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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-08-02 Saturn Hubble Space Telescope
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Saturn's magnificent ring system is seen tilted edge-on in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope picture taken on August 10, 1995.
PIA01273:
Hubble again views Saturn's Rings Edge-on
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured Saturn on May 22, 1995 as the planet's magnificent ring system turned edge-on. This ring-plane crossing occurs approximately every 15 years when the Earth passes through Saturn's ring plane.
PIA01275:
Saturn's Rings Edge-on
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This sequence of images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, taken on May 22, 1995, documents a rare astronomical alignment, Saturn's magnificent ring system turned edge-on. This occurs when the Earth passes through Saturn's ring plane.
PIA01276:
Hubble Views Saturn Ring-Plane Crossing
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This sequence of images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, taken on May 22, 1995, documents a rare astronomical alignment, Saturn's magnificent ring system turned edge-on. This occurs when the Earth passes through Saturn's ring plane.
PIA01277:
Hubble Views Saturn Ring-Plane Crossing (Satellites Labeled)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-07-21 Saturn Hubble Space Telescope
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These NASA Hubble Space Telescope images, captured from 1996 to 2000, show Saturn's rings open up from just past edge-on to nearly fully open as it moves from autumn towards winter in its Northern Hemisphere.
PIA03156:
A Change of Seasons on Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-05-26 Saturn Hubble Space Telescope
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This image is a view from NASA's Earth-orbiting Hubble Space Telescope taken on March 22, 2004. The subtle pastel colors of ammonia-methane clouds trace a variety of atmospheric dynamics.
PIA05982:
Saturn from Far and Near (Hubble Space Telescope)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-02 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Evidence from the visual and infrared mapping spectrometer on NASA's Cassini spacecraft indicates that the grain sizes in Saturn's rings grade from smaller to larger, related to distance from Saturn.
PIA06349:
The Stuff of Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-02 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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The visual and infrared mapping spectrometer on NASA's Cassini spacecraft has found evidence for a material dubbed 'dirt' in Saturn's rings.
PIA06350:
'Dirty Rotten' Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-09-13 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This false-color image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft of Saturn was constructed by combining three images at three different infrared wavelengths.
PIA08735:
Saturn's Kaleidoscope of Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-09-13 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This false-color image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft of Saturn shows ring shadows running across the upper portion of the planet, and sunlight illuminating the lower portion of the planet.
PIA08734:
Saturn's Light from Within
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-10-11 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This mosaic of Saturn's rings was acquired by NASA's Cassini's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer instrument on Sept. 15, 2006, while the spacecraft was in the shadow of the planet looking back towards the rings
PIA01940:
Saturn's Rings in Infrared
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-05-31 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Flying over the unlit side of Saturn's rings, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures Saturn's glow, represented in brilliant shades of electric blue, sapphire and mint green, while the planet's shadow casts a wide net on the rings.
PIA09212:
Neon Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-06-26 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's rings reflect sunlight most strongly when Earth is located directly between Saturn and the sun. This mosaic from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a small bright spot moving from the outermost B ring across the Cassini Division.
PIA09213:
Cat's Eye Rings and Peek-a-boo Shadows
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-10-17 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This colorized mosaic from NASA's Cassini mission shows an infrared view of the Saturn system, backlit by the sun, from July 19, 2013.
PIA17468:
Infrared Scan of Saturn and its Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-10-17 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This high-contrast, colorized mosaic from NASA's Cassini mission shows an infrared view of the Saturn system, backlit by the sun, from July 19, 2013.
PIA17469:
High-Contrast Infrared Scan of Saturn and its Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-05-24 S Rings Voyager
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This wide-angle image of Saturn's rings was taken Aug. 26 just before NASA's Voyager 2's crossing of the plane of these complex structures. The spacecraft was 103,000 kilometers (64,000 miles) from the rings when it acquired this image.
