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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-17 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Five wide bands near the center of this image form the structure of the Cassini Division, an expanse between Saturn's B and A rings as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Feb. 13, 2009.
PIA11450:
Light Shed on the Division
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-16 Janus Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks down on the cratered northern leading hemisphere of Dione, showing the moon's pockmarked surface in this image taken on June 11, 2009.
PIA10599:
Two-Faced Janus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-13 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft peers through Saturn's delicate, translucent inner C ring to see the diffuse blue limb of Saturn's atmosphere in this image taken on April 25, 2008.
PIA10598:
Grooves on Blue
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-12 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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The huge Odysseus Crater is clearly illuminated by the sun on the western limb of Tethys, with Saturn shining from the right in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Jan. 22, 2009.
PIA10597:
Not-So-Dark Side of Tethys
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-11 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft peers through Saturn's delicate, translucent inner C ring to see the diffuse blue limb of Saturn's atmosphere in this image taken on April 25, 2008.
PIA10596:
Rolling Thunder
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-10 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon, Daphnis, leaves a path of disturbance on either side of her as she moves in her orbit within the Keeler Gap in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Jan. 31, 2009.
PIA10595:
In Her Wake
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-09 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Almost the entire disk of Titan is illuminated by the sun in this low-phase image of Saturn's largest moon. With the sun behind NASA's Cassini spacecraft, the camera can clearly see the dark Senkyo region and the bright area south of the equator.
PIA10594:
A Wafer of Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-06 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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The southern edge of Xanadu, a continent-size feature on Saturn's moon Titan, is seen in this NASA Cassini radar mapper image swath collected on Feb. 22, 2008. Xanadu is unusually bright in both infrared and radar wavelengths.
PIA11822:
Skirting Xanadu's Southern Boundary
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-06 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft snapped this image of Saturn's Prometheus and its shadow, just as the moon was creating a new streamer in the ring. This image was taken on Jan. 14, 2009.
PIA10593:
Busy Moon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-05 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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The face of Saturnian moon Dione is almost fully lit as NASA's Cassini spacecraft flies in between this moon and the sun with Dione at low phase. With a few hundred pixels of its digital camera, Cassini details dozens of craters a million kilometers away.
PIA10592:
Details on Dione
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-04 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Intricate curlicues and circular patterns of storms swirl through the high latitudes near Saturn's south pole in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA10591:
Southern Storms
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-03 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This sequence of three images, obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft over the course of about 10 minutes, shows the path of a newly found moonlet in a bright arc of Saturn's faint G ring, taken on Oct. 27, 2008.
PIA11148:
Tiny Moonlet Within G Ring Arc
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-03 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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The simple beauty of Saturn's rings, curving lines of varied shades that have surrounded the planet for eons, is captured in visible light in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Jan. 14, 2009.
PIA10590:
Shades Aplenty
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-02 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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The two terminators that stretch across Saturn's moon Mimas are created by sunshine across the north and Saturn-shine in the east as captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Jan. 23, 2009.
PIA10589:
Twice the Terminators
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-02-27 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Rendered in myriad hues, vivid details of Saturn's stormy atmosphere play out below the shadow of the rings in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Dec. 29, 2008.
PIA10588:
Blue Eyed Storm
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-02-26 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This global digital map of Saturn's moon Titan was created using images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's imaging science subsystem. The images were taken using a filter centered at 938 nanometers.
PIA11149:
Map of Titan - February 2009
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-02-26 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This is a portion of a Cassini radar mapper image obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on its Dec. 21, 2008, flyby of Saturn's moon Titan. The area shown covers the southern boundary of an equatorial band where longitudinal dunes are pervasive.
PIA11802:
At the Edge of Titan's Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-02-26 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Scientists have used data from NASA's Cassini radar mapper to map the global wind pattern on Saturn's moon Titan using data collected over a four-year period, as depicted in this image.
PIA11801:
Mapping Titan's Global Wind Patterns
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-02-26 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Set starkly against the blackness of space are Saturn's F ring's delicate strands which are periodically gored by its shepherding moon, Prometheus, in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Jan. 11, 2009.
PIA10587:
Fragile F Ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-02-25 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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A wide crater dominates the lower right of this image while part of Rhea's brightly lit, wispy terrain can still be seen near the limb of the moon. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera.
