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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-29 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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Mimas, seen here beyond Saturn's rings, is a major sculptor of Saturn's rings. The image was taken in visible light by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow angle camera on Sept. 7, 2004.
PIA06509:
Influence of Mimas
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-25 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This map of Titan's surface, generated from images taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft approach to Saturn, illustrates the imaging coverage planned during Cassini's first very close Titan flyby on Oct. 26, 2004.
PIA06116:
Zooming In On Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-26 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveals Titan's bright 'continent-sized' terrain known as Xanadu.
PIA06107:
Eyes on Xanadu
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-26 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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High-altitude haze and perhaps cloud layers are visible in this imaging science subsystem image acquired on Oct. 24, 2004, as NASA's Cassini spacecraft neared its first close encounter with Titan.
PIA06120:
High in the Titan Atmosphere
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-26 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft finely tuned vision reveals seasonal differences in the global haze that envelopes Titan in this narrow angle camera image taken on Oct. 24, 2004.
PIA06121:
Seasonal Differences
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-27 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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A global detached haze layer and discrete cloud-like features high above Titan's northern terminator (day-night transition) are visible in this image acquired by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06122:
High Haze in Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-27 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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A global detached haze layer and discrete cloud-like features high above Titan's northern terminator (day-night transition) are visible in this close-up image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06123:
High Haze in Color (Close-up)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-27 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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These three pictures were created from a sequence of images acquired by NASA's Cassini's imaging science subsystem on Oct. 25, 2004, 38 hours before its closest approach to Titan.
PIA06125:
Revealing Titan's Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-27 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This frame from a computer animation shows the planned observations by NASA's Cassini spacecraft spanning roughly a two-day period surrounding its first very close approach to Titan.
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Titan Flyby Animation Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-27 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This animated gif of the south polar region of Titan was acquired over an 11.5-hour period on Oct. 23, 2004, as NASA's Cassini spacecraft approached its first close encounter with Saturn's smoggy moon.
PIA06124:
South Polar Cloud Animation Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-27 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This image shows Titan in ultraviolet and infrared wavelengths. It was taken by NASA's Cassini imaging science subsystem on Oct. 26, 2004, and is constructed from four images acquired through different color filters.
PIA06139:
Titan in False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-27 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Shown here are two images of the expected landing site of NASA's Cassini's Huygen's probe (latitude 10.6 S, longitude 191 W).
PIA06136:
Huygen's Landing Site
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-27 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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These images, taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft first close flyby of Titan, show details never before seen on Titan's mysterious surface.
PIA06138:
Titan Close-Ups
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-27 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This frame from a movie is a condensed version of NASA's Cassini spacecraft 44-hour approach to Titan. During the movie, the planet rotates about 40 degrees and the spacecraft's distance to the moon ranges from 1,800,000 to 700,000 kilometers.
PIA06137:
Close Encounter of a First Kind Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-27 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This graph shows data acquired by NASA's Cassini spacecraft as it flew by Titan at an altitude of 1,200 kilometers (745 miles) on Oct. 26, 2004 revealing a diversity of hydrocarbons in the high atmosphere above Titan.
PIA06980:
Lots of Hydrocarbons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-27 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This graph shows data acquired by NASA's Cassini spacecraft as it flew by Titan at an altitude of 1,200 kilometers (745 miles) on Oct. 26, 2004 revealing the amount of light nitrogen in the atmosphere of Titan is much less than that around other planets.
PIA06981:
Case of the Lost Atmosphere
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-28 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This radar image of the surface of Saturn's moon Titan was acquired on October 26, 2004, when NASA's Cassini spacecraft flew over. righter areas may correspond to rougher terrains and darker areas are thought to be smoother.
PIA06984:
'Black Cat' on Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-27 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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These images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft show the surface of Titan at two different infrared wavelengths revealing complex landforms with sharp boundaries.
PIA06982:
Behold Titan's Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-27 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer clearly shows surface features on Titan. It also shows the landing site of Cassini's piggybacked Huygens probe.
PIA06983:
Titan's Complex Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-28 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This wide-angle image captured by NASA's Cassini imaging science subsystem shows streaks of surface material in the equatorial region of Titan.
PIA06985:
Titan's Tantalizing Streaks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-28 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This image shows Titan data from the passive radiometer mode of NASA's Cassini radar instrument overlaid onto a visible-light image mosaic from the spacecraft's imaging science subsystem.
