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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-09-29 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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This infrared global map of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus was created using images acquired by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA24027:
Enceladus in the Infrared (Map View)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-09-18 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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New composite images made from NASA's Cassini spacecraft data are the most detailed global infrared views ever produced of Saturn's moon Enceladus.
PIA24023:
Enceladus in the Infrared
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-06-13 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows false-color spectral mapping images of Saturn's A, B and C rings.
PIA23170:
Infrared Eye Yields New Spectral Map
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-09-24 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This compilation of images from nine flybys of Titan by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in 2009 and 2010 captures three instances when clear bright spots suddenly appeared in images.
PIA22484:
Dust Storms on Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-09-24 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This frame from an animation shows clear bright spots on Saturn's moon, Titan, that have been interpreted as evidence of dust storms.
PIA22483:
Spotting Dust Storms on Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-07-18 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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These six infrared images of Saturn's moon Titan created using data acquired by the VIMS instrument onboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft represent some of the clearest, most seamless-looking global views of the icy moon's surface produced so far.
PIA21923:
Seeing Titan with Infrared Eyes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-09-15 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This montage of images, made from data obtained by Cassini's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer, shows the location on Saturn where the NASA spacecraft entered Saturn's atmosphere on Sept. 15, 2017.
PIA21896:
Impact Site: Infrared Image Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-03-24 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Each of these two montages shows four synthetic views of Titan created using data acquired by NASA's Cassini spacecraft between 2004 and 2015. With each flyby, a brief opportunity to add small pieces to the overall mapping coverage of Titan.
PIA20022:
Working Toward 'Seamless' Infrared Maps of Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-03-24 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This map of Saturn's moon Titan identifies the locations of mountains that have been named by the International Astronomical Union.
PIA20024:
Mountains of Titan Map - 2016 Update
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-12-04 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, acquired during the mission's 'T-114' flyby on Nov. 13, 2015, looks toward terrain that is mostly on the Saturn-facing hemisphere of Titan.
PIA20016:
Peering Through Titan's Haze
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-10-30 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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The view was obtained during NASA's Cassini orbiter's flyby on July 24, 2012, also called the 'T85' flyby by the Cassini team. This was the most intense specular reflection that Cassini had seen to date.
PIA18433:
Sunglint on a Hydrocarbon Lake
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-10-30 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This near-infrared, color view from NASA'S Cassini orbiter shows the sun glinting off of Titan's north polar seas.
PIA18432:
Specular Spectacular
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-10-01 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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These two views of Saturn's moon Titan show the southern polar vortex, a huge, swirling cloud that was first observed by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in 2012.
PIA18431:
Spectral Map of Titan with Polar Vortex
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-07-28 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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This plot shows the variation in brightness of the plume of material, composed of all the geysers erupting from the south polar terrain of Saturn's moon Enceladus, as a function of the moon's orbital position around Saturn.
PIA17187:
Enceladus' Plume Brightness Variations
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-27 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Artist's rendering of NASA's Cassini spacecraft observing a sunset through Titan's hazy atmosphere.
PIA18410:
Cassini Observes Sunsets on Titan (Artist's Rendering)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-02-11 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Ultraviolet and infrared images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft and Hubble Space Telescope show active and quiet auroras at Saturn's north and south poles.
PIA17900:
Dance of Saturn's Auroras Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-12-04 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This frame from a movie from NASA's Cassini mission shows a polar projection of the curious six-sided jet stream at Saturn's north pole known as 'the hexagon' in the infrared.
PIA17654:
Looking Down on the Hexagon in Infrared Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-12-04 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This frame from an infrared movie from NASA's Cassini mission shows the churning of the curious six-sided jet stream at Saturn's north pole known as 'the hexagon'.
PIA17653:
Hexagon in Silhouette Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-10-23 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This false-color mosaic, made from infrared data collected by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, reveals the differences in the composition of surface materials around hydrocarbon lakes at Titan, Saturn's largest moon.
PIA17470:
Titan's Northern Lakes: Salt Flats?
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-10-17 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This high-contrast, colorized mosaic from NASA's Cassini mission shows an infrared view of the Saturn system, backlit by the sun, from July 19, 2013.
PIA17469:
High-Contrast Infrared Scan of Saturn and its Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-10-17 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This colorized mosaic from NASA's Cassini mission shows an infrared view of the Saturn system, backlit by the sun, from July 19, 2013.
PIA17468:
Infrared Scan of Saturn and its Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-09-03 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This set of images from NASA's Cassini mission shows the turbulent power of a monster Saturn storm. The visible-light image in the back, obtained on Feb. 25, 2011 shows the turbulent clouds churning across the face of Saturn.
PIA17044:
Two Looks at the Turbulent Saturn Storm
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-07-31 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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This set of images from NASA's Cassini mission shows how the gravitational pull of Saturn affects the amount of spray coming from jets at the active moon Enceladus.
