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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-11-06 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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On Oct. 1, 2007, NASA's Cassini spacecraft spies the small moon Atlas, accompanied by bright clumps of material in the F ring, as it gazed down at the unilluminated side of the rings.
PIA09765:
Darkside Beauty
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft returns another dazzling postcard from its journey with this view of cloud-streaked Saturn and two of its moons, Enceladus and Mimas. This image was taken on Sept. 25, 2007.
PIA09767:
No Postage Required
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-11-09 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft observes a gathering of three moons, Mimas, Epimetheus, and Daphnis, near the rings of Saturn in this image taken on Oct. 3, 2007.
PIA09768:
Ring Tableau
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Saturn's rings create a brilliant halo around the turbulent giant planet. Here, NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks into Saturn's clouds using a spectral filter.
PIA09769:
Masked by Methane
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-11-14 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Janus coasts past as NASA's Cassini spacecraft takes in a view of the unilluminated side of the rings. Bright regions within the rings appear so because they allow scattered sunlight to filter through.
PIA09771:
Filtering the Sun
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-11-16 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn looks on as Tethys, Pandora, and Mimas round the rings in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Oct. 6, 2007.
PIA09773:
Circling Satellites
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Saturn's icy satellites, Tethys, Mimas, Janus, and Pandora wheel about the colorful giant planet, while the rings shine dimly in scattered sunlight in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Oct. 30, 2007.
PIA09776:
Solar System in Miniature
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-11-22 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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The fine, dust-sized particles of ice in the F ring and Encke Gap ringlets appear relatively bright, with the rings positioned almost directly between NASA's Cassini spacecraft and the Sun taken on Oct. 24, 2007.
PIA09777:
Bright "Dust"
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-11-26 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Mimas coasts along in this view captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Oct. 26, 2007.The rings are squashed into a narrow band from this viewing angle, foreshortening all of their radial features.
PIA09779:
Collapsed Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-11-27 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spies two icy denizens, Mimas and Epimetheus, of the Saturn System as they hurtle past in this image taken on Nov. 6, 2007.
PIA09780:
Saturnian Citizens
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-12-10 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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The spoke-forming region in the outer part of Saturn's B ring is often seen to exhibit the irregular, patchy appearance around the ring that is visible in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Oct. 21, 2007.
PIA09789:
B Ring Irregularities
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-12-14 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Dark ring shadows adorn the northern hemisphere of Saturn. This image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Oct. 22, 2007.
PIA09793:
Sliding Shadows
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-12-12 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This is an artist's concept of the Saturnian plasma sheet based on data from the magnetospheric imaging instrument on NASA's Cassini. It shows Saturn's embedded 'ring current,' an invisible ring of energetic ions trapped in the planet's magnetic field.
PIA10084:
Artist Concept of Particle Population in Saturn's Magnetosphere
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Like Earth, Saturn has an invisible ring of energetic ions trapped in its magnetic field. This feature is known as a 'ring current.' This ring current has been imaged with a special camera on NASA's Cassini's sensitive to energetic neutral atoms.
PIA10094:
Saturn's "Ring Current"
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This image was taken with NASA's Cassini Magnetospheric Imaging Instrument's ion and neutral camera, showing Saturn's dynamic 'ring current,' which is an invisible ring of energetic ions trapped in the magnetic field of the planet.
PIA10095:
Saturn's "Ring Current" Animation Icon
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This is an artist concept of the view from NASA's Cassini during the star occultation that detected 'Mittens,' the small object to the right of the star.
PIA10082:
"Staring Mittens" (Animation) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-12-12 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This is an artist concept of a close-up view of Saturn's ring particles. The planet Saturn is seen in the background (yellow and brown).
PIA10081:
Saturn's Recycling Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-12-12 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This is a computer simulation of the final stage of the growth of a 'clump' in Saturn's rings. The gravity from a hypothesized moonlet (solid gray sphere in frame center) has collected smaller ring particles (black) to form a temporary aggregation.