PIA06986:
Titan's Whispers
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-28 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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These images show two views of Titan's planet-wide stratospheric haze just before (left) and after (right) NASA's Cassini spacecraft's first close encounter with the shrouded moon.
PIA06987:
Two Views of Titan's Haze
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-28 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This radar image of the surface of Saturn's moon Titan was acquired on October 26, 2004, when NASA's Cassini spacecraft flew over. Brighter areas may correspond to rougher terrains and darker areas are thought to be smoother.
PIA06988:
Diversity on Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-28 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This graph, produced using preliminary altimetry data from NASA's Cassini radar instrument, shows relative surface heights on Titan. This region of Titan is remarkably flat.
PIA06989:
Topography on Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-28 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This image compares streaked terrain on Titan and Mars. At left is an image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft of the region where the Huygens probe is expected to land. At right is a picture from NASA's Viking 1 orbiter.
PIA06990:
Titan Vs. Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-28 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This medium-resolution view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows some of the surface streaks of Titan's equatorial terrain.
PIA06991:
Surface Streaks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-01 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows Titan, Saturn's largest moon (5,150 kilometers, or 3,200 miles, across), with a streak-like cloud near its south pole.
PIA06510:
Titan's Polar Streak
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-02 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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The inner edges of Saturn's rings arc gracefully across the top of this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06511:
Shadow of the Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-03 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft spied the moon Enceladus in the distance beyond Saturn's south pole in this image from Sept. 19, 2004.
PIA06512:
Enceladus in the Distance
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-04 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's Dione shows NASA's Cassini spacecraft some of the bright wispy streaks that cover much of the moon's trailing hemisphere in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Sept. 28, 2004.
PIA06513:
Dione's Streaky Side
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-05 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This close-up of Saturn's atmosphere shows turbulent activity on the ragged edge of the equatorial cloud band, as captured in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06514:
Shredding a Cloud
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-05 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Titan shows a sharp contrast between its smooth and rough edges in a new false-color radar image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06992:
Radar Shows Titan Live and in Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-08 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows details in the alternating light and dark bands in Saturn's southern hemisphere.
PIA06515:
Streamers and Swirls
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-09 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows Saturn's second-largest moon, Rhea (1,528 kilometers, or 949 miles, across).
PIA06516:
Rhea's Battered Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-10 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a bright storm that appeared in mid-September at the latitude of one of the rare westward jets on Saturn.
PIA06517:
The Storms Continue
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-11 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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Two large craters and hints of several smaller ones are visible in this image of Saturn's icy moon Tethys, captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06518:
Craters of Tethys
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-12 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a bright storm that appeared in Saturn's southern hemisphere.
PIA06519:
Stormy Weather
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-08 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This synthetic aperture radar image of the surface of Saturn's moon Titan was acquired on Oct. 26, 2004, when NASA's Cassini spacecraft flew over. Dark regions may represent areas that are smooth, made of radar-absorbing materials.
PIA06993:
Oozing Across Titan
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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 2004-11-15 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Smog-enshrouded Titan shows itself to be a featureless orb, as captured in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06520:
Smog Moon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-16 Iapetus Cassini-Huygens
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the dark, leading hemisphere of the mysterious moon Iapetus.
PIA06521:
Iapetus' Dark Side
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-17 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn hosts its own miniature solar system, with an entourage of more than 30 moons. This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows Saturn's A and F rings.
PIA06522:
Atlas, Pandora and Janus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-18 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows details in the swirling clouds of Saturn's southern hemisphere.
PIA06523:
Flowing Along
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-19 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a tiny Mimas, dwarfed by a huge white storm and dark waves on the edge of a cloud band in Saturn's atmosphere.
PIA06524:
Dwarfed by Storms
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-22 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows Saturn's moon Rhea, which is about half the size of Earth's moon. At 1,528 kilometers (949 miles) across, it is the second-largest moon orbiting Saturn.
PIA06525:
A Real Shiner
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-23 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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This dazzling view captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks beyond gigantic storms near Saturn's south pole to the small but clear disc of Tethys (1,060 kilometers, or 659 miles, across).
PIA06526:
Breathtaking Vista
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-24 Hyperion Cassini-Huygens
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveals the odd shape of Saturn's moon Hyperion and an intriguing variation in brightness across its surface.
