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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 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 2004-06-02 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 2004-07-01 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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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-01 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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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 2004-07-09 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 2004-07-22 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 2004-11-09 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 2004-11-17 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 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 2005-06-16 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This montage of four images of Saturn's knotted F ring shows different locations around the ring, even though all taken within a few hours of each other. These images were taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera.
PIA07522:
Four Views of the F Ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-06-17 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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The shepherd moon, Pandora, is seen here alongside the narrow F ring that it helps maintain. Pandora is 84 kilometers (52 miles) across. NASA's Cassini spacecraft obtained this view from about four degrees above the ringplane.
PIA07523:
Pandora's Flocks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-06-30 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft swung in close to Saturn as it rounded the planet's night side, beginning another orbit and moving to progressively higher elevations in order to study the rings.
PIA07532:
Toward the Dayside
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-07-01 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows Saturn's Encke Gap (325 kilometers, or 200 miles wide) whose center is 133,590 kilometers (83,010 miles) from Saturn. This division in the rings is home to the small moon called Pan.
PIA07533:
Resonant Effects
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-07-18 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moons Prometheus and Pandora are captured here in a single image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, taken from less than a degree above the dark side of Saturn's rings.
PIA07544:
F Ring Shepherds
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-07-28 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Turbulent swirls churn in Saturn's atmosphere while the planet's rings form a dazzling backdrop. The rings' complex structure is clearly evident in this view captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA07552:
Beyond the Limb
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-03 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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The 'opposition effect' can be seen in this image of Saturn's B ring from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The bright spot occurs where the angle between the spacecraft, the Sun and the rings is near zero.
PIA07556:
Opposition View
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-05 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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These views from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, taken two hours apart, demonstrate the dramatic variability in the structure of Saturn's intriguing F ring.
PIA07558:
Two F Ring Views
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-08 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the unlit face of Saturn's rings, visible via scattered and transmitted light.
PIA07559:
Luminescent Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-19 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This close-up view is NASA's Cassini spacecraft's best look yet at Saturn's tenuous innermost D ring. The narrow ringlet visible here is named 'D68' and is the innermost discrete feature in the D ring.
PIA07568:
D is for "Dust"
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-22 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Swirling cloud bands, delicate ring shadows and icy moons make the Saturn system a place of supreme natural beauty. Even NASA's Cassini spacecraft's remarkable images can only provide the slightest sense of the experience of actually being there.
PIA07569:
Supreme Beauty
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-29 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This is an artist's concept of Saturn's rings and major icy moons. Saturn's rings make up an enormous, complex structure. From edge-to-edge, the ring system would not even fit in the distance between Earth and the Moon.
PIA03550:
Saturn's Rings (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-29 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft turns its gaze toward Saturn's outer A ring to find the moon Pan coasting behind one of the thin ringlets with which it shares the Encke Gap.
PIA07574:
Ring Study Subjects
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-31 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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The extreme contrast in this view of the unlit side of Saturn's rings captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft is intentional. Contrast-enhanced views like this are used to look for spokes, but so far, none have been seen by Cassini.
PIA07576:
On the Lookout for Spokes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-02 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This magnificent view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks down upon, and partially through, Saturn's rings from their unlit side. The densest part of the rings occults the bright globe of Saturn.
PIA07578:
Diagnostic Darkness
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-05 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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From just outside the faint edge of Saturn's F ring, the moon Pandora keeps watch over her fine-grained flock as seen by NASA's Cassini orbiter.
PIA07579:
Keeping Things in Check
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This frame from a movie sequence from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows dark drapes in the inner strands of Saturn's F ring caused by the gravitational influence of the shepherd moon Prometheus (102 kilometers, or 63 miles across).
PIA07712:
Shaping the Drapes Animation Icon
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A solitary clump-like feature in Saturn's F ring orbits past in this frame from a movie sequence made from NASA's Cassini images.
PIA07713:
Unidentified F Ring Objects Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-05 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This montage of images from the NASA's Cassini and Voyager missions shows that structural evolution has occurred in Saturn's D ring (the innermost ring). The inset image reveals structure with an unprecedented level of fine detail.
