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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-03 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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Numerous stars provide a serene background in this view of Enceladus captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft while the moon was in eclipse, within Saturn's shadow.
PIA10526:
Starry Night
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Broad, dark spokes in the B ring are clearly seen in this image of Saturn's rings taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Oct. 19, 2008.
PIA10525:
Spokes in the Morning
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This low elevation image shows the G ring arc discovered by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. This faint arc of material is maintained by a gravitational interaction with the moon Mimas.
PIA10524:
Lost Arc
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-11-28 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Two of Saturn's moons that have profound impacts on the rings, Mimas and Prometheus, are seen here with the F ring. This image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA10523:
Ring Shapers
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Saturn's Encke and Keeler gaps are visible in this image of the outer A ring. Brightness variations are clearly visible in the Encke ringlet. This image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Oct. 23, 2008.
PIA10522:
Fingerprints of the Moons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-11-26 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's B ring is filled with radial structure. This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft of the inner B ring was taken from the unlit side of the rings so the denser parts of the ring transmit less light and consequently appear darker here.
PIA10521:
B Ring in the Negative
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-11-25 Prometheus Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft spied Saturn's moon, Prometheus, one of the F ring shepherds, orbiting between the A and F rings. The F ring shows a kink near Prometheus, due to the moon's gravitational effect.
PIA10520:
Prometheus Brings Change to the F Ring
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Saturn's shadow cuts across the rings in this view from high above the ringplane in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Oct. 18, 2008.
PIA10519:
Shadow of the Giant
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-11-21 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's ever-changing F ring appears as wisps of smoke in this image taken downstream of the shepherd moon, Prometheus in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Oct. 23, 2008.
PIA10518:
Smokey Ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-11-20 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Mimas's lit crescent has the appearance of a golf ball thanks to its heavily cratered surface in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Oct. 24, 2008.
PIA10517:
Fore!
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-11-19 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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In the Maxwell gap within Saturn's C ring resides a narrow, eccentric ringlet of the same name. This image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Oct. 25, 2008.
PIA10516:
Maxwell's That Ends Well
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-11-18 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft acquired this view of Saturn's moon Enceladus just after the spacecraft passed within 25 kilometers (15 miles) of the surface on Oct. 9, 2008.
PIA10515:
Over the Limb
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-11-17 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks through Titan's thick atmosphere to reveal bright and dark terrains on the Saturn-facing side of the planet's largest moon.
PIA10514:
Saturn's View of Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-11-14 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Long streamers of cloud encircle the south polar region of Saturn. Farther poleward, or toward lower left, faint, deeper atmospheric structures lurk beneath the haze. This view was taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera on Oct. 2, 2008.
PIA10513:
Wrapped in Ribbons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-11-13 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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The shadow of Tethys drifts across the face of Saturn. Nearby, shadows of the planet's rings form a darkened band above the equator in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Oct. 1, 2008.
PIA10512:
Moon Spot
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-11-12 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This image of the northern polar region of Saturn shows both the aurora and underlying atmosphere, seen at two different wavelengths of infrared light as captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11396:
Saturn's Polar Aurora
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-11-12 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Clouds in this image and other NASA Cassini spacecraft views are at higher latitudes than similar streak-like clouds observed in the southern hemisphere. Scientists are working to understand why such clouds appear preferentially at certain latitudes.
PIA10511:
Titan's Northern Streaks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-11-11 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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Mimas emerges from behind hazy Saturn. The rings appear distorted near the planet as their image passes through the upper atmosphere in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Nov. 30, 2007.
PIA10510:
Features Distorted
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-11-10 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft focuses on a streamer-channel feature in Saturn's F ring in this image captured on Sept. 30, 2008.
PIA10509:
Streamer Channel
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-11-07 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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Tethys sits within Saturn's shadow, but not in complete darkness as shown in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Sept. 25, 2008.
