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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-01-22 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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A pastel crescent of Saturn is interrupted by the moon Mimas and the rings in this color image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Mimas (396 kilometers, or 246 miles across) appears as a dark speck just above the rings.
PIA12533:
Blemished by Mimas
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-01-21 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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The cratered moon Mimas appears as if it has been hung like an ornament above Saturn's rings in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA12532:
Mimas Globe
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-01-20 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft gazes at several albedo features on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Left to right are four dark regions: Fensal, Aztlan, Aaru and a part of Senkyo.
PIA12531:
Dark Quartet
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-01-19 Pan Cassini-Huygens
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Pan is nearly lost within Saturn's rings in this view captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft of a small section of the rings from just above the ringplane.
PIA12530:
Lost Among Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-01-18 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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The tortured terrain of Saturn's moon Dione is documented in this NASA Cassini spacecraft image. The wispy fractures on the moon's trailing hemisphere can be seen on the left, and cratered terrain on the moon's anti-Saturn side dominates the center.
PIA12529:
Scarred Dione
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-01-15 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Tethys with its prominent Odysseus Crater silently slips behind Saturn's largest moon Titan and then emerges on the other side in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA12528:
Tethys Slips Behind Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-01-14 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Pandora and Prometheus, the shepherding moons of the F ring, orbit inside and outside the thin ring. The elongated, potato-like shapes of the two moons are both visible in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA12527:
Potato Pair
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-01-13 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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Dione's shadow is elongated as it is cast onto the round shape of Saturn in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The moon is not visible here. This view looks toward the northern, sunlit side of the rings from just above the ringplane.
PIA12526:
Dione's Distorted Shadow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-01-12 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This image was obtained by NASA's Cassini radar instrument during a flyby on Jan. 12, 2010. High southern latitudes (Ontario Lacus, Mezzoramia).
PIA00927:
Titan Radar Swath (T-65 Flyby - Jan. 12, 2010)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-01-12 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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In this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, the bright arc in Saturn's faint G ring contains a little something special. Although it can't be seen here, the tiny moonlet Aegaeon orbits within the bright arc.
PIA12525:
Faint Ring, Bright Arc
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-01-11 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Titan's seasonal hemispheric dichotomy is chronicled in black and white, with the moon's northern half appearing slightly lighter than the dark southern half in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA12524:
Halving Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-01-08 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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Rhea's trailing hemisphere shows off its wispy terrain on the left of this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft which includes Saturn's rings in the distance.
PIA12519:
Rings and Rhea
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-01-07 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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A large storm roils Saturn's atmosphere on the left of this NASA Cassini spacecraft image. This view looks toward a region centered at 24 degrees south of the planet's equator.
PIA12522:
Oval of a Storm
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-01-06 Iapetus Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft examines the rough dark-light dichotomy of the terrain on Saturn's moon Iapetus. Lit terrain seen here is on the Saturn-facing side of Iapetus.
PIA12521:
Iapetus' Puzzling Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-01-05 Prometheus Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's small moon Prometheus, slightly overexposed in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, shows off its potato-like shape as it orbits in the Roche Division between the A ring and thin F ring.
PIA12520:
Little Tuber Moon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-01-04 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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The moon Enceladus passes behind the larger moon Tethys, as seen in this pair of images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The image on the left was taken a little more than a minute before the image on the right.
PIA12523:
Enceladus Behind Tethys
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-01-01 Epimetheus Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Epimetheus casts a shadow across colorful rings in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft before the planet's August 2009 equinox. Epimetheus is visible as a small dot at the center of the bottom of the image.
PIA12518:
Moon, Shadow and Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-31 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks toward the south pole of Enceladus, with a glimpse of Saturns rings in the distance, during the spacecrafts close flyby Nov. 2, 2009.
PIA12517:
Enceladus Before the Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-30 Pandora Cassini-Huygens
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The tiny moon Pandora appears beyond the bright disk of Saturn's rings in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Pandora orbits outside the F ring and, in this image, is farther from Cassini than the rings are.