PIA06527:
Oddball Moon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-25 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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A gorgeous Dione poses for NASA's Cassini spacecraft, with shadowed craters and bright wispy streaks first observed by the Voyager spacecraft 24 years ago.
PIA06528:
Crisscrossing Streaks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-26 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's massive atmosphere appears poised to crush little Enceladus in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06530:
Ominous Giant
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-23 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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Having now passed closer to Tethys than the Voyager 2 spacecraft, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has returned the best-ever natural color view of this icy Saturnian moon.
PIA06140:
Battered and Grooved
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-23 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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A mosaic of nine processed images recently acquired during NASA's Cassini spacecraft first very close flyby of Saturn's moon Titan on Oct. 26, 2004, constitutes the most detailed full-disc view of the mysterious moon.
PIA06141:
Hovering Over Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-29 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a splendid portrait created by light and gravity. Saturn's lonely moon Mimas is seen against the cool, blue-streaked backdrop of Saturn's northern hemisphere.
PIA06142:
Nature's Canvas
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-29 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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This view of Enceladus from NASA's Cassini spacecraft hints at the curvilinear, groove-like features that crisscross the moon's surface, as seen in images from NASA's Voyager spacecraft.
PIA06531:
Intriguing Enceladus
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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 2010-02-23 Pan Cassini-Huygens
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Orbiting in the Encke Gap of Saturn's A ring, the moon Pan casts a shadow on the ring in this image taken about six months after the planet's August 2009 equinox by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA12555:
Shadow from the Gap
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-01 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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As Cassini scientists work to understand the newly-exposed surface of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, they have found an interesting arrowhead-shaped feature, shown in the center of this synthetic aperture radar image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06995:
Follow the Arrow
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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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An intriguing knotted ringlet within the Encke Gap is the main attraction in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06534:
Mind the Gap
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This image NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows subtle, wavelike patterns, hundreds of narrow features resembling a record's 'grooves' in Saturn's outer B-ring, and a noticeable abrupt change in overall brightness beyond the dark gap near the right.
PIA06535:
Outer B Ring Edge
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As it completed its first orbit of Saturn, NASA's Cassini spacecraft zoomed in on the rings to catch this wondrous view of the shepherd moon Prometheus working its influence on the multi-stranded and kinked F ring.
PIA06143:
Thieving Moon
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Zigzagging kinks and knots dance around Saturn in this frame from a movie of the F ring from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06144:
Tilt and Whirl Animation Icon
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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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Saturn's inner C ring spreads across the field of view in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, showing the characteristic plateau and wave-like structure for which it is famed.
PIA06537:
Intricate C Ring Details
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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 2004-12-09 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This view of Saturn's outer C ring captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the extreme variations in brightness, along with the subtle, large-scale wavy variations discovered 24 years ago by NASA's Voyager spacecraft.
PIA06539:
Outer C Ring Detail
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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 2004-12-13 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This image of Saturn's outer C ring from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows large and sharp changes in brightness across the rings, owing to the extreme variations in ring particle concentrations at different distances from the planet.
PIA06540:
Plateaus and Gaps
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-08 Iapetus Cassini-Huygens
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New details on Iapetus are illuminated by reflected light from Saturn in this revealing image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06146:
Seeing in the Dark
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-08 Iapetus Cassini-Huygens
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These spectacular Cassini images of Saturn's moon Iapetus show an enticing world of contrasts. These are the sharpest views of Iapetus captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft so far.
PIA06145:
Waning Iapetus
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This frame from a computer animation shows the observations to be taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft during its second close approach to Titan on Monday, Dec. 13, 2004.
PIA06147:
Titan 'TB' Flyby Animation Animation Icon
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This map of Titan's surface illustrates the regions that will be imaged by NASA's Cassini spacecraft during the spacecraft's second close flyby of Titan on Dec. 13, 2004.
PIA06148:
Encountering Titan Again
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This frame from a computer animation shows the observations to be taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft spanning roughly a nine-hour period surrounding its upcoming flyby of Dione on Dec. 14, 2004.
PIA06149:
Dione Flyby Animation Animation Icon
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This map of Saturn's moon Dione, generated from Cassini images taken during the spacecraft's first two orbits of Saturn, illustrates the imaging coverage planned during NASA's Cassini spacecraft first Dione flyby on Dec. 14, 2004.
PIA06150:
First Flyby of Dione
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft's second close flyby of Titan on Dec. 13, 2004, shows bright material within the large dark region west of Xanadu.