PIA00534:
Wide-Angle Image of Saturn's Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-08-28 Saturn Voyager
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NASA's Voyager 2 took this 'false color' photograph of Saturn on July 21, 1981, when the spacecraft was 33.9 million kilometers (21 million miles) from the planet.
PIA01143:
Saturn With Rhea and Dione (false color)
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-11-13 S Rings Voyager
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Both the limb of Saturn and the shadow of its ring system are seen through the transparent C-ring in this striking picture taken by NASA's Voyager 1 on Nov. 9, 1980. Gaps and regions of high transparency are seen throughout the C-ring, especially in the a
PIA01374:
Saturn's Ring System
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-11-17 S Rings Voyager
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This photograph captured by NASA's Voyager 2 photograph of the lit face of Saturn's B-ring was obtained Aug. 25, 1980. It shows the ring structure broken up into about 10 times more ringlets than had been previously suspected.
PIA01380:
A View of Saturn's B-ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-11-17 S Rings Voyager
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NASA's Voyager 2 discovered a 'kinky' ringlet inside the Encke Gap in Saturn's A-ring. These pictures show the thin ringlet at two different positions, photographed Aug. 25, 1980.
PIA01381:
Thin Ringlet of Saturn's A-ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-11-17 S Rings Voyager
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NASA's Voyager 2 obtained this picture of Saturn's F-ring on Aug. 26, 1980, just before the spacecraft crossed the planet's ring plane. This edge-on view shows nearly 25` of the F-ring, with at least four distinct components visible.
PIA01382:
A View of Saturn's F-ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-12-05 Saturn Voyager
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Saturn and its satellites Tethys (outer left), Enceladus (inner left) and Mimas (right of rings) are seen in this mosaic of images taken by NASA's Voyager 1 on Oct. 30, 1980 from a distance of 18 million kilometers (11 million miles).
PIA01383:
Saturn and its Satellites Tethys, Enceladus and Mimas
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-01-06 S Rings Voyager
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NASA's Voyager 2 took this high-resolution image of Saturn's F-ring Aug. 26, 1980 from a distance of 51,500 kilometers (32,000 miles). This closeup view shows that the ring is made up of at least four distinct components.
PIA01387:
Image of Saturn's F-ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-01-05 S Rings Voyager
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NASA's Voyager 2 took this picture of Saturn's faint inner D-ring Aug. 25, 1981, about 1 hour 48 minutes before the spacecraft's closest approach to Saturn. The range was 195,400 kilometers (121,300 miles) .
PIA01388:
Saturn's Faint Inner D-ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-01-18 S Rings Voyager
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This view shows some detail and differences in the complex system of rings. This was one of the first pictures obtained once NASA's Voyager 2 resumed returning images Aug. 29, 1979 after its scan platform was commanded to view Saturn.
PIA01389:
View of Saturn's Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-01-05 S Rings Voyager
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This composite image shows two views of the outer edge of Saturn's B-ring (left) and the inner part of the Cassini Division (right) in the rings as seen by NASA's Voyager 2 on Aug. 25, 1981.
PIA01390:
Outer edge of Saturn's B-ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-04-11 S Rings Voyager
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Saturn's F-ring and its inner shepherding satellite (1980S27) are pictured in this closeup of NASA's Voyager 2 image acquired Aug. 25,1981, from a range of 365,000 kilometers (227,000 miles).
PIA01951:
Saturn's F-ring and Inner Satellite
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-04-11 S Rings Voyager
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NASA's Voyager 2 acquired this photograph of Saturn's A-ring Aug. 26, 1981, from a distance of 227,800 kilometers (141,500 miles). This view of the ring's outer edge shows a small bright, clumpy ring within the Encke Gap.
PIA01952:
Saturn's A-ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-04-11 S Rings Voyager
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The outer edge of Saturn's A-ring is detailed in this image obtained by NASA's Voyager 2 on Aug. 26, 1981, just half an hour before closest approach, at a range of about 51,000 kilometers (31,700 miles).