PIA12516:
Beyond Bright Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-29 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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Rhea emerges after being occulted by the larger moon Titan in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA12515:
Reappearing Rhea
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-28 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This image was obtained by NASA's Cassini radar instrument during a flyby on Dec. 28, 2009. The radar antenna was pointing toward Titan at an altitude of 955 kilometers (593 miles) during the closest approach.
PIA06678:
Titan Radar Swath (T-64 Flyby - Dec. 28, 2009)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-28 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's shadow interrupts the planet's rings, leaving just thin slivers of the rings visible in this image, which shows a pair of the planet's small moons. Helene is in the center top of the image, Epimetheus is in the lower right.
PIA12514:
Splinters of Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-25 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn, stately and resplendent in this natural color view taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, dwarfs the icy moon Rhea. Rhea orbits beyond the rings on the right of the image. Tethys shadow is visible on the planet on the left of the image.
PIA12513:
Stately Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-24 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft takes a look at Saturn's diffuse E ring which is formed from icy material spewing out of the south pole of the moon Enceladus. The E ring is seen nearly edge-on from slightly above the northern side of Saturn's ring plane.
PIA12512:
Eyeing the E Ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-23 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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The small moon Mimas passes in front of the larger moon Rhea which is partly obscured by Saturn's rings in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Go to the Photojournal to view the animation.
PIA11695:
Before a Veiled Rhea Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-23 Janus Cassini-Huygens
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Sunlight passing through the Cassini Division between Saturn's A and B rings sweeps across and illuminates the surface of the moon Janus in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Go to the Photojournal to view the animation.
PIA11694:
Ring Shadows on Janus Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-23 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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A gaggle of moons parade around Saturn's rings in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft in which the large moon Rhea passes in front of the small moon Janus. Go to the Photojournal to view the animation.
PIA11693:
Moon Jumble Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-23 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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The small moon Janus overtakes the larger moon Rhea in a dance played out before Saturn and its rings in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Go to the Photojournal to view the animation.
PIA11692:
Catching Big Sister Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-23 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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The moon Tethys is upstaged by two smaller moons, Pandora and Prometheus, in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Go to the Photojournal to view the animation.
PIA11691:
Moons in Motion Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-23 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks toward the dark side of Saturn's largest moon as a circle of light is produced by sunlight scattering through the periphery of Titan's atmosphere. A detached, high-altitude global haze layer encircles the moon.
PIA12511:
Dark Side Ring of Light
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-22 Daphnis Cassini-Huygens
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Tiny Daphnis appears as a bright dot in the Keeler Gap next to shadows cast by the moon and the edge waves it has created in the A ring in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft before Saturn's August 2009 equinox.
PIA12510:
Ripples from Daphnis
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-21 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Dramatic differences between dark and light embellish image of Saturn, its rings and its moons Dione and Enceladus in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11649:
Brightness Bucks the Dark
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-18 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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The shadow of Saturn's largest moon darkens a huge portion of the gas giant planet. Titan is not pictured here, but its shadow is elongated in the bottom right of the image.
PIA11648:
Enormous Elongated Shadow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-17 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in 2009, shows the first flash of sunlight reflected off a hydrocarbon lake on Saturn's moon Titan. The glint off a mirror-like surface is known as a specular reflection.
PIA12481:
Reflection of Sunlight off Titan Lake
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-17 Pan Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's small moon Pan, brightly overexposed, casts a short shadow on the A ring in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft before the planet's August 2009 equinox.
PIA11647:
Stubby Shadow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-16 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Rhea passes in front of Dione, as seen from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. These images are part of a 'mutual event' sequence in which one moon passes close to, or in front of, another.
PIA11646:
Dione Beyond Rhea
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-15 Epimetheus Cassini-Huygens
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Orbiting near the plane of Saturn's rings, NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks across the span of the rings to spy the small moon Epimetheus. The brightest spoke is visible on the left of the image.