PIA10083:
Clumpy Moons Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-12-18 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn and Dione regard Enceladus, the object their gravitational tug-of-war in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Nov. 8, 2007.
PIA09798:
Key Players
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-12-19 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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A transitional region in Saturn's atmosphere features long, linear cloud shapes, flanked to the north and south by more turbulent swirls. A dark vortex swirls ringed by bright clouds. This image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Nov.8, 2007.
PIA09796:
Cloud Detail
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-12-24 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This colorful view, taken from edge-on with the ringplane by NASA's Cassini oribter on July 24, 2007, contains four of Saturn's attendant moons, brilliant Enceladus, irregular Hyperion, Epimetheus below the rings and between Tethys and Enceladus.
PIA08394:
Moon Patrol
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Saturn in NASA's Cassini era has proved to be an unexpectedly colorful place, compared to the browns and golds imaged by the two Voyager spacecraft.
PIA08396:
The Painted Globe
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-12-25 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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A section of Saturn's perturbed F ring displays kinks in its bright strands. At left, edge waves in the Encke Gap, caused by the presence of Pan is seen, along with two faint ringlets. This image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Nov. 14, 2007.
PIA09800:
Bright Strands
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-12-27 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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A small moon travels its circuit just outside the main rings of Saturn. Epimetheus is absolutely dwarfed by the giant planet.This image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Nov. 14, 2007.
PIA09802:
Alone with the Giant
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-12-28 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft caught Prometheus in the act of pulling a new streamer out of the F ring's inner edge in this image captured on Nov. 14, 2007.
PIA09803:
Sculpting the F Ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-01 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, taken on Nov. 17, 2007, takes in the outer third of Saturn's C ring, from the Maxwell Gap, at center left, to the C-ring edge at lower right.
PIA09805:
Saturn's Outer C Ring
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On Dec. 21 1007, NASA's Cassini spacecraft viewed Saturn's two ring-embedded moons, Daphnis and Pan, along with clearly visible signs of their perturbing effects on the ring edges that border the gaps they inhabit.
PIA09812:
Daphnis and Pan
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The bright, perturbed core of Saturn's F ring displays several kink-like features. The core is flanked by dimmer, smoother ringlets. This image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Dec. 2, 2007.
PIA09814:
Subtle Kinks
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Prometheus and Pandora, Saturn's F-ring shepherd moons are seen in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Dec. 6, 2007, which also features narrow ringlets in the Encke gap at left.
PIA09816:
Ring Herders
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Saturn's rings sweep around the planet, throwing their dark shadows onto the northern hemisphere in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA09817:
Contrast Across the Shadows
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Looking down through the A ring and Cassini Division, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured the bright limb of Saturn on Dec. 12, 2007.
PIA09820:
Peering Through the Plane
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A small ring-embedded moon coasts into view from behind shadow-draped Saturn. The rings' image is distorted near Saturn by the planet's upper atmosphere, to the right of Pan, as viewed by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Dec. 22, 2007.
PIA09822:
Pan in View
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A color portrait of Saturn's sunlight-scattering rings hosts a group of several moons including Eceladus, Pandora, and Mimas, captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Dec. 22, 2007.
PIA09824:
Field of Moons
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On Dec. 31, 2007, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured an intriguing feature in the perturbed core of Saturn's F ring.
PIA09826:
F Ring Knot
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-31 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Radio signals sent by NASA's Cassini spacecraft to Earth through Saturn's rings revealed the presence of highly unusual regular formations of densely grouped ring particles.
PIA10232:
Saturn's Ring Rhythm
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For an Earth observer on May 3, 2005, NASA's Cassini spacecraft appeared to pass behind the rings, then Saturn, then the rings again (the red line).
PIA10233:
Saturn's Ring Rhythm #2
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A point of light flickers behind Saturn's rings as multiple instruments on NASA's Cassini spacecraft observed a stellar occultation of Antares (or alpha Scorpii) on Jan. 3, 2008.
PIA09829:
Flickering Antares
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On Jan 2, 2008, NASA's Cassini spacecraft probed Saturn's atmosphere, peering beneath the hazes that obscure the flowing cloud bands at visible wavelengths.