PIA01953:
Outer Edge of Saturn's A-ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-04-11 S Rings Voyager
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Spokes are seen on the unlit side of Saturn's rings for the first time in this image from NASA's Voyager 2 wide-angle view obtained Aug. 28, 1981, from a distance of 3.4 million kilometers (2.1 million miles).
PIA01955:
Spokes on Side of Saturn's Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-04-25 S Rings Voyager
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NASA's Voyager 2 high-resolution view of Saturn's rings on Aug. 23, 1981, at a range of 3.3 million kilometers (2 million miles). The planet's limb is visible through the C-ring and the inner part of the B-ring.
PIA01962:
High-resolution View of Saturn's Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-04-28 S Rings Voyager
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This long exposure of the ring region about 150,000 to 200,000 kilometers (90,000 to 120,000 miles) from the center of Saturn captured the very faint G-ring, seen at left. NASA's Voyager 2 took this image on Aug. 26, 1981.
PIA01964:
Saturn's Ring Region
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-05-06 Saturn Voyager
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NASA's Voyager 2 returned this view of Saturn and its ring system Aug. 11, when the spacecraft was 13.9 million kilometers (8.6 million miles) away and approaching the large, gaseous planet at about l million km. (620,000 mi.) a day.
PIA01966:
Saturn and its Ring System
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-05-21 Saturn Voyager
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NASA's Voyager 1 looked back at Saturn on Nov. 16, 1980, four days after the spacecraft flew past the planet, to observe the appearance of Saturn and its rings from this unique perspective.
PIA01969:
Saturn and its Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-07-23 S Rings Voyager
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This view of Saturn's A-ring was obtained Aug. 23, when NASA's Voyager 2 was about 2.8 million kilometers (1.7 million miles) from the planet.
PIA01988:
Saturn's A-Ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-12-10 S Rings Voyager
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This computer-assembled two-image mosaic of Saturn's rings, taken by NASA's Voyager 1 on Nov. 6, 1980 at a range of 8 million kilometers (5 million miles), shows approximately 95 individual concentric features in the rings.
PIA02227:
Two-image Mosaic of Saturn's Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-02-07 S Rings Voyager
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When seen from the unlit side, the rings of Saturn present a much different appearance from that familiar to telescopic observers, as shown in this image captured by NASA's Voyager 1.
PIA02241:
Saturn's Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-02-07 S Rings Voyager
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This detailed mosaic of the underside of the Cassini Division was obtained by NASA's Voyager 1 with a resolution of about 10 kilometers.
PIA02242:
Mosaic of Saturn's Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-23 S Rings Voyager
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NASA's Voyager 1 has found a 15th moon orbiting Saturn, visible near the bottom of this picture taken on Nov. 6, 1980, when the spacecraft was still 8 million kilometers (5 million miles) from Saturn.
PIA02263:
Saturn's 15th moon, 1980S28
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-23 S Rings Voyager
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Eight hours after its closest approach to Saturn on Nov. 12, 1980, NASA's Voyager 1 took this picture of the planet's ring system.
PIA02269:
Saturn's Ring System
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-23 S Rings Voyager
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The crescent of Saturn, the planet's rings and their shadows are seen in this NASA Voyager 1 image taken Nov. 13, 1980 at a distance of 1,500,000 kilometers (930,000 miles) as the spacecraft began to leave the Saturn system.
PIA02271:
Crescent of Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-23 Saturn Voyager
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The three separate components of Saturn's F-ring are seen in this image taken by NASA's Voyager l on Nov. 12, 1980, from a range of 750,000 kilometers (466,000) miles.
PIA02272:
Saturn's F-ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-23 S Rings Voyager
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Prominent dark spokes are visible in the outer half of Saturn's broad B-ring in this NASA Voyager 2 photograph taken on Aug. 3, 1981 from a range of about 22 million kilometers (14 million miles).