PIA10586:
Ancient Crater on Wispy Rhea
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-02-24 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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The terminator nearly covers the south pole of Saturn and its stormy vortex in darkness. This image was taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera on Jan. 6, 2009.
PIA10585:
Vanishing Pole
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-02-23 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Epimetheus is the lone moon orbiting Saturn, but a closer inspection reveals a couple of companions in the rings in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Jan. 20, 2009.
PIA10584:
Small Sidekicks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-02-20 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's north pole hexagon, seen here in an image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, has been around for awhile. It was seen in Voyager images in the early 1980s, in ground-based telescopic images in the 1990s, and now with Cassini.
PIA10583:
Unveiling the Hexagon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-02-19 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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The humongous Odysseus impact basin stretches on and on across Saturn's moon, Tethys, in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Jan. 2, 2009.
PIA10582:
Icy Crown on Tethys
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-02-18 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Three large white spokes stretch out across the B ring in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Jan.14, 2009.
PIA10581:
Spectacular Spokes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-02-17 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft image captured a bright, oblong storm swirling high through the middle latitudes of the southern hemisphere. taken on Jan. 5, 2008.
PIA10580:
High Clouds Aloft
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-02-16 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Tiny Daphnis' impact on the Keeler gap in which it resides can be seen in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Jan. 11, 2009.
PIA10579:
Small but Effective
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-02-13 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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A chef's bounty of colors is represented in this full color view of Saturn's northern hemisphere. Butternut, peach, and olive hues have replaced the azure blue of winter. This image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera.
PIA10578:
Cornucopia of Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-02-12 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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This high-phase view of Saturn's Dione shows the great contrast between the highly reflective 'wisps' and the surrounding terrain. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Dec. 26, 2008.
PIA10577:
High Contrast Crescent
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-02-11 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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The rings cast a dramatic but narrow shadow on the planet in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft on the sunlit side of the rings from just one degree below the ringplane.
PIA10576:
Shrinking Shadow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-02-10 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Two dark bands stretch across the moon Titan in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft: Fensal north of the equator and Aztlan south of the equator. The eastern part of Fensal features the white circle of Bazaruto Facula.
PIA10575:
A Titanic Mansion
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-02-09 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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The Encke Gap moon, Pan, has left its mark on a scalloped ringlet of the Encke Gap. The moon creates these perturbations as it sweeps through the gap in the A ring as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA10574:
God of Shepherds and Flocks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-02-07 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This image was obtained by NASA's Cassini radar instrument during a flyby on Feb. 7, 2009. The radar antenna was pointing toward Titan at an altitude of 960 kilometers (597 miles) during the closest approach.
PIA04394:
Titan Radar Swath (T-50 Flyby - Feb. 7, 2009)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-02-06 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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Sunrise uncovers both old and new Enceladus in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The lit side of the moon faces Saturn toward the left in this view of the trailing hemisphere.
PIA10573:
The New South and the Old North
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-02-05 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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The hurricane-like vortex encircling Saturn's south pole is still visible in the top left of this image as it slowly slips into darkness with the planet's changing seasons. This image was taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera.
PIA10572:
Seasons Conceal South Pole Storm
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-02-04 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Structure in the tenuous F ring can be seen in this image of the ring's bright core in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Dec. 8, 2008.
PIA10571:
Turn of a Narrow Ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-02-03 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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Ithaca Chasma, an enormous rift that stretches from north to south across the face of Tethys, seemingly takes a bite out of the moon's limb in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Dec. 9, 2008.
PIA10570:
A Bite Out of the Moon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-02-02 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Structure in the tenuous F ring can be seen in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft of the ring's bright core taken on Dec. 8, 2008.
PIA10569:
It's Full of Moons!
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-30 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Cassini imaging scientists have waited years for the sun to reveal the hexagonal wave pattern in the clouds of Saturn's north pole, part of which can be seen at the top of this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA10568:
Slow Northern Reveal
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-29 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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These mosaics of the south pole of Saturn's moon Titan, made from images captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken almost one year apart, show changes in dark areas that may be lakes filled by seasonal rains of liquid hydrocarbons.
PIA11147:
Changes in Titan's Lakes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-29 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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These updated maps of Saturn's moon Titan, consisting of data from NASA's Cassini imaging science subsystem, include Cassini's August 2008 imaging of the moon's northern hemisphere.
