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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-09-14 Tethys ISS - Wide Angle
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The night sides of Saturn and Tethys are dark places indeed. This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows shadows are darker areas than sunlit areas, and in space, with no air to scatter the light, shadows can appear almost totally black.
PIA18333:
From the Night Side
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-10-25 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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The two prominent dark gaps in Saturn's A ring contain small embedded moons and a host of other intriguing features as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08295:
Tiny Moons, Big Effects
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-12 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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These images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft show clumps seemingly embedded within Saturn's narrow, outermost F ring.
PIA05382:
Clumps in the F Ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-04-15 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini has sighted Prometheus and Pandora, the two F-ring-shepherding moons whose unpredictable orbits both fascinate scientists and wreak havoc on the F ring.
PIA05387:
Prometheus and Pandora
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-05-13 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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As NASA's Cassini nears its rendezvous with Saturn, new detail in the banded clouds of the planet's atmosphere are becoming visible.
PIA05391:
Bands of Clouds and Lace
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-05-24 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This image from NASA's Cassini-Huygens spacecraft shows two of Saturn's moons, Prometheus (102 kilometers, or 63 miles across) and Pandora (84 kilometers, or 52 miles across), shepherding the planet's narrow F-ring.
PIA05393:
Pandora and Prometheus Near F Ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-05-25 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's rings cast threadlike shadows on the planet's northern hemisphere. Note the translucent C ring, and thin outermost F ring. The image was taken with NASA's Cassini narrow angle camera in visible light on May 10, 2004.
PIA05394:
Rings and Shadows
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-05-27 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the multitude of grooves for which Saturn's rings are famed.
PIA05396:
Groovy Rings and Moons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-05-26 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini-Huygens spacecraft returned this image of Saturn on May 16, 2004, when its imaging science subsystem narrow-angle camera was too close to fit the entire planet in its field-of-view.
PIA05983:
Saturn from Far and Near (Cassini-Huygens)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-02 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This image of Saturn captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows white feathery clouds near 45 degrees south latitude.
PIA05400:
Atmospheric Detail in the Near Infrared
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-07 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows Saturn's moon Prometheus orbiting inside the planet's F-ring, which exhibits some of the knotted structure for which it is renowned.
PIA05402:
Prometheus and Knots in the F Ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-03 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken May 21, 2004 displays the ringed planet's subtle, multi-hued atmospheric bands.
PIA06060:
Colorful Saturn, Getting Closer
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-03 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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The path that lies ahead for NASA's Cassini-Huygens mission is indicated in this image which illustrates where the spacecraft will be just 27 days from now, when it arrives at Saturn.
PIA06061:
Passage through the Ring Plane
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-21 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's magnificent rings show some of their intricate structure in this image taken on May 11, 2004, by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow angle camera.
PIA05410:
Rings and Moons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-28 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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In this image, dark regions represent areas where NASA's Cassini spacecraft is seeing into deeper levels in Saturn's atmosphere.
PIA05413:
Saturn's Atmosphere and Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-29 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's peaceful beauty invites NASA's Cassini spacecraft for a closer look in this natural color view, taken during the spacecraft's approach to the planet.
PIA06077:
Ringworld Waiting
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-01 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This image shows the region of Saturn's rings known as the Cassini Division. It was taken by the narrow angle camera on NASA's Cassini spacecraft after successful entry into Saturn's orbit.
PIA06092:
Cassini Captures the Cassini Division
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-01 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This image shows a bending wave (right) and density wave in Saturn's A ring, interior to the Encke Gap. It was taken by the narrow angle camera on NASA's Cassini spacecraft after successful entry into Saturn's orbit.
PIA06093:
Two Waves in One Spectacular Image of Saturn's Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-01 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This is one of the first images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft after it successfully entered Saturn's orbit.
PIA06094:
Rippling Rings
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This image shows three density waves in Saturn's A ring. It was taken by the narrow angle camera on NASA's Cassini spacecraft after successful entry into Saturn's orbit.
PIA06095:
Rings Full of Waves
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-01 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This image shows a close-up view of a density wave in Saturn's A ring. It was taken by the narrow angle camera on NASA's Cassini spacecraft after successful entry into Saturn's orbit.