PIA17040:
Squeezing and Releasing Enceladus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-07-31 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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This set of images from NASA's Cassini mission shows the difference in the amount of spray emanating from Saturn's moon Enceladus.
PIA17039:
Enceladus "On" and "Off"
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-05-15 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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To create the first global, topographic map of Saturn's moon Titan, scientists analyzed data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft and a mathematical process called splining.
PIA16849:
Two Views of Titan's Topography
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-04-15 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Three new small lakes, 100 to 300 square miles (a few hundreds of square kilometers) in surface area, have been identified on Saturn's moon Titan in data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA16846:
A Sprinkling of Little Lakes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-04-15 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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A dense network of small rivers or swampy areas appears to connect some of the seas on Saturn's moon Titan, as seen in this comparison of data of the same area from two instruments on NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA16845:
Titan Wetlands
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-04-15 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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These images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft show one of the large seas and a bounty of smaller lakes on Saturn's moon Titan.
PIA16844:
Titan Lake Country
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-12-14 Titan Cassini-Huygens
 Radar Mapper
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This map of Saturn's moon Titan identifies the locations of mountains named by the International Astronomical Union. By convention, mountains on Titan are named for mountains from Middle-earth, the fictional setting in fantasy novels by J.R.R. Tolkien.
PIA16598:
Mountains of Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-02-23 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This series of images obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows several views of the north polar cloud covering Saturn's moon Titan.
PIA15231:
Changes in Titan's North Polar Cloud
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-02-23 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This series of false-color images obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the dissolving cloud cover over the north pole of Saturn's moon Titan, allowing scientists to see the underlying northern lakes and seas, including Kraken Mare.
PIA15230:
Snapshots of Titan's North Polar Cloud
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-14 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft obtained these false-color images of a circular feature in a region known as Xanadu on Saturn's moon Titan. The images show Titan in infrared wavelengths of radiation.
PIA14311:
Circular Feature at Xanadu, Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-05-19 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This false-color infrared image, obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, shows clouds of large ammonia ice particles dredged up by a powerful storm in Saturn's northern hemisphere.
PIA14119:
Updrafts of Large Ammonia Crystals in Saturn Storm
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-04-08 Titan Cassini-Huygens
 Radar Mapper
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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These side-by-side images obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft show the feature named Tortola Facula on Saturn's moon Titan.
PIA13895:
Tortula Facula
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-12-14 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the location of an area known as Sotra Facula on Saturn's moon Titan. Scientists believe the Sotra Facula region makes the best case for a cryovolcanic, or ice volcano, region on Titan.
PIA13696:
Global View of Sotra Facula, Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-12-14 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This frame from a movie is based on data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft and shows a flyover of an area of Saturn's moon Titan known as Sotra Facula. Scientists believe Sotra is the best case for an ice volcano, or cryovolcano, region on Titan.
PIA13695:
Flyover of Sotra Facula, Titan Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-06 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This false-color image, made from infrared data obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, shows dark and bright clouds on Saturn associated with thunderstorm activity.
PIA13421:
Dark and Stormy Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-23 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This false-color composite image, constructed from data obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, shows Saturn's rings and southern hemisphere.
PIA13405:
Majestic Saturn, in the Infrared
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-23 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This frame from a movie, made from data obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, shows Saturn's southern aurora shimmering over approximately 20 hours as the planet rotates. The video is available at the Photojournal.
PIA13404:
Dancing Southern Lights of Saturn Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-23 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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A quartet of false-color, composite images show the dance of Saturn's southern lights in data obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA13403:
Four Aurora Snapshots
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This false-color composite image, constructed from data obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, shows the glow of auroras streaking out about 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) from the cloud tops of Saturn's south polar region.
PIA13402:
Glowing Southern Lights
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-21 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This graphic, constructed from data obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, shows the percentage of cloud coverage across the surface of Saturn's moon Titan. The color scale from black to yellow signifies no cloud coverage to complete cloud coverage.
PIA13401:
Mapping Titan's Cloud Coverage
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-21 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This pair of false-color images, made from data obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, shows clouds covering parts of Saturn's moon Titan in yellow, while Titan's hazy atmosphere appears magenta.
PIA13400:
Clouds Clearing around Titan's North Pole
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-02-25 Titan Cassini-Huygens
 Radar Mapper
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Two different instruments on NASA's Cassini spacecraft combined their observations to create a more detailed portrait of the Hotei Regio area on Saturn's moon Titan. Blue lines on top show the location of channels that stand out in the bottom of image.
PIA12849:
Channels and Minerals at Hotei Regio
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-02-25 Titan Cassini-Huygens
 Radar Mapper
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Two different instruments aboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft combined their observations to create a more detailed portrait of the Hotei Regio area on Saturn's moon Titan.