PIA11645:
Epimetheus, Rings and Spokes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-14 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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While studying Saturn's atmosphere, NASA's Cassini spacecraft happens to catch a view of two small, icy satellites. Mimas drifts past on the far right of the image. Janus appears as a black dot just below the rings near the center of the image.
PIA11644:
Study in Miniature
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures a couple of small moons in this image taken while the spacecraft was nearly in the plane of Saturn's rings.
PIA11643:
Mimas and Pan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-10 Iapetus Cassini-Huygens
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These two global images of Iapetus taken by NASA's Cassini's spacecraft show the extreme brightness dichotomy on the surface of this peculiar Saturnian moon.
PIA11690:
Global View of Iapetus' Dichotomy
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This false-color view taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft is one of a panel of three images of Saturn's moon Iapetus showing the boundary of the global 'color dichotomy' on the hemisphere of this moon facing away from Saturn.
PIA11689:
Color Dichotomy on Iapetus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-10 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveals the cratered surface of Mimas, a moon whose shape is flattened at the poles.
PIA11642:
Oblate Mimas
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-09 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This image from NASA's Cassini, made possible only as Saturn's north pole emerged from winter darkness, shows new details of a jet stream that follows a hexagon-shaped path and has long puzzled scientists.
PIA11682:
Spring Reveals Saturn's Hexagon Jet Stream Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-09 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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A pair of Saturn's moons, Pan and Janus, cast their shadows on the A ring in this NASA's Cassini spacecraft image taken about a month and a half after Saturn's August 2009 equinox.
PIA11641:
Two Pairs
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-08 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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From just above the plane of Saturn's rings, NASA's Cassini spacecraft snapped this shot of Saturn two months after Saturn's August 2009 equinox, showing the shadow of its rings as a narrow band on the planet.
PIA11640:
Narrow Shadow
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Bright spokes grace Saturn's B ring in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11639:
Ghostly Spokes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-04 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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Craters imprinted upon other craters record the long history of impacts endured by Saturn's moon Rhea; this image was taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11638:
Crater Upon Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-03 Daphnis Cassini-Huygens
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This image, which at first appears to show a serene scene, in fact reveals dramatic disturbances created in Saturn's A ring by its moon Daphnis as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11637:
Daphnis' Disturbances
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-02 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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The low albedo feature known as Senkyo is visible through the haze of Titan's atmosphere in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11636:
Details of Dark Senkyo
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The bright arc within Saturn's G ring is shown truncated by the shadow of the planet at the bottom of this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11635:
Slicing the Arc
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-30 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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A moon's shadow strikes Saturn's rings near bright spokes on the B ring near the center of this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft about one month after the planet's August 2009 equinox.
PIA11634:
Shadow and Spokes
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This image, taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, shows the shadows of two moons as they appear on Saturn, above and below the plane of the planet's rings.
PIA11633:
Shadows Above and Below
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-26 Iapetus Cassini-Huygens
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Iapetus shows off its puzzling light and dark terrain in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Lit terrain seen here is on the Saturn-facing side of Iapetus.
PIA11632:
Iapetus' Terrain
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured Saturn's moon Prometheus, orbiting near the streamer-channels it has created in the thin F ring, casts a shadow on the A ring in this image taken a little more than a week after the planet's August 2009 equinox.
PIA11631:
Streamer-channels and Shadow
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An aurora, shining high above the northern part of Saturn, moves from the night side to the day side of the planet in this frame from a movie recorded by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11681:
Northern Aurora in Motion Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-24 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks toward the battered surface of the moon Rhea.
PIA11630:
Roughed-up Rhea
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Long shadows stretch away from the towering edge waves created by the gravity of the moon Daphnis in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft a little more than a week before Saturn's August 2009 equinox.
PIA11629:
Slanting Shadows
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft's camera looks in near-infrared light at a dramatic view of Saturn, its ringplane and the shadows of a couple of its moons.
PIA11628:
Scene Seen in the Near-Infrared
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Janus, Saturn's small moon named after the two-faced god, here displays two illuminated hemispheres taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11627:
Twice-lit Janus
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In the top right of NASA's Cassini image, the southern end of Titan's huge lake of liquid hydrocarbons called Kraken Mare is visible near the moon's north pole.