PIA06096:
Rings Full of Waves (zoom)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-01 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This is one of the first images of Saturn's F ring taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft after it successfully entered Saturn's orbit.
PIA06097:
Cassini's First Picture of F Ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-01 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This is one of the first images of Saturn's F ring taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft after it successfully entered Saturn's orbit.
PIA06098:
Wide View of Saturn's F Ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-01 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This image shows in superb detail the region in Saturn's rings known as the Encke Gap. It was taken by the narrow angle camera on NASA's Cassini spacecraft after successful entry into Saturn's orbit.
PIA06099:
The Encke Gap as Never Seen Before
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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 2004-07-02 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This image taken by the narrow angle camera on NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows Saturn's F ring.
PIA06351:
Streaming F Ring
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-09 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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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 2004-07-16 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a dramatic view of Saturn's rings draped by the shadow of Saturn.
PIA05417:
Rings and More Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-22 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Nine days before it entered orbit, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this exquisite natural color view of Saturn's rings.
PIA05421:
Ringscape In Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-30 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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The dark shadow of Saturn's southern hemisphere spreads across the planet's rings all the way to the Encke gap. This image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft narrow angle camera on June 21, 2004.
PIA05424:
Light and Shadow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-22 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This image of the lit face of Saturn's outer, or A ring was taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shortly after crossing the ring plane after its orbit insertion burn.
PIA06709:
Rings Galore
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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 2004-08-05 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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The image on the left was taken on Nov. 1, 1980, by NASA's Voyager spacecraft. It shows a narrow shadow cast on the equatorial region of Saturn's atmosphere by the rings. The image on the right was acquired by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on May 10, 2004.
PIA06415:
Saturn's Ring Shadow, Then and Now
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-08-19 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn and its rings are prominently shown in this color image, along with three of Saturn's smaller moons. This image was taken on June 18, 2004, with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow angle camera, 8.2 million kilometers from Saturn.
PIA06422:
Pretty in Pink
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-08-19 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's atmosphere is prominently shown with the rings emerging from behind the planet at upper right. The two moons on the left of the image, Mimas and Enceladus, were captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06423:
Bold Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-08-19 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's rings appear golden as the planet's shadow drapes across nearly the whole span of the rings. This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows Saturn's moon Mimas in the upper left corner.
PIA06424:
Golden Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-09-02 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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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 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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A small new found object, temporarily designated S/2004 S 3, has been seen orbiting Saturn's outer F ring. This is a frame from a movie sequence of 18 images taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft narrow angle camera on June 21, 2004.
PIA06115:
New Object in F ring Animation Icon
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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 2004-09-16 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's faintly banded atmosphere is delicately colored and its threadbare rings cross their own shadows in this marvelous natural color view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06114:
Colorful Threads and Shadows
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows Saturn's colorful rings sweep through this spectacular natural color view while two small moons look on.
PIA06485:
Musical Rings
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Gazing beyond Saturn's magnificent rings, NASA's Cassini spacecraft spotted the cause of the dark gap visible in the foreground of this image: Mimas, which is 398 kilometers (247 miles) wide.
PIA06495:
Eyeing the Culprit
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-13 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft spied two members of Saturn's family rounding the rings in this image from Aug. 20, 2004.
PIA06497:
Rounding the Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-19 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This image captures several important targets of NASA's Cassini mission: icy moons, rings, and the gaps in the rings that may contain small undiscovered moons.
PIA06501:
Moons and Gaps
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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 2004-11-09 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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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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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 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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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-03 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The sunlit face of Saturn's rings shows magnificent detail in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken in near infrared light.
PIA06563:
Light and Dark Rings
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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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This frame from a movie, showing six of Saturn's small ring-region moons as they raced around the planet, was made from images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Nov. 15, 2004.
PIA06174:
Race of the Moons Animation Icon
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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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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a dramatic portrait painted by the Sun, the long thin shadows of Saturn's rings sweep across the planet's northern latitudes.
PIA06574:
Sun-striped Saturn
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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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Saturn's most prominent feature, its dazzling ring system, takes center stage in this stunning natural color mosaic which reveals the color and diversity present in this wonder of the solar system.