PIA10508:
Tethys in Eclipse
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-11-06 Janus Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's battered moon Janus wears the record of its long history of impacts. Janus orbits just beyond the outer reaches of Saturn's A and F rings in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Sept. 28, 2008.
PIA10507:
Scarred Janus
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The prominent crater Telemachus sits within the northern reaches of Ithaca Chasma on Saturn's moon Tethys in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Sept. 24, 2008.
PIA10506:
Crater and Canyon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-11-04 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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A close-up of Saturn's A ring reveals dozens of small, bright streaks aligned with the orbital direction of the rings in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Sept. 25, 2008.
PIA10505:
Propeller Swarm
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-11-03 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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Mimas hangs above the hazy skies of Saturn in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Sept. 20, 2008.
PIA10504:
Mimas Above the Haze
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-11-02 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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This mosaic from NASA's Cassini spacecraft was made from 'skeet shoot' narrow-angle images 1, 2, 3, and 4, all captured during the Oct. 31, 2008, flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus.
PIA11134:
Enceladus Rev 91 Flyby - Skeet Shoot 1-4 Mosaic
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-11-02 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft was the ninth 'skeet shoot' narrow-angle image captured during the Oct. 31, 2008 flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus.
PIA11127:
Enceladus Rev 91 Flyby - Skeet Shoot #9
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-11-02 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft was the eighth 'skeet shoot' narrow-angle image captured during the October 31, 2008, flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus.
PIA11125:
Enceladus Rev 91 Flyby - Skeet Shoot #8
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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft was the fourth 'skeet shoot' narrow-angle image captured during the Oct. 31, 2008, flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus.
PIA11108:
Enceladus Rev 91 Flyby - Skeet Shoot #4
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft was the first and highest resolution 'skeet shoot' narrow-angle image captured during the Oct. 31, 2008, flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus.
PIA11124:
Enceladus Rev 91 Flyby - Skeet Shoot #1
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-31 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft peeks through the murk of Titan's thick atmosphere in a search for clouds. Although there are no obvious cloud features in this view, bright cloud streaks have occasionally been seen by Cassini and Earth-based telescopes.
PIA10503:
Watching for Clouds
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-30 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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Northern craters line the crescent of Enceladus. This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft is part of an observation designed to view the moon's plume of icy particles at a moderately high phase angle.
PIA10498:
Just a Phase
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-29 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Many features in Saturn's rings are thought to be induced by the gravity of the planet's moons in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Sept. 25, 2008.
PIA10501:
Two Kinds of Wave
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-28 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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This image was taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft's extremely close encounter with Saturn's moon Enceladus on Oct. 9, 2008.
PIA11123:
Enceladus Oct. 9, 2008 Flyby - Posted Image #5
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-28 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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This image was taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft's extremely close encounter with Saturn's moon Enceladus on Oct. 9, 2008.
PIA11122:
Enceladus Oct. 9, 2008 Flyby - Posted Image #4
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-28 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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This image was taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft's extremely close encounter with Saturn's moon Enceladus on Oct. 9, 2008.
PIA11121:
Enceladus Oct. 9, 2008 Flyby - Posted Image #3
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-28 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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This image was taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft's extremely close encounter with Saturn's moon Enceladus on Oct. 9, 2008.
PIA11120:
Enceladus Oct. 9, 2008 Flyby - Posted Image #2
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-28 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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This image was taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft's extremely close encounter with Saturn's moon Enceladus on Oct. 9, 2008.
PIA11119:
Enceladus Oct. 9, 2008 Flyby - Posted Image #1
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Enceladus peeks over the limb of Dione during a partial occultation. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Sept. 13, 2008.
PIA10500:
Occulting Enceladus
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures Saturn's main rings in a study of light and dark. A bright knot is visible in the F ring near upper left. This image was captured on Sept.22, 2008.
PIA10499:
The Unlit Face
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-24 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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The serene beauty of Saturn invites NASA's Cassini spacecraft's gaze as the spacecraft hurtles through this dynamic system, studying the giant planet's rings, moons, atmosphere, and magnetosphere.