PIA11146:
Maps of Titan - January 2009
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-29 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft trades views of dark spokes in Saturn's B ring for the bright spokes in this image taken by on Dec. 8, 2008.
PIA10567:
Bright Spokes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-28 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Dark straw-like patterns dot Saturn's bright outer B ring just left of the Huygens Gap in the center of this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Dec. 8, 2008.
PIA10566:
B Ring's Straw-like Clumps
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-27 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Named for other-worldly paradises, the dark regions of Senkyo and Aaru comprise the center of this image of Saturn's moon Titan. This image was taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Dec. 12, 2008.
PIA10565:
This Side of Paradise
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-26 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's F ring, which often appears kinked and gored, looks straight here. Above the brighter core, the ghostly strands of the F ring's outer envelope, with a spiral arm structure, appear in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Nov. 8, 2008.
PIA10564:
Straightening Out the Kinks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-23 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Shadows cast onto Saturn by its rings, visible here as dark bands, move steadily towards the equator and grow thinner as equinox approached on on Nov. 22, 2008. This image is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA10563:
Shadows on the Move
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-22 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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This global map of Saturn's moon Enceladus was created using images taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft's flybys, with Voyager images filling in the gaps in Cassini's coverage.
PIA11145:
Map of Enceladus - December 2008
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-22 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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In the boundary between light and shadow on Saturn's moon Enceladus, run the Anbar Fossae— a series of narrow, shallow depressions. This image was taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Dec. 17, 2008.
PIA10562:
The Arabian Connection
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-21 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This November 2008 snapshot from NASA's Cassini spacecraft showcases a classic view of the triangular shape typical of many of the spokes in Saturn's outer B ring.
PIA10561:
The Classic Wedge
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-20 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft views the 'wisps' on the surface of the Saturnian moon, Dione, looking from afar much the way they looked to the Voyager cameras years ago. These linea cover the trailing hemisphere of the moon.
PIA10560:
Dione's Icy Wisps
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-19 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Light from the star Beta Crucis (Mimosa) breaks through the plane of the A ring in the center of this image of a stellar occultation taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Dec. 24, 2008.
PIA10559:
A Star Shines Through
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-16 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's north pole retains its bluish hue in this true color Cassini image, even as northern winter is coming to an end. This image was acquired with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera on Nov. 29, 2008.
PIA10558:
A Blue Northern Mystery
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Overexposed Mimas stands starkly against the disk of Saturn as the dim shadow of Epimetheus is captured through the C ring in the planet's rings in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Nov. 26, 2008.
PIA10557:
Saturn and Mimas
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Three of Saturn's satellites, Janus, Pandora (just outside the F ring), and Pan are visible in this snapshot from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Dec. 7, 2008.
PIA10556:
Moons in a Row
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As NASA's Cassini spacecraft slid between the Sun and Rhea, it caught this view of the moon at almost full opposition. North on Rhea is up in this image, and, in the southern hemisphere, the faint outlines of a ray crater are visible.
PIA10555:
Washed Out Rhea
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The Encke Gap, the broad, vertical dark band running down the center of this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, is maintained by the small moon Pan (not pictured). Pan also shepherds three ringlets which appear here as faint, narrow bands.
PIA10554:
Not-Quite-Empty Gap
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-09 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's north pole is littered with storms, as seen in this color view in hues of pastel yellow of the pole captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. A bit of the north polar hexagon is also visible at the upper-right.
PIA10553:
Stormy Pole
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-08 Prometheus Cassini-Huygens
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Prometheus is caught here by NASA's Cassini spacecraft casting a shadow on the F ring. To the right, the F ring also shows a gore where Prometheus recently entered into the ring, scattering material out of its way.
PIA10552:
Shadows and Gores
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-07 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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In Saturn's shadow, the southern hemisphere of Enceladus is lit by sunlight reflected first off of the rings and then onto the nightside of the planet. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera.
PIA10551:
Enceladus in Eclipse
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-06 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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The ghostly features in Saturn's B ring called spokes are making an appearance again as NASA's Cassini spacecraft continued its tour of the Saturn system on Nov. 26, 2008.
PIA10550:
Dusty Wedge
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-05 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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Dione's dark trailing hemisphere (toward the left) and bright leading hemisphere are both visible in this view centered on the moon's anti-Saturn facing side. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera.