PIA02274:
Saturn's B-ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-23 S Rings Voyager
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NASA's Voyager 2 obtained this high-resolution picture of Saturn's rings Aug. 22, when the spacecraft was 4 million kilometers (2.5 million miles) away.
PIA02275:
Saturn's Rings - High Resolution
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-25 Saturn Voyager
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Saturn's F, or outermost ring was photographed from the un-illuminated face of the rings by NASA's Voyager 1 at a range of 750,000 kilometers (470,000 miles).
PIA02283:
Saturn's F Ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-25 S Rings Voyager
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NASA's Voyager 2 returned this wide-angle, clear-filtered image of the shadow of Saturn upon the rings just after engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory successfully commanded the camera platform to point to the planet.
PIA02285:
Saturn's Shadow Upon the Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-25 S Rings Voyager
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This narrow-angle camera image of Saturn's B Ring and Cassini Division was taken by NASA's Voyager 1 through the Clear filter from a distance of 12.6 million km on 3 November 1980.
PIA02289:
Saturn's B rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-25 S Rings Voyager
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This narrow-angle camera image of Saturn's F Ring was taken by NASA's Voyager 1 through the Clear filter while at a distance of 0.75 million km from Saturn on 12 November 1980.
PIA02292:
Saturn's F-Ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-25 S Rings Voyager
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This narrow-angle camera image of Saturn's F Ring was taken by NASA's Voyager 1 through the Clear filter while at a distance of 6.9 million km from Saturn on 8 November 1980.
PIA02293:
Saturn's F-Ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-03-28 Saturn Voyager
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Saturn's rings are bright and its northern hemisphere defined by bright features as NASA's Voyager 2 approaches Saturn, which it will encounter on Aug. 25, 1981.
PIA03152:
Saturn's Atmospheric Changes
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Saturn Voyager
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NASA's Voyager 2 took this 'true color' photograph of Saturn on July 21, 1981. The moons Rhea and Dione appear as blue dots to the south and southeast of Saturn, respectively.
PIA00030:
Saturn With Rhea and Dione (True Color)
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-10-30 S Rings Voyager
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Possible variations in chemical composition from one part of Saturn's ring system to another are visible in this archival image from NASA's Voyager 2.
PIA01486:
Composition Differences within Saturn's Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-09 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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The best view of Saturn's rings in the ultraviolet indicates there is more ice toward the outer part of the rings, than in the inner part, as shown in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA05075:
Saturn's A Ring From the Inside Out
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Images taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft's orbital insertion on June 30 show definite compositional variation within the rings.
PIA05076:
Saturn's C and B Rings From the Inside Out
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-09 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This false color image of two density waves in Saturn's A ring was made from the stellar occultation observed by NASA's Cassini's ultraviolet imaging spectrograph when the spacecraft was 6.3 million kilometers (4 million miles) from Saturn.
PIA06994:
Catching Saturn's Ring Waves
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-04 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft has obtained new images of Saturn's auroral emissions, which are similar to Earth's Northern Lights.
PIA06436:
Saturn's Auroras
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-05 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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The left image is a false-color view of Saturn's A ring from the ultraviolet imaging spectrograph instrument aboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA03556:
Clumps in the A Ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-04-06 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This image is a false-color ultraviolet view of Saturn's B ring and A ring, separated by a large gap known as the Cassini Division. The images were processed from data taken by the ultraviolet imaging spectrograph aboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08036:
Star-Crossed Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-05-22 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This false-color image of Saturn's main rings was made by combining data from multiple star occultations using NASA's Cassini ultraviolet imaging spectrograph.
PIA09210:
Mapping Clumps in Saturn's Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-10-16 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Cassini used its Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph to capture this final view of ultraviolet auroral emissions in Saturn's north polar region on Sept. 14, 2017.