PIA10497:
Saturn in Recline
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The active surface jets on Saturn's moon Enceladus collectively form a brilliant, extended plume that is made visible as sunlight scatters among the microscopic particles of ice. Image was taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera.
PIA10502:
Plumewatch
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Saturn's moon Dione's defining feature, the fractures on its trailing side, shine brilliantly in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA10496:
Bright Canyons
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From high above the ringplane, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures a multitude of storms in the blustery cloud bands of Saturn's high north. This view looks toward the planet from about 72 degrees north of the equator.
PIA10495:
So Many Swirls
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-20 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks toward Rhea's cratered, icy landscape with the dark line of Saturn's ringplane and the planet's murky atmosphere as a background. Rhea is Saturn's second-largest moon, at 1,528 kilometers (949 miles) across.
PIA10494:
Icy Profile
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-17 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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This global map of Saturn's moon Mimas was created using images taken NASA's Cassini spacecraft flybys, with Voyager images filling in the gaps in Cassini's coverage.
PIA11118:
Map of Mimas - June 2008
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Presented here is a cartographic map sheet which forms a high-resolution Mimas atlas, a project of NASA's Cassini Imaging Team.
PIA11117:
The Mimas Atlas
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This global map of Saturn's moon Iapetus was created using images taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft flybys, with Voyager images filling in the gaps in Cassini's coverage.
PIA11116:
Map of Iapetus - May 2008
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Presented here is a complete set of cartographic map sheets from a high-resolution Iapetus atlas, a project of NASA's Cassini Imaging Team.
PIA11115:
The Iapetus Atlas
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-17 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks toward the sunlit face of Saturn's rings, whose shadows continue to slide southward on the planet toward their temporary disappearance during equinox in August 2009.
PIA10493:
Eyes on the Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-16 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks upward at the swirling clouds of Saturn's southern hemisphere. The C and B rings are seen at right, beyond the planet's nightside limb.
PIA10492:
Saturn from Below
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-15 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured signs of activity on both sides of the Roche Division, the region between Saturn's A and F rings in this image from Aug. 31, 2008.
PIA10491:
From A to F
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-14 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Seasonal twilight is approaching for Saturn's south polar vortex—the giant hurricane-like storm swirling around the planet's southern pole. The image was taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera on Aug. 27, 2008.
PIA10490:
Change of Season
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-13 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This is a side-by-side view of large cyclones at both poles of Saturn obtained by the visual and infrared mapping spectrometer onboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11216:
Infrared Images of Saturn's Poles
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-13 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This near-infrared image of Saturn's north pole shows a giant cyclone, encircled by a hexagon feature. A movie was created from several images, taken by the visual and infrared mapping spectrometer onboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11215:
Infrared Movie of Saturn's North Polar Region Animation Icon
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These two images of Saturn show the entire south polar region, not just the little area around the core of the hurricane-like vortex. These images were captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on May 11, 2007.
PIA11214:
Saturn's South Polar Region Revealed
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This detailed Cassini view of the monstrous vortex at Saturn's south pole provides valuable insight about the mechanisms that power the planet's atmosphere. This image was taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on July 14, 2008.
PIA11104:
Convection in Saturn's Southern Vortex
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Shadows reveal the topography of Saturn's south polar vortex. At high resolution, a new, inner ring of isolated, bright clouds is seen. This image was taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on July 15, 2008.
PIA11103:
The Yet Yawning Gulf
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The gravity of Prometheus alters the orbits of the fine, icy particles in Saturn's F ring, creating dazzling structures in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Aug. 30, 2008.
PIA10489:
Warped F Ring
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Bright, high-altitude clouds interact with dark, deeper structures near Saturn's south pole. The image was taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera on Aug. 27, 2008.