PIA12848:
Looking for Ice Volcano Flows at Hotei Regio
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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 2009-06-03 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This infrared image of Saturn's moon Titan shows a large burst of clouds in the moon's south polar region. These clouds form and move much like those on Earth, but in a much slower, more lingering fashion.
PIA12005:
Titan's South Polar Cloud Burst
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-06-03 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Lots of clouds are visible in this infrared image of Saturn's moon Titan. These clouds form and move much like those on Earth, but in a much slower, more lingering fashion, new results from NASA's Cassini spacecraft show.
PIA12004:
Titan's Lingering Clouds
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-04-03 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This infrared image taken by the visual and infrared mapping spectrometer on NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows Hotei Arcus, a region on Saturn's moon Titan where changes in brightness have been measured several times during the last four years.
PIA11839:
Hotei Arcus in Infrared
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-29 Titan Cassini-Huygens
 Imaging Science Subsystem
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These updated maps of Saturn's moon Titan, consisting of data from NASA's Cassini imaging science subsystem, include Cassini's August 2008 imaging of the moon's northern hemisphere.
PIA11146:
Maps of Titan - January 2009
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-15 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This infrared projection map of Titan was composed from images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, visual and infrared mapping spectrometer.
PIA11701:
Infrared Map of Titan's Active Regions
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-15 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Change is detected on Saturn's moon Titan, in these three composite images from data taken during flybys in October 2005, January 2006 and March 2006 by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11700:
Titan's Chilly Volcanoes?
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-11-12 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This image of the northern polar region of Saturn shows both the aurora and underlying atmosphere, seen at two different wavelengths of infrared light as captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11396:
Saturn's Polar Aurora
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-13 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This is a side-by-side view of large cyclones at both poles of Saturn obtained by the visual and infrared mapping spectrometer onboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11216:
Infrared Images of Saturn's Poles
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-13 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This near-infrared image of Saturn's north pole shows a giant cyclone, encircled by a hexagon feature. A movie was created from several images, taken by the visual and infrared mapping spectrometer onboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11215:
Infrared Movie of Saturn's North Polar Region Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-13 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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These two images of Saturn show the entire south polar region, not just the little area around the core of the hurricane-like vortex. These images were captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on May 11, 2007.
PIA11214:
Saturn's South Polar Region Revealed
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-10-09 Iapetus Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft made a close flyby of Saturn's moon Iapetus on Sept. 10, 2007, and the visual and infrared mapping spectrometer obtained these images during that event.
PIA10011:
Iapetus' Equatorial Region
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-10-09 Iapetus Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft made a close flyby of Saturn's moon Iapetus on Sept. 10, 2007, and the visual and infrared mapping spectrometer obtained these images showing surface composition and particle size.
PIA10010:
Tiny Grains on Iapetus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-07-04 Hyperion Cassini-Huygens
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This is a color map of the composition of a portion of Saturn's moon Hyperion's surface about 75 kilometers on a side. Map was made with data from the Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer aboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft during its flyby of Hyperion.
PIA09215:
Hyperion's Kaleidoscope of Color
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Hyperion, the eighth largest of Saturn's moons, is covered in craters and landslides. This color map shows the composition of a portion of Hyperion's surface determined with the Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer aboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA09214:
Organics Sprinkled on Hyperion
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-06-26 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's rings reflect sunlight most strongly when Earth is located directly between Saturn and the sun. This mosaic from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a small bright spot moving from the outermost B ring across the Cassini Division.
PIA09213:
Cat's Eye Rings and Peek-a-boo Shadows
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-05-31 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Flying over the unlit side of Saturn's rings, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures Saturn's glow, represented in brilliant shades of electric blue, sapphire and mint green, while the planet's shadow casts a wide net on the rings.
PIA09212:
Neon Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-03-27 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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A bizarre six-sided feature encircling the north pole of Saturn has been spied by the VIMS on NASA's Cassini spacecraft. This image is one of the first clear images ever taken of the north polar region as seen from a unique polar perspective.
PIA09188:
Saturn's Active North Pole
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The depths of the north pole of Saturn taken by NASA's Cassini Orbiter reveals a dynamic, active planet lurking underneath the ubiquitous cover of upper-level hazes.
PIA09187:
Spinning Saturn Animation Icon
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This nighttime view of Saturn's north pole clearly shows a bizarre six-sided hexagon feature encircling the entire north pole as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA09186:
Saturn's Strange Hexagon
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This nighttime view of Saturn's north pole reveals a dynamic, active planet below the normal cloud tops seen in visible light. Clearly revealed is the bizarre six-sided hexagon feature present at the north pole as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA09185:
Saturn's North Pole Hexagon and Aurora
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NASA's Cassini's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer has imaged a huge cloud system covering the north pole of Titan.