PIA07714:
D Ring Revelations
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This view is part of a montage of images from NASA's Cassini and Voyager missions. This image shows the region between the D ring feature named D73 and the inner edge of the C-ring.
PIA07715:
D Ring Revelations (Inset image)
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This montage of four enhanced NASA Cassini narrow-angle camera images shows bright clump-like features at different locations within the F ring.
PIA07716:
The Clump/Moon Mystery
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This map compiled by NASA's Cassini spacecraft of Saturn's F ring illustrates how the ghostly strands flanking the core of this contorted ring, when examined in detail, actually form a spiral structure wound like a spring around the planet.
PIA07717:
The F Ring's Spiral Arm
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This sequence of images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a faint arc of material in Saturn's G ring, a tenuous ring outside the main ring system. These images were each taken about 45 minutes apart.
PIA07718:
Arc in the Tenuous G Ring
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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 2005-09-12 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Cassini's cameras were retargeted to capture the tiny Keeler Gap moon S/2005 S1, visible at the center and first discovered by NASA's Cassini spacecraft a few months ago.
PIA07584:
Keeler Moon and Waves
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-21 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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A grandiose gesture of gravity, Saturn's icy rings fan out across many thousands of kilometers of space. This image was taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on July 20, 2005.
PIA07591:
Sweeping Ring View
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-16 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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After much anticipation, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has finally spotted the elusive spokes in Saturn's rings. Spokes are the ghostly radial markings discovered in the rings by NASA's Voyager spacecraft 25 years ago.
PIA07731:
Finally . . . Spokes!
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-27 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This view of Saturn's rings captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveals not one but two of the four narrow ringlets in the Encke Gap (325 kilometers, or 200 miles, wide). The innermost of the two ringlets is much brighter and full of clumps.
PIA07595:
Clumps for Encke
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks up from beneath the ringplane to spot Prometheus and Atlas orbiting between Saturn's A and F rings. Prometheus is 102 kilometers (63 miles) across. Atlas is 20 kilometers (12 miles) across.
PIA07598:
The In-Between Moons
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Saturn's mid-B ring shows intriguing structure, the cause of which has yet to be explained by ring scientists. This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a radial location located between 107,200 to 115,700 kilometers from Saturn.
PIA07610:
Mysterious B Ring
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This close-up view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows an inner region of Saturn's C ring. It covers a radial location on the rings located approximately 78,000 to 80,500 kilometers (48,500 to 50,000 miles) from the center of the planet.
PIA07611:
Bright "Plateau"
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft close looks at Saturn to frame a view encompassing the entire C ring. In the dark region closer to the planet lies the much dimmer D ring. The bright B ring wraps around the left side of the scene.
PIA07613:
Framing the C Ring
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Outside the soft edge of Cassini's F ring, Epimetheus and Janus negotiate their nearly-shared orbit. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Sept. 8, 2005.
PIA07615:
Switcharoo Moons
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The outer reaches of Saturn's Cassini Division merges with the inner A ring (at the right) in a region that is rich in structure. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini narrow-angle camera.
PIA07616:
The Cassini Division's Edge
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This mosaic of 15 NASA Cassini images of Saturn's F ring shows how the moon Prometheus creates a gore in the ring once every 14.7 hours, as it approaches and recedes from the F ring on its eccentric orbit.
PIA07750:
The Prometheus Effect
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This view looks up toward the sunlit side of Saturn's rings, as Dione and Pandora trundle by. NASA's Cassini spacecraft took this image in visible light with its narrow-angle camera on Sept. 16, 2005.
PIA07625:
Dione and Pandora
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This excellent grouping of three moons Dione, Tethys and Pandora near the rings provides a sampling of the diversity of worlds that exists in Saturn's realm. This image was taken in visible blue light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera.
PIA07628:
Satellite Trio
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The moons Dione and Tethys face each other across the gulf of Saturn's rings. Here, NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks on the Saturn-facing hemisphere of Tethys below and the anti-Saturn side of Dione above.
PIA07630:
The Face-off
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The dark Cassini Division, within Saturn's rings, contains a great deal of structure, as seen in this color image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, taken on May 18, 2005.