PIA10488:
Forces from the Deep
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Four moons huddle near Saturn's multi-hued disk. Titan, Janus, Mimas, and Prometheus are captured in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Oct. 26, 2007.
PIA10487:
Many Colors, Many Moons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-08 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's north polar hexagon appears to be a long-lived feature of the atmosphere, having been spotted in images of Saturn in the early 1980s, again in the 1990s, and then by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in the past several years.
PIA10486:
The Persistent Hexagon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-07 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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Ring shadows line the face of distant Saturn, providing an exquisite backdrop for the brilliant, white sphere of Enceladus. This icy moon is a target of intense study for NASA's Cassini spacecraft during its Equinox mission.
PIA10485:
Focus on Enceladus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-06 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft spies Saturn's icy moon Mimas on the far side of Saturn's rings. The large crater Herschel gives the moon a flattened profile on its leading hemisphere, at left.
PIA10484:
Mimas in Profile
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During a distant flyby encounter with Saturn's moon Enceladus, NASA's Cassini spacecraft imaged the moon's wrinkled leading hemisphere.
PIA10483:
Youthful Wrinkles
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-02 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, taken on Aug. 2, 2008, shows the Cassini Division, flanked at top and bottom by the outer B-ring edge and the inner A-ring edge, respectively.
PIA10482:
Moonmade Ringscape
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-01 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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A trio of Saturn's icy moons, Enceladus, Pandora, and Mimas, crowds together along NASA's Cassini spacecraft's line of sight in this image captured on June 28, 2007.
PIA10481:
Gathering of Moons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-30 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's high north is a seething cauldron of activity filled with roiling cloud bands and swirling vortices. This image was taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera on Aug. 25, 2008.
PIA10480:
Saturn's Active Atmosphere
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Saturn's moon Pandora casts its shadow upon the F ring. Moon shadows upon the rings will become an increasingly common sight for NASA's Cassini spacecraft as equinox approaches and the Sun moves northward through the ringplane.
PIA10479:
Pandora's Shadow
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks beyond Saturn's limb toward the icy face of Mimas, the innermost of the planet's major moons. This view looks toward the sunlit side of the rings from about 3 degrees below the ringplane.
PIA10478:
Mimas Adrift
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft gazes down at linear tectonic features in Saturn's moon Dione's northern hemisphere. This image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on Aug. 3, 2008.
PIA10477:
Dione's Fractured North
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Large regions of Saturn's night side are illuminated by the planet's gleaming rings. Except for a sliver of the sunlit crescent at left, this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a part of the planet lit almost entirely by ringshine.
PIA10476:
Saturn by Ringshine
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Two of Saturn's moons, Pan and Janus, coast along the outer edge of the main ring system. This image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Aug. 22, 2008.
PIA10475:
Pan and Janus
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The sun's low angle near the terminator highlights the topography of craters within Rhea's wispy terrain in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA10474:
Rhea's Roughness
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As NASA's Cassini spacecraft sped away from Enceladus following its close August 2008 flyby, the moon's wrinkled south polar region remained in view.
PIA10473:
White Moon
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The bright arc of material in Saturn's G ring is seen here as it rounds the ring's edge, or ansa. The ring arc orbits Saturn along the inner edge of the G ring. This image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Aug. 22, 2008.
PIA10472:
Arc in Motion
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As NASA's Cassini spacecraft began its August 2008 flyby of Enceladus, the spacecraft approached over the moon's cratered north pole. Cassini acquired this view as the icy moon grew ever larger in its field of view.
PIA10471:
Approaching Enceladus
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The three bright, finger-like jets of material seen here suggest that a small object has collided with the core of Saturn's F ring. This image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Aug. 20, 2008.
PIA10470:
Evidence of Collision
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The shadow of Saturn's rings sits upon the northern hemisphere of Mimas like a dark cap in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Aug. 4, 2008.
PIA10469:
Shadow Cap
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This mosaic of two images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, taken on Aug. 15, 2008, shows Pan and Prometheus creating features in nearby rings.