PIA06175:
Panoramic Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-02-15 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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Reflected light from Saturn dimly illuminates the night side of the cratered moon Mimas in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06585:
Outsider Moon
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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows, from upper right to lower left, the thin C ring, multi-toned B ring, the dark Cassini Division, the A ring and narrow F ring.
PIA06586:
Bound to Saturn
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The oddball shapes of Saturn's small ring moons Prometheus and Epimetheus are discernible in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06587:
Irregular Pair
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Three of Saturn's moons appear almost like a string of pearls in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, but looks are deceiving.
PIA06588:
String of Moons?
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-02-24 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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While cruising around Saturn in early October 2004, Cassini captured a series of images that have been composed into the largest, most detailed, global natural color view of Saturn and its rings ever made.
PIA06193:
The Greatest Saturn Portrait ...Yet
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Images taken of Saturn's rings by NASA's Cassini spacecraft immediately after it entered orbit around Saturn have turned up circumstantial evidence that an unseen moon may be orbiting dead center in the narrow Keeler gap in Saturn's outer A ring.
PIA06194:
Fingerprints of an Unseen Moon?
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A collection of new ring phenomena, first observed in the sequence of images taken of the dark side of Saturn's rings immediately after NASA's Cassini spacecraft entered orbit, may be evidence of the clumping and aggregation of ring particles.
PIA06195:
New Ring Phenomena
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-02-24 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's atmosphere and its rings are shown here in a false color composite made from images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in near infrared light through filters that sense different amounts of methane gas.
PIA06197:
The Dragon Storm
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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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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows three of Saturn's ring moons in a single view.
PIA06595:
Flock of Moons
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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows intriguing features resembling drapes and kinks, which are visible in this view of Saturn's thin F ring.
PIA06600:
In the Moon's Wake
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The irregularly-shaped moon Janus and the small ring moon Atlas had just emerged from the darkness of Saturn's shadow when NASA's Cassini spacecraft caught this view of the two moons.
PIA06603:
Little Moons
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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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One of Saturn's strange co-orbital moons, Epimetheus, was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in this view.
PIA06605:
Epimetheus Alone
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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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NASA's Cassini spacecraft was nearly in the plane of Saturn's rings when it took this image of Janus.
PIA06612:
Janus Rides the Rings
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Saturn's small, irregularly-shaped moon Epimetheus orbits against the backdrop of the planet's rings, which are nearly edge-on in this view. The image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Feb. 18, 2005.
PIA06615:
Big Boulder
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This sweeping view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft gives a sense of the awesome scale of the planet's disk-like ring system, which stretches far into the distance. The shepherd moon Prometheus maintains a lonely sojourn with the thin, outer F ring.
PIA06616:
I Can See for Miles and Miles
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Pandora is seen in this dramatic view, orbiting just beyond the outer edge of Saturn's F ring. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Feb. 18, 2005.
PIA06618:
Pandora at the Edge
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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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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows Saturn's crater-covered moon Tethys as it slid silently along in its orbit while Saturn's delicate rings sliced the view in two.
PIA06622:
Hanging Half-Moon
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Saturn's little moon Atlas orbits Saturn between the outer edge of the A ring and the fascinating, twisted F ring. This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft just barely resolves the disk of Atlas.
PIA06659:
A Glimpse of Atlas
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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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NASA's Cassini spacecraft's ability to remain sharply pointed at its targets allowed this image of Saturn's faint, dusty G ring to be made.
PIA06627:
G Ring, Brightened by Time
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Saturn's bright moon Enceladus hovers here in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, in front of a rings darkened by Saturn's shadow.
PIA06628:
Sideways Shadow
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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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The small ring moon Atlas is seen here, on the far side of Saturn's immense ring system. NASA's Cassini spacecraft was only 0.6 degrees above the ring plane when this image was taken.
PIA06635:
Straight Across the Rings
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NASA's Cassini imaging scientists use special images like this one, which shows the far side of Saturn's rings disappearing behind the planet's outer atmosphere, to probe the vertical structure of Saturn's high altitude haze.
PIA06636:
Rings' Disappearing Act
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Saturn's moon Helene, seen here with Saturn's nearly edge-on rings, orbits 60 degrees ahead of Dione and is called a 'Trojan' moon. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on March 12, 2005.
PIA06639:
Dione's Companion
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