PIA07631:
Graceful Lanes of Ice
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Saturn's G ring glows like a neon garland in this lovely narrow angle camera image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA07643:
G Ring Aglow
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In a rare moment, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this enduring portrait of a near-alignment of four of Saturn's restless moons. Timing is critical when trying to capture a view of multiple bodies, like this one.
PIA07644:
When Moons Align
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Seen here is the end result of the process that occurs every time the moon Prometheus closely approaches Saturn's F ring. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Oct. 25, 2007.
PIA09782:
Gores in the Strands
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Viewing Saturn's rings very close to edge-on produces some puzzling effects, as these two images of the F ring demonstrate. Both images were taken using the clear spectral filters on NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera.
PIA07651:
On the Edge
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Saturn's rings throw imposing shadows and relegate parts of the planet's northern regions to darkness. Three thin and bright arcs in this scene captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft represent three well-known gaps in the immense ring system.
PIA07652:
Gaps in the Darkness
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This spectacular image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows Prometheus (at right) and Pandora (at left), with their flock of icy ring particles (the F ring) between them.
PIA07653:
Close to the Shepherd Moons
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Sunlight reflects off the bright, frozen surfaces of the billions and billions of particles comprising Saturn's rings to brighten the planet's southern skies. Particles in Saturn's rings are too small to be seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in this image.
PIA07654:
One Moon Among Billions
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The searing arc of light seen here is Saturn's icy F ring, seen nearly edge-on. In the background, NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows Rhea is lit by reflected light from Saturn and the rings, with only the slightest sliver of light at its bottom.
PIA07655:
Bright Arc of Ice
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Gazing across the ringplane, NASA's Cassini spacecraft spots a Saturn-lit Mimas and the tiny Trojan moon Helene. Only the bright crescent on Mimas' eastern limb is lit by the Sun; the moon's night side is illuminated by Saturnshine.
PIA07657:
Small Worlds of Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-12-22 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Dione is partly occulted by Saturn's rings in this nearly edge-on view, taken from less than a tenth of a degree above the ringplane. The side of the rings nearer to NASA's Cassini spacecraft was masked by Saturn's shadow at the time and appears dark.
PIA07658:
Slicing Through Dione
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With the icy rings between them, Dione and Tethys each show off the prominent features for which they are known. Dione displays wispy fractures that adorn its trailing side. Tethys, closest to NASA's Cassini spacecraft, shows its impact basin Odysseus.
PIA07659:
Children of Saturn
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Gazing across the plains of Saturn's icy rings, NASA's Cassini spacecraft catches the F ring shepherd moon Pandora hovering in the distance.
PIA07665:
Distant Shepherd
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Tethys floats before the massive, golden-hued globe of Saturn in this natural color view. The thin, dark line of the rings curves around the horizon at top in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA07667:
Adrift at Saturn
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After journeying a bit more than an hour across the Solar System, bright sunlight reflects off the gleaming icy cliffs in the wispy terrain of Dione and is captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's cameras several light seconds later.
PIA07668:
Light Seconds from Dione
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As northern winter ends on Saturn and NASA's Cassini spacecraft's view of the north pole improves, the swirls and eddies visible until now only in the south are gradually coming into view in the northern hemisphere.
PIA07674:
Hoping for a Hex
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A great storm swims in the cloud lanes of Saturn's high northern latitudes. Dark bands across the bottom of this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft are shadows cast by the partly opaque rings.
PIA07675:
A Storm Escapes the Shadows
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As the ringed giant tugged on NASA's Cassini spacecraft, urging it to make yet another orbit, the intrepid spacecraft took in this all-encompassing panorama.
PIA07676:
Slightly Sideways Saturn
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Like a rope of brilliant neon, Saturn's rings outshine everything else in this night side view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, while the sunlit southern face of the rings reflects a dim glow onto the atmosphere below.
PIA07678:
Gleaming Rings
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looked toward the darkened night side of Saturn to capture the eerie glow of the rings, which, not being blocked by the planet's bulk, remained brilliant in full sunlight.