PIA10549:
Dione's Transition Zone
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Gray Mimas appears to hover above the colorful rings as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The large crater seen on the right side of the moon is named for William Herschel, who discovered Mimas in 1789.
PIA10548:
Rebel Base in Range
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-01 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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The terminator encroaches upon Penelope, one of the largest craters on Saturn's moon Tethys. Two other large craters, Polyphemus and Phemius, are visible near the limb in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraf taken on Nov. 24, 2008.
PIA10547:
Penelope on Tethys
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-31 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Titan's globally distributed detached haze layer and the moon's north polar hood, both notable details of its thick atmosphere, are clearly seen in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Titan is 5,150 kilometers across, slightly larger than Mercury.
PIA10546:
Titan's North Polar Haze
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-30 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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Dark spokes dance around Saturn's B ring in this series of movies comprised of images taken NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera.
PIA11144:
'Tis the Season for Spokes Animation Icon
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera captured Saturn's moon Rhea as it gradually slipped into the planet's shadow, an event known as 'ingress,' on Aug. 19, 2008.
PIA11143:
Darkness Falls on Rhea Animation Icon
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Details of Saturn's icy rings are visible in this sweeping view NASA's Cassini spacecraft of the planet's glorious ring system taken on Nov. 26, 2008.
PIA11142:
A Full Sweep of Saturn's Rings
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As Saturn advances its orbit toward equinox and the sun gradually moves northward on the planet, the motion of Saturn's ring shadows and the changing colors of its atmosphere continue to transform the face of Saturn as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11141:
Saturn ... Four Years On
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The F ring and outer edge of the A ring can be seen in this image taken on Nov. 7, 2008 by NASA's Cassini spacecraft . A kink feature is visible in the F ring, probably caused by Prometheus or Pandora, the F ring's shepherd moons.
PIA10545:
Fingerprints of the Shepherds
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Saturn's small moon Helene, a 'Trojan' moon of Dione (not shown) is captured in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Nov. 24, 2008.
PIA10544:
Helene Attends Dione
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-26 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's south pole, seen here by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, is in twilight as Saturn nears equinox (August 2009). Soon, the pole will enter its 15-year-long night.
PIA10543:
Encroaching Darkness
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-25 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft acquired this view of Rhea's leading hemisphere near 'opposition,' or with the Sun almost directly behind the camera.
PIA10542:
Where Have All the Shadows Gone?
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-24 Pan Cassini-Huygens
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Pan orbits in the Encke gap near the middle of this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Nov. 5, 2008. Also visible is one of the three dusty ringlets that reside in the Encke gap.
PIA10541:
Pan's Ringlet
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Against a background of muted atmospheric bands in Saturn's northern hemisphere, Mimas forges onward in its orbit around the Ringed Planet in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Nov. 26, 2008.
PIA10540:
Mimas Before Saturn
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A large group of spokes emerges from Saturn's shadow in this image taken on Nov. 2, 2008 by NASA's Cassini spacecraft of the morning side of the rings.
PIA10539:
Out of the Shadow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-21 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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These images were obtained by NASA's Cassini radar instrument during a flyby on Dec. 21, 2008. The radar antenna was pointing toward Titan at an altitude of 970 kilometers (684 miles) during the closest approach.
PIA04393:
Titan Radar Swath (T-49 Flyby - Dec. 21, 2008)
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Tethys' dark equatorial band is seen in natural color on the moon's leading hemisphere. The largest impact basin on Saturn's moon Tethys, Odysseus, appears on the left in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Oct. 27, 2008.
PIA10538:
Tethys' Subtle Hues
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The range of features to be found in Saturn's C ring is seen in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Nov. 9, 2008.
PIA10537:
Many Faces of the C Ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-17 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Although this image is centered on the Saturn-facing hemisphere of Titan, here the sun illuminates mainly the trailing hemisphere of Saturn's largest moon. This image was taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Nov. 9, 2008.
PIA10536:
Saturn's View of Titan's Trailing Hemisphere
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Prometheus emerges from Saturn's shadow in this image taken on Oct. 29, 2008 by NASA's Cassini spacecraft of the dark side of the rings.
PIA10535:
Prometheus Emerges
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-15 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini Radar Mapper imaged Titan on Feb. 22, 2008 (as shown on the left) and April 30, 2006 (as shown on the right).