PIA11626:
Titan's Northern Lake
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The small moon Pan casts a short shadow on Saturn's A ring in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft as the planet approached its August 2009 equinox.
PIA11625:
Pan's Short Shadow
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft spies the large Penelope crater on Saturn's moon Tethys. This image is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11624:
Spotlight on Penelope
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Spokes, those ghostly radial markings on Saturn's B ring, appear bright compared to the rings in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft a little more than a month after the planet's August 2009 equinox.
PIA11623:
Bright Spokes, Dark Rings
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In this image, NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks down on the north pole of Titan, and, although this view is centered on the leading hemisphere of the moon, the lit terrain seen here is mostly on the opposite, trailing hemisphere of the moon.
PIA11622:
Titan's Halo
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Saturn's moon Prometheus casts a shadow near a streamer-channel created by the moon in the thin F ring in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft about a month after the planet's August 2009 equinox.
PIA11621:
Shadow Between the Shepherds
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-11 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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The northern and southern hemispheres of Enceladus are seen in these polar stereographic maps, mosaicked from the best-available images from NASA's Cassini and Voyager.
PIA11679:
Enceladus South Polar Map - October 2009
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-11 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
Voyager
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The northern and southern hemispheres of Enceladus are seen in these polar stereographic maps, mosaicked from the best-available images from NASA's Cassini and Voyager.
PIA11678:
Enceladus North Polar Map - October 2009
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-10 Iapetus Cassini-Huygens
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A crescent Iapetus shows, at the top right of this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, some of the dark terrain characterizing this unusual Saturnian moon.
PIA11620:
A Slice of Iapetus
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks to the night side of Saturn and its rings for a view that includes Dione. Tiny Pandora is also present outside the F ring in this image taken on Sept. 22, 2009.
PIA11619:
Dione and the Dark Side
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A pair of moon shadows and a series of spokes adorn this ring image taken about a month after Saturn's August 2009 equinox. The shadow of the moon Janus stretches across the middle of this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11618:
Shadows Side by Side
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft peers at the pitted surface of Saturn's small and irregularly-shaped moon Hyperion in this image taken on Sept. 5, 2009.
PIA11617:
Pitted Hyperion
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks past the night side of Saturn, dimly lit on the left of this image by ringshine, for a subtly distorted view of the planet's rings.
PIA11616:
Atmospheric Distortion
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-03 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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Bright sunlight on Rhea shows off the cratered surface of Saturn's second largest moon in this image captured by NASA's Cassini Orbiter. The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on Sept. 21, 2009.
PIA11615:
Reflecting on Icy Rhea
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Saturn's moon Prometheus casts a shadow on the narrow F ring in this image captured by NASA's Cassini Orbiter weeks after the planet's August 2009 equinox.
PIA11614:
Shadow on a Thin Ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-10-30 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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This image shows an updated map of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus, generated by NASA's Cassini imaging team. The map incorporates new images taken in 2008, with better image processing techniques.
PIA11680:
Map of Enceladus October 2009
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-10-30 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini Orbiter captured this natural color view of Saturn almost a month after the planet's August 2009 equinox. The shadow cast on the planet by the rings remains narrow.
PIA11613:
Post-Equinox Color
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About a month after Saturn's August 2009 equinox, shadows continue to grace the planet's rings in this image taken by NASA's Cassini Orbiter. Pan runs through the center of this image.
PIA11612:
Shadows Still Seen
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The rings share this view with Saturn's moon Mimas, whose gravity influences the rings in this image taken by NASA's Cassini Orbiter.
PIA11611:
Resonance Moon and Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-10-27 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini Orbiter sees Titan become obscured as it moves into eclipse by Saturn. Most of the light comes from refracted sunlight passing through the edge of Saturn's atmosphere.