PIA06541:
Titan's Dark Terrain
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This image was taken on Dec. 11, 2004 by NASA's Cassini spacecraft as it approached Titan for its second close encounter with this intriguing moon.
PIA06151:
Second Titan Targeted Flyby #1
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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft was taken during Cassini's very close approach to Titan on Dec. 13, 2004. The view shows pronounced banding in the Titan atmosphere.
PIA06152:
Second Titan Targeted Flyby #2
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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft was taken during Cassini's very close approach to Titan on Dec. 13, 2004. Bright streaks of cloud in Titan's southern hemisphere are visible.
PIA06153:
Second Titan Targeted Flyby #3
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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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This dazzling view of Tethys from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the tremendous rift called Ithaca Chasma, which is 100 kilometers (60 miles) wide in places, and runs nearly three-fourths of the way around the icy moon.
PIA06558:
Tethys' Great Rift
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Evidence of changing weather patterns in the skies over Titan's southern region are revealed in these false color images obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's visual infrared mapping spectrometer.
PIA06996:
Spying Titan's Weather
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Titan presented this face as NASA's Cassini spacecraft approached for its second very close flyby of the mystery moon in December 2004.
PIA06154:
Approaching Titan Again
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This image of Titan's limb and surface was obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's visual infrared mapping spectrometer on Dec. 13, 2004 from a vantage point some 158,000 kilometers (98,177 miles) above the night side of Titan.
PIA06997:
Haze Silhouettes Against Titan's Glow
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured Dione against the globe of Saturn as it approached the icy moon for its close rendezvous on Dec. 14, 2004.
PIA06155:
Dione and Saturn
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This incredible, high resolution view of Saturn's moon Dione was taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft first close approach to the icy moon on Dec. 14, 2004.
PIA06156:
Dione Close-up
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These images captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft were taken during Cassini's second close approach to Titan in December 2004.
PIA06157:
Close Up on Titan's Mid-Latitude Clouds
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This mosaic of 28 images shows the regional coverage taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft first encounter with Titan on Oct. 26, 2004.
PIA06158:
Titan Mosaic: October 2004
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This mosaic of images taken at 28 footprints shows the regional coverage taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft second encounter of Titan on Dec. 13, 2004.
PIA06159:
Titan Mosaic: December 2004
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft has found Titan's upper atmosphere to consist of a surprising number of layers of haze, as shown in this ultraviolet image of Titan's night side limb, colorized to look like true color.
PIA06160:
Titan's Many Layers
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This very detailed image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft closest approach to Saturn's moon Dione on Dec. 14, 2004 is centered on the wispy terrain of the moon.
PIA06163:
Highest Resolution View of Dione
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As it zoomed in on Saturn's moon Dione for a close flyby, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured a set of images of the icy moon which have been combined into a mosaic here to provide a stunningly detailed global view.
PIA06162:
Dione's Surprise
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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows three sizeable impact craters, including one with a marked central peak, lie along the line that divides day and night on the Saturnian moon, Dione.
PIA06542:
Craters 'Twixt Day and Night
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Variations in ring particle concentration give Saturn's brilliant rings the appearance of ripples in a pond in this close-up view captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06543:
Rippled Rings
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Saturn's southern hemisphere shines in the light of a summer morning in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06544:
Saturn's Summer Tilt
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Saturn's cratered moon Dione displays a large impact basin near its south pole in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Nov. 2, 2004.
PIA06545:
Powerful Impact
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Saturn, more bland in appearance than Jupiter to the naked eye, puts on a dramatic display in this contrast-enhanced image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06546:
Nope, Not Jupiter!
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Hints of the curving linear grooves that crisscross bright, icy Enceladus are just discernible in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06547:
Saturn's Snowball
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During its time in orbit, NASA's Cassini has spotted many beautiful cat's eye-shaped patterns. These patterns occur in places where the winds and the atmospheric density at one latitude are different from those at another latitude.
PIA07600:
Flowing "Cat's Eye"
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Even from afar, NASA's Cassini spacecraft's cameras reveal a tremendous amount of detail in the planet's rings.
PIA06548:
Rings from Afar
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Saturn's planet-sized moon Titan displays a surprisingly flattened-looking north pole in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06549:
Squashed Pole
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Mimas orbits beyond the outer fringes of Saturn's main rings, as shown in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06550:
Moon's Influence
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