PIA10468:
Disturbing Moons
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The sun's low angle near the terminator throws the craters of Saturn's moon, Mimas, into stark relief in this image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Aug. 4, 2008.
PIA10467:
Full of Holes
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Surface details on Titan are seen faintly through the murky haze of the moon's atmosphere. This image was taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera on July 30, 2008 using a spectral filter sensitive to wavelengths of infrared light.
PIA10466:
World Beneath the Haze
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft continued to track Saturn's moon Prometheus after it disappeared behind the planet, capturing a few fortunate, high-resolution views of the clouds in Saturn's high north.
PIA10465:
Saturn Gets in the Way
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Rhea's bright ray crater features prominently in this southern view captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The feature is surrounded by bright ejecta—material thrown outward by the impact that formed the crater.
PIA10464:
Bright Rays
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Through the atmosphere of the southern hemisphere of Saturn rolls a large storm, seen here as a tight dark circle in the lower left of this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Dec. 30, 2008.
PIA11102:
Anthe and Methone Arcs
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveals the existence of a faint arc of material orbiting with Saturn's small moon Anthe.
PIA11101:
The Anthe Arc
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveals the existence of a faint arc of material orbiting with Saturn's small moon Anthe.
PIA11100:
Anthe's Faint Arc
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft tracks the shepherd moon Prometheus as it orbits Saturn in this image was captured on Aug. 9, 2008.
PIA10463:
Tracking the Shepherd
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This image acquired by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on July 28, 2008, shows the souther reaches of Ithaca Chasma on Saturn's moon Tethys.
PIA10462:
Southern Face of Tethys
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As Prometheus pulls away from an encounter with Saturn's F ring, its immediate effects on the ring material are clear. This image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Aug. 6, 2008.
PIA10461:
Opening a Channel
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Powerful forces ripped apart the surface of Saturn's moon Tethys at some time in the deep past, creating the incredible canyon system of Ithaca Chasma. This image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on July 28, 2008.
PIA10460:
Ancient Rift
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In the distance beyond Saturn's icy rings, NASA's Cassini spacecraft glimpses faint details on the surface of Titan. In the foreground, the B ring displays several dark spokes.
PIA10459:
Far from Titan
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Bright, wispy-looking fractures reach across the rugged, icy landscape of Saturn's moon, Dione. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on July 21, 2008.
PIA10458:
Beyond the Canyons
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A line of vortices rolls through the turbulent region on Saturn nicknamed 'Storm Alley' by Cassini scientists. This image was in hues of pastel yellow was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera on July 23, 2008.
PIA10457:
Keep It Rolling
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Brilliant Prometheus pulls at the nearby inner strand of Saturn's F ring. Gravitational tugs from Prometheus are constantly reshaping this narrow ring as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA10456:
Feeling Gravity's Pull
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On a high-inclination orbit of Saturn, NASA's Cassini spacecraft gazed down at the north polar region of Janus on July 14, 2008.
PIA10455:
North on Janus
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Saturn's rings burst out of shadow and curve gracefully around the planet. Prometheus and Atlas are also visible, faintly, just outside the A ring edge in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on July 4, 2008.
PIA10454:
Out of Darkness
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Two ring moons, Daphnis and Pandora, sweep through this scene focused on Saturn's intriguing F ring in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on July 5, 2008.
PIA10453:
F Ring in Between
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This high-resolution view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, taken on July 21, 2008, shows incredible detail within a spiral density wave within Saturn's A ring.
PIA10452:
Structure in the Spiral
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft acquired this detailed view of Rhea just before the moon slipped into an eclipse by Saturn's shadow. This view looks toward the Saturn-facing side of Rhea (1,528 kilometers, or 949 miles across).
PIA10451:
Rhea Before the Eclipse
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft spots a couple of large, wedge-shaped spokes in Saturn's B ring in this image from July 8, 2008.
PIA10450:
Like Spokes of Old
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