PIA11610:
Eclipsing Titan
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NASA's Cassini Orbiter captures a far-off view of the two-toned surface of Saturn's moon, Iapetus.
PIA11609:
Shadow and a Wave
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NASA's Cassini Orbiter captures a far-off view of the two-toned surface of Saturn's moon, Iapetus. Scientists continue to investigate the nature of this moon's surface.
PIA11608:
Light-Dark Enigma
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Titan's golden, smog-like atmosphere and complex layered hazes appear to NASA's Cassini Oribter as a luminous ring around the planet-sized moon.
PIA12320:
Enigmatic Titan
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NASA's Cassini Orbiter peers toward the distant, icy plains of Saturn's moon Tethys. The planet's A and F rings slice across the top of this view.
PIA12319:
Cold Light from Afar
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Looking cool and serene, Saturn shares its soft glow with NASA's Cassini Orbiter. Also seen are Saturn's ring and its icy moon Tethys.
PIA12318:
World of Clouds and Ice
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Moon shadows are cast on Saturn's A ring in this image taken by NASA's Cassini Orbiter almost a month after the planet's August 2009 equinox.
PIA11607:
Shadows on the A Ring
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NASA's Cassini Orbiter caught the shadow of the moon Prometheus as a small dark dot on Saturn just below the narrow shadow cast by the rings in the center of this image.
PIA11606:
Shadow Below Another
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Saturn's moons Mimas and Pandora join bright B ring spokes in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured on Aug. 30, 2009.
PIA11605:
Portrait of Bright Spokes
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Saturn's moons Prometheus and Pan cast a pair of shadows on the A ring in this image taken shortly after the planet's August 2009 equinox by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The gravity of potato-shaped Prometheus creates streamer-channels in the F ring.
PIA11604:
Prometheus and Pan Pair
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Seasonal changes in the atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon are captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, which shows Titan with a slightly darker top half and a slightly lighter bottom half.
PIA11603:
Two Halves of Titan
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The moon Janus casts a shadow on Saturn's A ring but misses the thin F ring as the planet approached its August 2009 equinox in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on May 28, 2009.
PIA11602:
Skipping a Ring
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks down at craters near the north pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Cratered surfaces on solar system moons indicate older terrains, while smooth surfaces are generally younger.
PIA11601:
Smooth and Rough Enceladus
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The shadows cast by Daphnis' attendant edge waves create a dark, jagged pattern on the A ring in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on July 28, 2009 as Saturn approached its August 2009 equinox.
PIA11600:
Jagged Shadows
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks down on the cratered northern leading hemisphere of Saturn's moon, Dione, showing the moon's pockmarked surface.
PIA11599:
Dione's Cratered Surface
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These images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft show disappearing lakes in before-and-after comparisons of two areas in the southern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Titan.
PIA12281:
Disappearing Lakes
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This first glimpse of seasonal change shows the southern polar area of Saturn's moon Titan, using data from the Synthetic Aperture Radar instrument aboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA12280:
Changing Seasons on Titan
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A scalloped look is created in the edges of the Keeler Gap in Saturn's outer A ring as the moon Daphnis orbits in the gap in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Feb. 25, 2009.
PIA11598:
Pulchritudinous Perturbations
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks toward the south pole and cratered surface of Saturn's moon Janus in this image taken by the narrow-angle camera.
PIA11597:
Janus' Cratered South
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft took a break from imaging Saturn's rings as the planet approached its August 2009 equinox and snapped this close-up of the planet's atmosphere, revealing detailed and elaborate patterns in the clouds of the northern hemisphere.
PIA11596:
Atmospheric Intricacies
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The moon Pan casts a shadow on Saturn's outer A ring in this image taken as the planet approached its August 2009 equinox. NASA's Cassini spacecraft took this image on July 29, 2009.
PIA11595:
Round the Outside
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-10-05 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This ultraviolet view of Titan shows the moon's north polar hood and its detached, high-altitude haze layer. This image was taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Aug. 13, 2009.
PIA11594:
Titan's North Polar Hood
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