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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-05-07 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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On March 13, 2006 Cassini's narrow-angle camera captured this look at Saturn and its rings, seen here nearly edge on. The frame also features Mimas and tiny Janus (above the rings), and Tethys (below the rings).
PIA18323:
Postcard from the Ring Plane
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-12-19 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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It may look as though Saturn's moon Mimas is crashing through the rings in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, but Mimas is actually 28,000 mi (45,000 km) away from the rings. There is a strong connection between the icy moon and Saturn's rings
PIA20510:
Crash Course
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-11-28 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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Saturn's icy moon Mimas is dwarfed by the planet's enormous rings as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA20509:
Tiny Mimas, Huge Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-08-08 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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The shadow of Saturn on the rings, which stretched across all of the rings earlier in NASA's Cassini's mission, now barely makes it past the Cassini division.
PIA20494:
Long Divisions
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-05-30 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moons Janus and Mimas coast in their silent orbits beyond the rings in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The ansa, or outer edge of the rings, is visible at left.
PIA18369:
In Formation
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-02-22 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Three of Saturn's moons, Tethys, Enceladus and Mimas, are captured in this group photo from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA18357:
Three Times the Fun
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-10-12 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Although Mimas and Pandora, shown here, both orbit Saturn, they are very different moons. The shapes of moons can teach us much about their history. This image is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA18339:
Worlds Apart
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-04-13 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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Although we are used to seeing Saturn's moons lit directly by the Sun, sometimes we can catch them illuminated by 'Saturnshine.' Here, NASA's Cassini spacecraft see Mimas (upper right) lit by light reflected off of Saturn.
PIA18312:
Mimas by Saturnshine
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-11-24 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini orbiter shows Saturn is circled by its rings (nearly edge-on in this image), as well as by the moons Tethys (the large bright body near the lower right corner) and Mimas (seen as a slight crescent against Saturn's disk above the rings).
PIA18288:
Circling Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-03-03 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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Among the interplay of Saturn's shadow and rings, Mimas, which appears in the lower-right corner of the image, orbits Saturn as a set of the ever-intriguing spokes appear in the B ring (to the right of center) in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA17154:
Shadows and Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-03-18 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn and its north polar hexagon dwarf Mimas as the moon peeks over the planet's limb. Saturn's A ring also makes an appearance on the far right. Mimas is 246 miles (396 kilometers) across.
PIA14652:
Mimas Peeks Over Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-10-29 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Mimas appears near Saturn, dwarfed by its parent planet in this image. Mimas appears tiny compared to the storms clearly visible in far northern and southern hemispheres of Saturn.
PIA14631:
Dwarfed by Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-02-20 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Mimas joins the planet's rings which appear truncated by the planet's shadow in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA14596:
Cut-Off Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-12-05 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's rings lie between a pair of moons in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft that features Mimas and Prometheus. Mimas is the more noticeable of the two moons at top left, Prometheus is near the center of image and closest to Cassini.
PIA14585:
Rings In Between
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-09-12 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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A quintet of Saturn's moons come together in this portrait from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Janus is seen on the far left, Pandora orbits near the middle, Enceladus appears above the center, and Rhea and Mimas are seen on the right side.
PIA14573:
Quintet of Moons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-04-11 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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The right-hand limb of Saturn's moon Mimas appears flattened as Herschel Crater is viewed edge-on in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The planet's rings are in the background.
PIA12761:
Mimas' Flat Spot
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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 2010-07-22 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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The moons Mimas and Janus seem insignificant in front of the immensity of Saturn in this NASA Cassini spacecraft image. Mimas is visible above the rings near the center; Janus is barely detectable as a tiny speck of light below the rings on the left.
PIA12682:
Before Immense Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-07-01 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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A kingly crescent Saturn rests on the right of this NASA Cassini spacecraft portrait while the moon Mimas appears above the rings on the left. Mimas looks like just a speck of light here but is actually 396 kilometers, or 246 miles, across.
PIA12667:
Regal Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-05-10 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's rings, partially darkened by the planet's shadow, cut a striking figure before Saturn's largest moon, Titan. The moon Mimas is near the bottom of this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA12629:
Cut by Saturn's Shadow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-04-22 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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The shadow of Saturn's moon Mimas is elongated across the planet in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The moon itself is not shown, but the shadow appears just above the ringplane on the right of the image.
PIA12617:
Mimas' Stretched Shadow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-03-25 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Two moons orbit serenely before Saturn while large storms churn through the planet's southern hemisphere in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The moon Mimas is on the right. Dione is on the left.
PIA12597:
Attendant Pair
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-02-17 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures a 'mutual event' between Titan and Mimas in front of a backdrop of the planet's rings. This image was snapped shortly before Saturn's largest moon passed in front of and occulted the small moon Mimas.