PIA21899:
Polar Lights at Saturn Bid Cassini Farewell Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-05-23 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Specially designed Cassini orbits place Earth and Cassini on opposite sides of Saturn's rings, a geometry known as occultation. NASA's Cassini spacecraft conducted the first radio occultation observation of Saturn's rings on May 3, 2005.
PIA07872:
Small Particles in Saturn's Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-05-23 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini instruments provide complementary information about the structure of Saturn's rings. Narrow and wide angle cameras provide images in the visible region of the electromagnetic, spectrum much like a digital camera does.
PIA07874:
Multiple Eyes of Cassini
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-05-23 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Specially designed Cassini orbits place Earth and Cassini on opposite sides of Saturn's rings, a geometry known as occultation. NASA's Cassini spacecraft conducted the first radio occultation observation of Saturn's rings on May 3, 2005.
PIA07873:
Radio Occultation: Unraveling Saturn's Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-05-23 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Specially designed Cassini orbits place Earth and Cassini on opposite sides of Saturn's rings, a geometry known as occultation. NASA's Cassini spacecraft conducted the first radio occultation observation of Saturn's rings on May 3, 2005.
PIA07875:
Small Particles in Ring A
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-05-23 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Specially designed Cassini orbits place Earth and Cassini on opposite sides of Saturn's rings, a geometry known as occultation. NASA's Cassini spacecraft conducted the first radio occultation observation of Saturn's rings on May 3, 2005.
PIA07960:
Waves and Small Particles in Ring A
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-31 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Radio signals sent by NASA's Cassini spacecraft to Earth through Saturn's rings revealed the presence of highly unusual regular formations of densely grouped ring particles.
PIA10232:
Saturn's Ring Rhythm
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-31 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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For an Earth observer on May 3, 2005, NASA's Cassini spacecraft appeared to pass behind the rings, then Saturn, then the rings again (the red line).
PIA10233:
Saturn's Ring Rhythm #2
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-12-12 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This is an artist's concept of the Saturnian plasma sheet based on data from the magnetospheric imaging instrument on NASA's Cassini. It shows Saturn's embedded 'ring current,' an invisible ring of energetic ions trapped in the planet's magnetic field.
PIA10084:
Artist Concept of Particle Population in Saturn's Magnetosphere
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-12-12 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Like Earth, Saturn has an invisible ring of energetic ions trapped in its magnetic field. This feature is known as a 'ring current.' This ring current has been imaged with a special camera on NASA's Cassini's sensitive to energetic neutral atoms.
PIA10094:
Saturn's "Ring Current"
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-12-12 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This image was taken with NASA's Cassini Magnetospheric Imaging Instrument's ion and neutral camera, showing Saturn's dynamic 'ring current,' which is an invisible ring of energetic ions trapped in the magnetic field of the planet.
PIA10095:
Saturn's "Ring Current" Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-09-02 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
 Infrared Spectrometer (IRS)
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The varying temperatures of Saturn's rings are depicted here in this false-color image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06425:
Saturn's Rings, Cold and Colder
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-02-03 Saturn W. M. Keck Observatory
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This is the sharpest image of Saturn's temperature emissions taken from the ground; it is a mosaic of 35 individual exposures made at the W.M. Keck I Observatory, Mauna Kea, Hawaii on Feb. 4, 2004.
PIA07008:
Saturn's Hot Spot
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-07-22 S Rings MESSENGER
Cassini-Huygens
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These images show views of Earth and the moon from NASA's Cassini (left) and MESSENGER spacecraft (right) from July 19, 2013.
PIA17038:
Two Views of Home
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-08-02 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a glance back at Saturn, taking in the entire planet and its expansive rings.
PIA05425:
Saturn in Full View
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-09-09 Atlas Cassini-Huygens
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A new found ring of material, S/2004 1 R, in the orbit of Saturn's moon Atlas has been seen in this view of the region between the edge of Saturn's A ring and the F ring. This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft was taken on July 1, 2004.