PIA09831:
Probing the North
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On Jan. 1, 2008, NASA's Cassini spacecraft viewed two dark gores in Saturn's F ring demonstrate the gravitational influence of the shepherd moon Prometheus.
PIA09834:
Gravity of the Situation
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On Jan. 17, 2008, NASA's Cassini spacecraft spied two of Saturn's small moons, Atlas and Epimetheus, that skirt the edges of the planet's rings.
PIA09836:
Ring Rocks
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Two of Saturn's ring moons, Pan and Atlas, are captured in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, along with the signature of another. This image was taken not long after Prometheus passed, leaving a trail of dark gores in the inner edge of the F ring.
PIA09845:
Pan in the Fast Lane
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On Jan. 17, 2008, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured Saturn's moon, Janus, in the foreground, with Dione in the distance beyond.
PIA09847:
Stepping Stone to Dione
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Saturn's F ring displays magnificent structure following the passage of Prometheus. Atlas is seen between the A and F rings, above center in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Jan. 23, 2008.
PIA09848:
Trailing Prometheus
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft stares at the Huygens Gap, the region between Saturn's outer B ring and the ringlets of the prominent Cassini Division in this view taken on Jan. 28, 2008.
PIA09855:
Inspecting the Edge
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On Jan. 19, 2008, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured the irregularly shaped icy moon Janus as it swings around Saturn.
PIA09849:
Janus in View
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Saturn's moon, Daphnis and its entourage of edge waves are captured here by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The wave pattern caused by Daphnis in the edges of the Keeler Gap can be likened to a standing ripple in a flowing stream.
PIA09850:
Among the Waves
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Sunlight scatters through Saturn's rings, emerging on the unilluminated side. Prometheus and Pandora are visible in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, respectively internal and external to the narrow F ring.
PIA09851:
Scattered Sunlight
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Prometheus shines brightly in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, taken on Jan. 22, 2008, as part of the ongoing campaign to precisely determine the orbits of Saturn's small moons.
PIA09852:
Orbit Quest
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Saturn's shepherd moons, Prometheus and Pandora, gravitationally herd the F ring's particles into a narrow thread. Prometheus is inside the ring's inner edge in this image take by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Jan. 26, 2008.
PIA09853:
Confining Moons
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On Jan. 29, 2008, NASA's Cassini spacecraft examined the Maxwell Gap, the large, dark division at center, which is surrounded on either side by the broad, isolated and bright ring regions, or 'plateaus,' of Saturn's outer C ring.
PIA09857:
Maxwell's Namesake
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On Feb. 5, 2008, NASA's Cassini spacecraft viewed the gauzy C ring of Saturn, with the cloud-streaked planet providing a dramatic backdrop.
PIA09863:
Seeing the C Ring
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On Feb. 24, 2008, NASA's Cassini spacecraft monitored the myriad cloud forms that drift in Saturn's atmosphere, helping scientists gain a better understanding of how energy is transported around, and from within, the planet.
PIA09873:
Following the Clouds
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From on high, NASA's Cassini spacecraft spies a group of three ring moons in their travels around Saturn. Janus is seen at top, while Pandora hugs the outer edge of the narrow F ring. More difficult to spot is Pan, which is a mere speck in this view.
PIA09865:
Grandeur of the Rings
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On Feb. 20, 2008, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this dramatic view of the unilluminated side of Saturn's rings seen at a high phase angle.
PIA09875:
High-phase Rings
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Ever-changing kinks and wiggles define Saturn's dynamic F ring, captured here by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Mar. 15, 2008.
PIA09888:
F Ring Informants
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On Mar. 17, 2008, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured a fleet of small moons patrols the outskirts of Saturn's icy rings. Shown here are shepherd moon Prometheus, Pandora, and Janus.
PIA09890:
The Orbiting Fleet
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On Mar. 23, 2008, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured the outer edge of Saturn's A ring displays intriguing scrambled structure.