PIA11702:
Active Cryovolcanic Features on Titan?
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This infrared projection map of Titan was composed from images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, visual and infrared mapping spectrometer.
PIA11701:
Infrared Map of Titan's Active Regions
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Change is detected on Saturn's moon Titan, in these three composite images from data taken during flybys in October 2005, January 2006 and March 2006 by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11700:
Titan's Chilly Volcanoes?
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-15 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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This figure shows a possible history of the south polar terrain on Saturn's moon Enceladus. The data were acquired by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, imaging science sub-system during four close-targeted flybys of Enceladus in March, August and October 2008.
PIA11140:
Ancient Terrain on Enceladus
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Two side-by-side images compare a 'twisted' sea-floor spreading feature on Earth, to a very similar looking twisted break, in the Damascus Sulcus 'tiger stripe' on Saturn's moon Enceladus. The image of Enceladus was acquired by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11139:
Enceladus Offset Spreading Center
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Two side-by-side images compare a characteristic spreading feature on Earth, to a very similar looking arrangement of 'tiger stripe' rift segments in the south polar terrain region of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Enceladus data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11138:
Spreading Ridge Transforms On Enceladus
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This video demonstrates two examples of the interpretation of tectonic spreading along the 'tiger stripe' fractures in the south polar terrain of Saturn's moon Enceladus. This video was created based on images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11137:
Reconstructing the Past on Enceladus Animation Icon
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The most prominent jets of vapor and icy particles emerging from the south polar terrain of Saturn's moon Enceladus are shown here in graphical form in a movie clip of a 'rotating' Enceladus. Video created based on images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11136:
Enceladus' Jets Animation Icon
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During two close flybys of Saturn's moon Enceladus in 2008, the cameras on NASA's Cassini spacecraft acquired several very high-resolution images of specific regions of the south polar terrain.
PIA11135:
Tiger Stripes...Magnified!
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On Oct. 9, 2008, just after coming within 25 kilometers (15.6 miles) of the surface of Enceladus, NASA's Cassini captured this stunning mosaic as the spacecraft sped away from this geologically active moon of Saturn.
PIA11133:
A Tectonic Feast
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This updated mosaic of the southern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Enceladus has been constructed from the many high-resolution images acquired by NASA's Cassini spacecraft during four close targeted flybys of Enceladus in March, August and October 2008.
PIA11126:
The Southern Hemisphere of Enceladus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-15 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Clouds swirl about in Saturn's active atmosphere. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Oct. 29, 2008.
PIA10534:
Swirls
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-12 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft obtained this view of a bright ray crater on the southern portions of Rhea's leading hemisphere.
PIA10533:
Icy Impact
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Prometheus shows up bright in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft of the dark side of the rings. The bright band that appears above Prometheus in this image is the Cassini division separating the (very dark) B ring and the A ring.
PIA10532:
Prometheus Lurking in the Rings
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A bright ray crater dominates this view of the leading hemisphere of Rhea, obtained at a time when the Sun was nearly aligned behind NASA's Cassini spacecraft, or 'opposition.'
PIA10531:
Opposing Rhea
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Pandora orbits near a kink in the F ring. Whether it was Prometheus or Pandora that created the kink is not obvious in this instance in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Oct. 15, 2008.
PIA10530:
Pandora Gets Kinky
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The moons Pan (near center) and Daphnis cruise through the Encke and Keeler gaps, respectively. The edge waves used to discover Daphnis can be seen in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft as the brightening on either side of the moon.
PIA10529:
Making Waves
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-05 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This image was obtained by NASA's Cassini radar instrument during a flyby on Dec. 5, 2008. Equatorial Anti-Saturnian hemisphere (Southern half of Guabonito, northern Shikoku Facula, and parts of Shangri-la and Dilmun).
PIA00699:
Titan Radar Swath (T-48 Flyby - Dec. 5, 2008)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-05 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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In this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft of the F ring, taken shortly after its ring particles encountered the shepherd moon Prometheus, the disruption to the ring caused by the moon is evident.
PIA10528:
Ring Disrupted
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-04 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft provides a view of the southern portion of Tethys' trailing hemisphere. Prominent features include the huge canyon, Ithaca Chasma, as well as Demodocus and Telemus, large basins just to the right of the rift.
PIA10527:
Icy Old Moon
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