PIA06113:
The Atlas Ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-09-13 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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A stately Saturn poses for a portrait with five of its moons, as shown in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06475:
Family Portrait
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-08-19 Pandora Cassini-Huygens
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The shepherding moon Pandora, near the bottom of the image, casts a shadow on Saturn's thin F ring as the planet nears its August 2009 equinox. This image is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11561:
Shepherd's Shadow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-30 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft pierced the ring plane and rounded Saturn on Oct. 27, 2004, capturing this view of the dark portion of the rings.
PIA06532:
Gazing Down
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-01 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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The usually bright B ring (at center) appears very dim in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06533:
Night Side Ringplane
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-06 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Any doubts about the grandeur of Saturn's rings will be dissolved by sweeping portraits like this one from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06536:
Sweeping Beauty
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-08 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's shadow stretches across the rings in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06538:
The Adventure Ahead
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-10 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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As NASA's Cassini spacecraft swung around to the dark side of the planet during its first close passage after orbit insertion, the intrepid spacecraft spied three ring moons whizzing around the planet.
PIA06529:
From the Dark Side
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-16 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft pierced Saturn's ring plane on Dec. 14, 2004, and swiped this sidelong glance at the planet and its magnificent rings.
PIA06557:
Sideswiping Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-20 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Atmospheric features in Saturn's north polar region are revealed in spectacular detail in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06567:
Rings Around the Pole
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-28 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows Saturn's shadow stretched across the sunlit southern surface of its rings.
PIA06573:
The Giant's Shadow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-02-08 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's northern hemisphere is presently a serene blue, more befitting of Uranus or Neptune, as seen in this natural color image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06177:
Saturn's Blue Cranium
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-02-28 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft offers this lovely, crisp view of Saturn, which shows detail in the planet's banded atmosphere, as well as the delicate ring system.
PIA06594:
Splendid Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-14 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's biggest and brightest moons are visible in this portrait captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06604:
Fantastic Planet
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-22 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's whirling vortices and feathery cloud bands are the signs of a restless world. NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this arresting view of the giant planet scored by bold shadows cast by the rings.
PIA06610:
Saturn at a Tilt
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-04-04 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Viewed nearly edge-on, Saturn's rings appear dark and pencil-thin against the backdrop of the planet's swirling clouds. This image was taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera on Feb. 18, 2005.
PIA06619:
Southern Face of Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-04-08 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Less than 20 minutes after NASA's Cassini spacecraft close approach to Titan on March 31, 2005, its cameras captured this view of Saturn through Titan's upper atmosphere.
PIA06225:
Saturn Through the Haze
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-04-20 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows three of Saturn's moons crowd together off the left edge of Saturn's rings.
PIA06631:
Moons off the Port Bow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-05-18 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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Enceladus is seen here against the darkness of the planet's night side. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera on March 11, 2005.
PIA06651:
Pencil-thin Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-05-27 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This poetic wide-angle camera view of Saturn reveals several small, dark storms in the southern latitudes, where storm activity has been prevalent since before NASA's Cassini spacecraft arrived in orbit.
PIA06658:
Sunlit South
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-06-02 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows an amazing close-up of Saturn's rings, revealing their incredible variety.
PIA07512:
Scanning the Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-06-03 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This close-up image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft peers directly through regions of the A, B and C rings (from top to bottom here) to glimpse shadows of the very same rings cast upon the planet's atmosphere.
PIA07513:
Looking Through the Rings
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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 2005-06-20 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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These two images, taken 10 minutes apart, demonstrate NASA's Cassini spacecraft's ability to see the different depths of Saturn's immense atmosphere, using an array of specially designed spectral filters.
PIA07524:
Probing Saturn's Atmosphere
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-06-21 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks toward Saturn's night side in this view, capturing a glimpse of Dione's tortured surface in the foreground and a far-off view of Epimetheus beyond Saturn.
PIA07525:
Aligned Moons
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