PIA07695:
Rings Against a Dark Planet
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This fortunate view sights along Saturn's ringplane to capture three moons aligned in a row: Dione at left, Prometheus at center and Epimetheus at right. This image was taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA07704:
Clinging to the Rings
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Structure in Saturn's narrow and complex F ring is seen here, including one of the faint strands (at the left) that NASA's Cassini spacecraft has shown to curl around the planet in a tight, rotating spiral.
PIA08123:
F Ring Edge
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This view of Saturn's G ring shows its extremely sharp inner edge and more diffuse outer boundary. Using its large high-gain antenna as a shield, NASA's Cassini spacecraft flew through the region interior to the G ring during insertion into Saturn orbit.
PIA08129:
G Sharp
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Rhea and Enceladus hover in the distance beyond Saturn's ringplane. Enceladus (left), bathed in icy particles from Saturn's E ring, appears noticeably brighter than Rhea in the image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08133:
Rhea and Enceladus
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Distant Rhea (right) poses here for NASA's Cassini spacecraft, as Pandora hovers against Saturn's dark shadow on the rings.
PIA08136:
Moons Near and Far
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Shadow-striped Saturn and its exquisitely thin rings occupy the near field in this NASA Cassini spacecraft view, while a crescent Rhea hangs in the distance.
PIA08132:
In Orbit with Rhea
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This perspective, from just beneath Saturn's ringplane, gives the rings a pointed appearance and captures a few clumps at the edge of the narrow F ring. This image was taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Feb. 12, 2006.
PIA08138:
The Rings Make a Point
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures three moons at once as they hurtle around Saturn. In the background, Saturn's night side covers the more distant portion of the rings, betraying the presence of the unseen giant.
PIA08139:
Where's Saturn?
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Shadows drape Saturn's northern hemisphere, providing a different kind of look at prominent features in the rings. This image was taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Feb. 18, 2006.
PIA08143:
Structure in the Shadows
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Staring toward the outer edge of Saturn's main rings, NASA's Cassini spacecraft spots Pandora and tiny Atlas. Several clumps are visible in the narrow F ring, as well as multiple dusty strands flanking the F ring core.
PIA08145:
Small Moons on the Edge
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Crater-scarred Rhea floats in the distance, peeking out from behind Saturn's partly shadowed rings. This view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks upward from just beneath the ringplane.
PIA08146:
Rhea Beyond the Rings
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks up from beneath the ringplane to spy Atlas hugging the outer edge of the A ring, above center. This image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on Feb. 23, 2006.
PIA08147:
Edgy Atlas
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These figures show four propeller-shaped structures discovered by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in close-up images of Saturn's A ring.
PIA07790:
Four Propellers
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This magnified view illustrates the general orientation of the 'propeller' features in Saturn's rings as they orbit the planet as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA07791:
Propeller Motion
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This collection images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. provides context for understanding the location and scale of propeller-shaped features observed within Saturn's A ring.
PIA07792:
Locating the Propellers
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As our robotic emissary to Saturn, NASA's Cassini spacecraft is privileged to behold such fantastic sights as this pairing of two moons beyond the rings. The bright, narrow F ring is the outermost ring structure seen here.
PIA08150:
Enceladus Races Onward
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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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The three very different moons seen here provide targets of great interest for planetary scientists studying the Saturn system. Captured by NASA's Cassini, along with the rings, are Tethys at upper right, Enceladus below center and Janus at lower left.
PIA08165:
Frontier Worlds
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This splendid view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft offers a detailed look at the faint rings within the Cassini Division as well as a rare glimpse of the Keeler gap moon, Daphnis.
PIA08171:
Is That a Moon?
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Epimetheus floats in the distance below center, showing only the barest hint of its irregular shape. Pandora hides herself in the ringplane, near upper right, appearing as little more than a bump in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08175:
Ring-Hugging Moons
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This rare color view of Saturn's night side shows how the rings dimly illuminate the southern hemisphere, giving it a dull golden glow in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08176:
Saturn's Night Colors
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft delivers this stunning vista showing small, battered Epimetheus and smog-enshrouded Titan, with Saturn's A and F rings stretching across the scene.
PIA07786:
Stunning Vistas
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