PIA12551:
Big Obscures Small
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-02-15 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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The diminutive moon Mimas can be found hiding in the middle of this view of a crescent of Saturn bisected by rings in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Mimas appears as a dark speck just about the ringplane near the center of the image. Th
PIA12549:
Gas Giant, Mini Moon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-02-05 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Two of Saturn's moons straddle the planet's rings in this color view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Mimas is closest to NASA's Cassini spacecraft here. Epimetheus is on the far side of the rings. Saturn's shadow cuts across the middle of the rings.
PIA12543:
Color Between Moons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-01-22 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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A pastel crescent of Saturn is interrupted by the moon Mimas and the rings in this color image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Mimas (396 kilometers, or 246 miles across) appears as a dark speck just above the rings.
PIA12533:
Blemished by Mimas
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-01-21 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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The cratered moon Mimas appears as if it has been hung like an ornament above Saturn's rings in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA12532:
Mimas Globe
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-23 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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The small moon Mimas passes in front of the larger moon Rhea which is partly obscured by Saturn's rings in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Go to the Photojournal to view the animation.
PIA11695:
Before a Veiled Rhea Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-14 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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While studying Saturn's atmosphere, NASA's Cassini spacecraft happens to catch a view of two small, icy satellites. Mimas drifts past on the far right of the image. Janus appears as a black dot just below the rings near the center of the image.
PIA11644:
Study in Miniature
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-11 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures a couple of small moons in this image taken while the spacecraft was nearly in the plane of Saturn's rings.
PIA11643:
Mimas and Pan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-27 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This image, taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, shows the shadows of two moons as they appear on Saturn, above and below the plane of the planet's rings.
PIA11633:
Shadows Above and Below
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-06 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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A pair of moon shadows and a series of spokes adorn this ring image taken about a month after Saturn's August 2009 equinox. The shadow of the moon Janus stretches across the middle of this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11618:
Shadows Side by Side
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-10-20 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moons Mimas and Pandora join bright B ring spokes in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured on Aug. 30, 2009.
PIA11605:
Portrait of Bright Spokes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-07-28 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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The shadow of the moon Mimas strikes the F ring at a different angle than the angle at which it is cast on the A ring, illustrating differences in the vertical heights of the rings in this image as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11545:
Crooked Shadow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-07-22 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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The shadow of Saturn's moon Mimas is seen through the unlit side of the Cassini Division of Saturn's rings. This image is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11541:
Shadow in the Cassini Division
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-07-17 Pan Cassini-Huygens
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The shadow of the moon Mimas is cast on Saturn's outer A ring in this image which also shows a couple of moons and a collection of stars. This image is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11538:
Shadow Between Moons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-06-22 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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As the moon Enceladus eclipses its neighbor Mimas, NASA's Cassini spacecraft records a scene possible only around the time of Saturn's approaching equinox.
PIA11661:
Eclipsing Mimas Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-06-22 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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Part of the shadow of Saturn's moon Mimas appears as if it has been woven through the planet's rings in this unusual series of images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11660:
Weaving a Shadow Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-06-22 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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Mimas' shadow traverses the sunlit side of Saturn's rings in this image and mosaic showcasing the unusual sights seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft at Saturn as the planet approaches its August 2009 equinox.
PIA11658:
A Shadow's Traverse Animation Icon
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures the shadow of Saturn's moon Mimas as it dips onto the planet's rings and straddles the Cassini Division in this natural color image.
PIA11657:
Across Resplendent Rings
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The shadow of the moon Mimas has just slipped off Saturn's rings and onto the planet in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Apr. 30, 2009.
PIA11518:
From Rings to Planet
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-05-11 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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The short and slender shadow of Pan is cast over Saturn's A ring as the moon orbits within the Encke Gap in this from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on April 10, 2009.
PIA11489:
Moon Shadow Adornment
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-05-08 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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A quartet of Saturn's moons, Mimas, Tethys, Rhea, and Pandora, is seen here with the planet's F and A rings in this from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on April 11, 2009.
PIA11488:
Reciprocating Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-15 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-02 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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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 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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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 2008-10-09 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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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 2008-10-06 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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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 2008-06-27 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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The ringed planet sits in repose, the center of its own macrocosm of many rings and moons and one artificial NASA satellite named Cassini. Mimas (397 kilometers, or 247 miles across) is visible at upper left.
PIA08414:
Perspective on Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-04-29 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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On Mar. 17, 2008, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured a fleet of small moons patrols the outskirts of Saturn's icy rings. Shown here are shepherd moon Prometheus, Pandora, and Janus.