PIA09892:
Scrambled Edge
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The complex structure of Saturn's quirky F ring is unfurled in this mosaic made up of images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08412:
Unrolling the F-ring
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Spiral density waves in Saturn's A ring reveal the gravitational signatures of distant moons as they subtly tug on the countless particles orbiting in the ring plane in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Apr. 1, 2008.
PIA09894:
Saturn's Watch Spiral
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Saturn's semitransparent rings arc smoothly around the gas giant, abruptly disappearing where they pass through the planet's shadow are captured in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Apr. 15, 2008.
PIA09896:
Dark Boundary
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Two of Saturn's ring moons, Atlas and Prometheus, draw close momentarily, before the inner of the pair moves off alone in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Apr. 15, 2008.
PIA09897:
Moons that Pass in the Night
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Saturn's brilliant limb shines through the semi-transparent A ring, while the outer F ring shepherd moon, Pandora, hangs against the black sky in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Apr. 5, 2008.
PIA09899:
The Shepherd and Saturn
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The sharp change in brightness that runs diagonally across the center of this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Apr. 7, 2008, represents the boundary between Saturn's C and B rings.
PIA09901:
On the Border
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this view on Apr. 8, 2008, showing two of Saturn's moons, Daphnis and Prometheus, and their gravitational effects on nearby rings.
PIA09902:
Ringcraft
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks down from a high-inclination orbit to spot two of Saturn's ring moons, Prometheus and Janus.
PIA09905:
Bird's Eye View
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A trio of large storms embraces in Saturn's high north. The three prominent vortices seen here are each wide enough to span the distance from New York City to Denver, or from London to Moscow as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA09904:
Immense Vortices
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Stately Saturn sits surrounded by its darkened disk of ice. An increasing range of hues has become visible in the northern hemisphere as spring approaches and the ring shadows slide southward as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA09906:
Revealing Saturn's Colors
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Looking upward from beneath the ringplane, NASA's Cassini spacecraft spies Saturn's 'wave maker' and 'flying saucer' moons. and its gravitationally induced edge waves are seen at left within the Keeler Gap.
PIA09907:
Atlas and Daphnis
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft peers through the gossamer strands of Saturn's innermost rings, whose own shadows adorn the planet beyond.
PIA09908:
Northward Through the Rings
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A sliver of 'ringshine' pierces the darkness of Saturn's night side in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Apr. 19, 2008. The ring shadows fall into darkness beyond the terminator in the north.
PIA09912:
Splinter of Light
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A great, eye-like vortex stares out of Saturn's roiling atmosphere. The storm is wide enough to span the distance from Washington, DC to London. Bright Enceladus drifts past in the foreground in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA09913:
A Capital Storm
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On May 10, 2008, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured multiple tenuous strands flank the brilliant core of Saturn's F ring. These delicate, flanking ringlets wind through the F ring, creating a tight spiral.
PIA09919:
F Ring Close-up
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The Encke Gap in Saturn's A ring is maintained by the presence of the moon Pan, which shares the gap with several diffuse ringlets in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on May 10, 2008.
PIA10402:
Pan's Gap
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft stares at the Huygens Gap, the region between Saturn's outer B ring and the ringlets of the prominent Cassini Division, in this view taken on May 10, 2008.
PIA10404:
Structure Along the Edge
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The nearest star system, the trinary star Alpha Centauri, hangs above the horizon of Saturn. Both Alpha Centauri A and B, stars very similar to our own, are clearly distinguishable in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on May 17, 2008.
PIA10406:
Stellar Horizon
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This high-resolution view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows, at left, a spiral density wave in Saturn's inner B ring. A spiral density wave is a spiral-shaped massing of particles that tightly winds many times around the planet.
PIA10408:
Tight Spiral
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Saturn's northern hemisphere is visible through its disc of icy particles in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on May 19, 2008.
PIA10410:
Behind the Veil
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The ringed planet sits in repose, the center of its own macrocosm of many rings and moons and one artificial NASA satellite named Cassini. Mimas (397 kilometers, or 247 miles across) is visible at upper left.
