12-20 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft watches a pair of Saturn's moons, showing the hazy orb of giant Titan beyond smaller Tethys. In the foreground of the image, Ithaca Chasma can be seen running roughly north-south on Tethys.
PIA12745:
Titan and Tethys
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-12-14 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This frame from an animation, derived from data obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, shows how plasma swirling around Saturn is correlated to bursts of radio waves emanating from the planet.
PIA13698:
Saturn Plasma and Radio Waves, as Seen by Cassini Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-12-14 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This frame from an animation based on data obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows how the 'explosions' of hot plasma on the night side (orange and white) periodically inflate Saturn's magnetic field (white lines).
PIA13697:
Saturn's Hot Plasma Explosions Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-12-14 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the location of an area known as Sotra Facula on Saturn's moon Titan. Scientists believe the Sotra Facula region makes the best case for a cryovolcanic, or ice volcano, region on Titan.
PIA13696:
Global View of Sotra Facula, Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-12-14 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This frame from a movie is based on data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft and shows a flyover of an area of Saturn's moon Titan known as Sotra Facula. Scientists believe Sotra is the best case for an ice volcano, or cryovolcano, region on Titan.
PIA13695:
Flyover of Sotra Facula, Titan Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-12-14 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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These two views of Tethys show the high-resolution color (left) and the topography (right) of the leading, or forward-facing, hemisphere of this ice-rich satellite. Data for these images is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA13701:
A New View of Tethys
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-12-13 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Shadows adorn Saturn in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, which also includes the moon Rhea, shown orbiting between the planet and the spacecraft and appears above the rings on the left of the image.
PIA12744:
Southern Shadows
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-12-06 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft snapped this shot of cratered Dione as it flew by the Saturnian moon on Oct. 17, 2010. The large crater at the center of the image is Erulus.
PIA12743:
Eyeing Erulus Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-11-30 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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This image shows a high-resolution heat intensity map of part of the south polar region of Saturn's moon Enceladus, made from data obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA13621:
Tiger Stripe Split Ends
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-11-30 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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Data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have enabled scientists to make the highest-resolution heat intensity maps yet for the hottest part of a 'tiger stripe' fissure on Saturn's moon Enceladus.
PIA13620:
Hot and Narrow Tiger Stripe
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-11-30 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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Geologic faults among craters on Saturn's moon Tethys are depicted in this image captured during a flyby of the moon by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Aug. 14, 2010.
PIA12802:
Geology on Tethys
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-11-30 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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Jets of water ice particles spew from Saturn's moon Enceladus in this image obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Aug. 13, 2010. A crescent of the moon appears dimly illuminated in front of the bright limb of Saturn.
PIA12801:
Before Saturn's Limb
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-11-30 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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Small water ice particles fly from fissures in the south polar region of Saturn's moon Enceladus in this image taken during the Aug. 13, 2010, flyby of the moon by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA12800:
Looming Enceladus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-11-30 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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The southern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Tethys is seen in this updated polar stereographic maps, mosaicked from the best-available images obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA12799:
Tethys Polar Maps - August 2010
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-11-30 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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The northern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Tethys is seen in this updated polar stereographic map, mosaicked from the best-available images obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA12798:
Tethys Polar Maps - August 2010
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-11-30 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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This updated global map of Saturn's moon Tethys was created using images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11673:
Map of Tethys - August 2010
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-11-29 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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The two large craters on the right of this image are overprinted with smaller, more recent craters of Saturn's moon Rhea in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA12742:
Superimposed Craters
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-11-22 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Six of Saturn's moons orbiting within and beyond the planet's rings are collected in this Cassini spacecraft image; they include Enceladus, Epimetheus, Atlas, Daphnis, Pan, and Janus.
PIA12741:
Sextet of Moons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-11-15 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks across the surface of Saturn's moon Dione and details the 'wispy' terrain first chronicled by Voyager. This fractured terrain covers the trailing hemisphere of Dione.
PIA12740:
Looking Over Dione's Wisps
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft turns the eye of its camera toward Saturn's moon Mimas and spies the large Herschel Crater which itself looks like the iris of an eye peering out into space.
PIA12739:
An Eye on Mimas
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Vertical structures in the variable outer edge of Saturn's B ring cast shadows in these two images captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shortly after the planet's August 2009 northern vernal equinox.
PIA12796:
Long Spiky Shadows
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This image obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft of the outer edge of Saturn's B ring, reveals the combined effects of a tugging moon and oscillations that can naturally occur in disks like Saturn's rings and spiral galaxies.
PIA12795:
Oscillations at B Ring Edge
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Keeping a close watch on the outer portion of Saturn's B ring, NASA's Cassini spacecraft records the complex inward and outward movement of the edge of the ring. This ring movement resembles the suspected behavior of spiral disk galaxies.
PIA12794:
Galactic Behavior for the Outer B Ring
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The outer edge of Saturn's B ring exhibits an unexpected feature in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The image was obtained when the sun was over the planet's equator and lit the rings exactly exactly edge on.
PIA11669:
Strange Things Afoot in the B Ring
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Vertical structures, among the tallest seen in Saturn's main rings, rise abruptly from the edge of Saturn's B ring to cast long shadows on the ring in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft two weeks before the planet's August 2009 equinox.
PIA11668:
The Tallest Peaks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-11-01 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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A crescent Saturn appears nestled within encircling rings in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Clouds swirl through the atmosphere of the planet. Prometheus appears as a speck above the rings near the middle of the image.
PIA12738:
Rings Around a Crescent
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-25 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Mimas casts a elliptical shadow on the planet south of the larger, wider shadows cast by the planet's rings. Mimas and the rings are not shown in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA12737:
Shadows on Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-18 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft composition features Saturn's rings (top of image), its second largest moon, Rhea (on right of image), and one of the planet's tiny moons, Telesto (near the middle of image) appears as a bright speck.
PIA12736:
Rings, Rhea and Telesto
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