PIA09890:
The Orbiting Fleet
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-02-18 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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On Dec. 2, 1007, NASA's Cassini spacecraft spied two of Saturn's small moons, Atlas and Epimetheus, that skirt the edges of the planet's rings.
PIA09839:
Herschel on the Edge
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ISS - Wide Angle
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A color portrait of Saturn's sunlight-scattering rings hosts a group of several moons including Eceladus, Pandora, and Mimas, captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Dec. 22, 2007.
PIA09824:
Field of Moons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-02 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft peers through the fine, smoke-sized ice particles of Saturn's F ring toward the cratered face of Mimas in this captured on Nov. 18, 2007.
PIA09806:
A Wisp of Smoke
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-11-27 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spies two icy denizens, Mimas and Epimetheus, of the Saturn System as they hurtle past in this image taken on Nov. 6, 2007.
PIA09780:
Saturnian Citizens
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Saturn's moon Mimas coasts along in this view captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Oct. 26, 2007.The rings are squashed into a narrow band from this viewing angle, foreshortening all of their radial features.
PIA09779:
Collapsed Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-11-21 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's icy satellites, Tethys, Mimas, Janus, and Pandora wheel about the colorful giant planet, while the rings shine dimly in scattered sunlight in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Oct. 30, 2007.
PIA09776:
Solar System in Miniature
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-11-16 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn looks on as Tethys, Pandora, and Mimas round the rings in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Oct. 6, 2007.
PIA09773:
Circling Satellites
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-11-09 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft observes a gathering of three moons, Mimas, Epimetheus, and Daphnis, near the rings of Saturn in this image taken on Oct. 3, 2007.
PIA09768:
Ring Tableau
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-11-08 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft returns another dazzling postcard from its journey with this view of cloud-streaked Saturn and two of its moons, Enceladus and Mimas. This image was taken on Sept. 25, 2007.
PIA09767:
No Postage Required
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-10-30 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured Mimas and Pandora, as well as Herschel crater, as they hurtle around the vast icy disk of Saturn's rings, in this view taken on Sept. 19, 2007.
PIA09760:
Moon Harvest
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-10-22 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks upward from beneath the ringplane to spy the moon Mimas floating above the shadowed cloudtops of the Saturnian north in this image taken on Sept. 18, 2007.
PIA09754:
Shadowplay
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-10-19 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft snapped this Saturn portrait from the distance of Iapetus, just before beginning its close encounter with the two-toned moon on Sept. 9, 2007.
PIA09753:
Snapshot from Afar
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-10-18 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Two of Saturn's icy attendants, Pandora and Mimas, race past on their circuit of the ringed beauty in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Sept. 8, 2007.
PIA09752:
Saturn's Confidants
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-10-16 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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This view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft provides a crisp look at the fine material and detailed structure in the Cassini Division. Also seen rounding the ansa, or or outer edge of the rings, is Saturn's moon Mimas.
PIA09750:
Mimas and the Great Division
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-10-15 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Like a silvery pearl, an icy moon crosses the face of Saturn, while two of its siblings cast shadows onto the planet. Rhea hangs in the foreground in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Near upper left on Saturn is the small shadow of Mimas.
PIA08392:
Shadowing Saturn
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Saturn sits nested in its rings of ice NASA's Cassini spacecraft once again plunges toward the graceful giant.
PIA08388:
On the Final Frontier
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While on final approach for its Sept. 2007 close encounter with Saturn's moon Iapetus, NASA's Cassini spacecraft spun around to take in a sweeping view of the Saturn System.
PIA08387:
The View from Iapetus
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Three of Saturn's closest-orbiting moons are captured here, rounding the rings. They include Atlas, Pandora, and Mimas, captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Sept. 6, 2007.
PIA09744:
Cluster of Moons
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Saturn sits with its attendants in the icy depths of the outer Solar System in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA09732:
Kingdom of Saturn
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Two of Saturn's moons make appearances in this view in very different ways; Janus and Mimas captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA09724:
Moonwatching
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Two of Saturn's moons, Mimas and Rhea, regard each other across a vast distance in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA09013:
On Opposing Sides
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The shepherd moons Prometheus and Pandora drive the quirky F ring in its circuit of Saturn, while Mimas lurks in the distance. This image was taken in visible green light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera.
PIA08993:
Mimas and the Shepherds
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Saturn's brilliant rings are accompanied here by a pack of small moons, Mimas, Janus, Pandora, and Prometheus, as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on April 29, 2007.
PIA08961:
Entourage
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Saturn and its rings manifest a rich interplay between shadow and light in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The rings shine on their unilluminated side by virtue of scattered sunlight emerging from its passage through the ringplane.