PIA08414:
Perspective on Saturn
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New hues are creeping into Saturn's northern cloud bands as winter gives way to spring there captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08415:
Saturn ... Four Years Later
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This detailed look at Saturn's A ring captures Daphnis in the narrow Keeler Gap in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on May 31, 2008.
PIA10419:
Rough Around the Edges
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft continues to investigate the intriguing structure in Saturn's outer B-ring edge. This region has a much perturbed character compared to the orderly rings around it.
PIA10421:
Perturbed Edge
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As they wheel about the planet, Saturn's sunlit rings often exhibit dark, radial markings called spokes. This image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on June 3, 2008.
PIA10423:
Spokes on the Wheel
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Tethys passes silently between Saturn and NASA's Cassini spacecraft as a train of storms rumbles through the planet's southern hemisphere. The rings' shadows darken the planet at top.
PIA10425:
Peace Above, Turmoil Below
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Saturn's C ring emerges from behind the planet's hazy limb in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on June 17, 2008.
PIA10426:
Beyond the Limb
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Two small moons, Janus and Pandora, race across the face of Saturn. The planet's icy rings cast dark shadows onto the feathery clouds below in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on June 18, 2008.
PIA10428:
Moons in Transit
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Saucer-shaped Pan glides through the Encke Gap in Saturn's rings in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on June 10, 2008.
PIA10430:
Encke's Moon
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Saturn's narrow F ring partly obscures the small moon Epimetheus. Interior to the F ring is the bright A ring in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on June 11, 2008.
PIA10432:
Obscuring Epimetheus
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Saturn's icy rings shine in scattered sunlight in this view captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows, looking toward the unilluminated northern side of the rings from above the ringplane. The inner F-ring shepherd moon Prometheus appears at lower left.
PIA10446:
Scattered Sunshine
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A train of diagonal channels in Saturn's F ring follows behind the moon Prometheus. Atlas appears at lower right. NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this image on July 5, 2008.
PIA10448:
F Ring Channels
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft spots a couple of large, wedge-shaped spokes in Saturn's B ring in this image from July 8, 2008.
PIA10450:
Like Spokes of Old
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This high-resolution view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, taken on July 21, 2008, shows incredible detail within a spiral density wave within Saturn's A ring.
PIA10452:
Structure in the Spiral
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Two ring moons, Daphnis and Pandora, sweep through this scene focused on Saturn's intriguing F ring in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on July 5, 2008.
PIA10453:
F Ring in Between
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Saturn's rings burst out of shadow and curve gracefully around the planet. Prometheus and Atlas are also visible, faintly, just outside the A ring edge in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on July 4, 2008.
PIA10454:
Out of Darkness
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft spies two types of waves in Saturn's A ring: a spiral density wave on the left of the image and a more pronounced spiral bending wave near the middle.
PIA12545:
Wave Classification
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Through the atmosphere of the southern hemisphere of Saturn rolls a large storm, seen here as a tight dark circle in the lower left of this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Dec. 30, 2008.
PIA11102:
Anthe and Methone Arcs
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This mosaic of two images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, taken on Aug. 15, 2008, shows Pan and Prometheus creating features in nearby rings.
PIA10468:
Disturbing Moons
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The three bright, finger-like jets of material seen here suggest that a small object has collided with the core of Saturn's F ring. This image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Aug. 20, 2008.
PIA10470:
Evidence of Collision
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The bright arc of material in Saturn's G ring is seen here as it rounds the ring's edge, or ansa. The ring arc orbits Saturn along the inner edge of the G ring. This image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Aug. 22, 2008.
PIA10472:
Arc in Motion
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Two of Saturn's moons, Pan and Janus, coast along the outer edge of the main ring system. This image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Aug. 22, 2008.
PIA10475:
Pan and Janus
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Large regions of Saturn's night side are illuminated by the planet's gleaming rings. Except for a sliver of the sunlit crescent at left, this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a part of the planet lit almost entirely by ringshine.
PIA10476:
Saturn by Ringshine
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