PIA08948:
Tricks of Light
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Two moons of Saturn, Pan and Pandora, rendezvous in the Saturnian skies above NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08897:
Helene and Mimas
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This frame from a movie begins with a view of the sunlit side of the rings. As the spacecraft speeds from south to north, the rings appear to tilt downward and collapse to a thin plane.
PIA08356:
The Great Crossing Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-12-22 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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A recently discovered diffuse ringlet shines brightly in the Cassini Division as Mimas cruises past at bottom. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera on Nov. 18, 2006.
PIA08827:
A Faint Ring Shines
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The sharp outer boundary of Saturn's B ring, which is the bright ring region seen to the right in this image, is maintained by a strong resonance with the moon Mimas as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08243:
The Huygens Gap
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks across the unlit ringplane as Mimas glides silently in front of Dione.
PIA08228:
Night Lights
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The narrow and twisted F ring lights up this scene, which features Mimas against the unlit side of Saturn's ringplane. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on June 13, 2006.
PIA08223:
Land of Darkness
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Four minutes after NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured dark Mimas and softly-lit Enceladus near the ringplane, Mimas had slipped into near-obscurity against Saturn's dark side.
PIA08222:
Mimas in Hiding
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The unlit side of the rings glows with scattered sunlight as two moons circle giant Saturn. The light reaching NASA's Cassini spacecraft in this view has traveled many paths before being captured.
PIA08220:
Light from Many Paths
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looked toward the night side of Saturn to spy the darkened orb of Mimas barely visible here near the center of the image hugging the planet's shadow.
PIA08215:
Mimas Seeking Solitude
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The dim, unlit side of Saturn's rings hides a secret in this view. Shy Mimas can be seen peeking out from behind the rings below center in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08194:
Hiding a Moon
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures three moons at once as they hurtle around Saturn. In the background, Saturn's night side covers the more distant portion of the rings, betraying the presence of the unseen giant.
PIA08139:
Where's Saturn?
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-01-20 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Two of Saturn's battered, icy companions, Tethys and Mimas, hover here, above the ringplane. A wide band of visible rings is in between the two moons in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA07679:
Moons in Perspective
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft has Mimas and Pandora on its side as it gazes across the ringplane at distant Tethys. The two smaller moons were on the side of the rings closer to Cassini when this image was taken.
PIA07661:
Choosing Sides
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Gazing across the ringplane, NASA's Cassini spacecraft spots a Saturn-lit Mimas and the tiny Trojan moon Helene. Only the bright crescent on Mimas' eastern limb is lit by the Sun; the moon's night side is illuminated by Saturnshine.
PIA07657:
Small Worlds of Saturn
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Impact-battered Mimas steps in front of Saturn's rings, showing off its giant 130-kilometer (80-mile) wide crater Herschel. This image was taken in visible green light with NASA's Cassini narrow-angle camera on Oct. 13, 2005.
PIA07639:
Herschel Sees the Sun
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In this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, Saturn's moon Mimas is a mere pinprick of light, while the nearly edge-on rings and the ghostly globe of Saturn steal the scene.
PIA07624:
Bright Rings for Southern Skies
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The Saturn moon Mimas is much smaller than Rhea, but the geometry of this scene exaggerates the actual differences in size. Here, Mimas is on the opposite side of the rings from Rhea and NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA07614:
Misleading Perspective
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Saturn's shadow spreads across the rings here, extending beyond the F ring and its tenuous, flanking ringlets. This view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft catches Saturn's moon Mimas on its day-long sojourn around the planet.
PIA07608:
Rubbing-out the Rings
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As the closest-orbiting of Saturn's intermediate-sized moons, Mimas is occasionally captured against the planet's dim and shadowed northern latitudes. This image was taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on July 18, 2005.
PIA07573:
First Quarter Mimas
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Swirling cloud bands, delicate ring shadows and icy moons make the Saturn system a place of supreme natural beauty. Even NASA's Cassini spacecraft's remarkable images can only provide the slightest sense of the experience of actually being there.
PIA07569:
Supreme Beauty
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-07-29 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Far above the howling winds of Saturn, its icy moons circle the planet in silence. This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows Mimas near the upper right, while Tethys hovers at the bottom.
PIA07553:
Wind World
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-06-14 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft's climb to progressively higher elevations reveals the 'negative' side of Saturn's rings.
PIA07520:
What's That Speck?
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-06-08 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This spectacular and disorienting maze of lines is a Cassini portrait of the gas giant Saturn, its rings and its small, icy moon Mimas. This view was obtained in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera.
PIA07515:
Moon Against the Shadows
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-05-31 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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A string of three of Saturn's icy moons encircles the planet in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA07510:
Saturn's Derby
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