PIA09171:
Titan's Giant North Pole Cloud
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Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This image composite from NASA's Cassini spacecraft contains a radar image taken during a February 2005 (T3) flyby. A faint fan of material seems to originate at the crater.
PIA09036:
Infrared and Radar Views of Titan #2
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Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This set of composite images was constructed from the best NASA Cassini radar data and visual and infrared mapping spectrometer data obtained from all the Titan flybys up to the most recent flyby on Oct 25 (T20).
PIA09035:
Infrared and Radar Views of Titan
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft is a composite of several images taken during two separate Titan flybys on Oct. 9 (T19) and Oct. 25 (T20). The large circular feature near the center of Titan's disk may be the remnant of a very old impact basin.
PIA09034:
Exposing Titan's Surface
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This image set from NASA's Cassini spacecraft was taken at a distance of 15,000 kilometers (9,300 miles) from Titan and shows two views of an area riddled by mountain ranges that were probably produced by tectonic forces.
PIA09033:
Large Tectonic Complex
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This composite image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a massive mountain range running just south of Titan's equator. Near the center of the image, the mountain range runs from southeast to northwest.
PIA09032:
Titan's Sierras
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 Imaging Science Subsystem
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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These images of Saturn's south pole, taken by two different instruments on NASA's Cassini spacecraft, show the hurricane-like storm swirling there and features in the clouds at various depths surrounding the pole.
PIA08333:
Saturn's Surprisingly Stormy South
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This mosaic of Saturn's rings was acquired by NASA's Cassini's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer instrument on Sept. 15, 2006, while the spacecraft was in the shadow of the planet looking back towards the rings
PIA01940:
Saturn's Rings in Infrared
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In this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, Saturn's fascinating meteorology manifests itself in a 'string of pearls' formation, spanning over 60,000 kilometers (37,000 miles).
PIA01941:
String of Pearls
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This false-color mosaic of Saturn shows deep-level clouds silhouetted against Saturn's glowing interior. This image was made with data from NASA's Cassini visual and infrared mapping spectrometer.
PIA08732:
Saturn's Silhouetted Clouds
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The visual and infrared mapping spectrometer on NASA's Cassini spacecraft recorded these infrared images of Titan's northern hemisphere.
PIA08739:
Ethane Clouds Over Titan
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This image depicts Saturn's moon Titan as seen by NASA's Cassini visual and infrared mapping spectrometer after closest approach on a July 22, 2006, flyby.
PIA08736:
Clouds over Titan
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This false-color image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft of Saturn was constructed by combining three images at three different infrared wavelengths.
PIA08735:
Saturn's Kaleidoscope of Color
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This false-color image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft of Saturn shows ring shadows running across the upper portion of the planet, and sunlight illuminating the lower portion of the planet.
PIA08734:
Saturn's Light from Within
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This composite image, composed of two images taken with NASA's Cassini visual and infrared mapping spectrometer, shows a crescent view of Saturn's moon Titan.
PIA08733:
Titan's Crescent View
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This global infrared map of Titan was composed with data from NASA's Cassini's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer taken during the last two Titan flybys.
PIA02147:
An Infrared Map of Titan
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This frame from a movie of Titan shows data taken with NASA's Cassini's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer during the last three flybys of Titan.
PIA02146:
An Infrared Movie of Titan Animation Icon
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The three mosaics shown here were composed with data from NASA's Cassini's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer taken during the last three Titan flybys.
PIA02145:
Mapping Titan's Changes
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During a non-targeted flyby by NASA's Cassini spacecraft of Saturn's moon Enceladus on Nov. 26, 2005, Cassini's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer measured the spectrum of the plumes originating from the south pole of the icy moon.
PIA06443:
Enceladus Plume
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Radar Mapper
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This frame from a movie shows a quick succession of multiple products of Titan's surface from NASA's Cassini orbiter and the European Space Agency's Huygens probe.
PIA06435:
Huygens Landing Site (Animation) Animation Icon
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Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft carried the European Space Agency's Huygens probe to Saturn and released it in December 2004. The magenta cross in both images shows the best estimate of the actual Huygens landing site.
PIA03569:
Pinpointing Huygens Landing Site
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This is a collection of the most detailed images of deep-level clouds obtained by the visual and infrared mapping spectrometer onboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA03560:
A Gallery of Views of Saturn's Deep Clouds
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Saturn's clouds and hazes at three different levels in the atmosphere are depicted in the image on the right, as observed by the visual infrared mapping spectrometer on NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA03559:
A 3-D View of Saturn's Clouds and Hazes
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New images provided by the visual infrared mapping spectrometer on NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveal a diverse array of clouds in the depths of Saturn.
PIA03558:
A New View of Saturn - Black and White
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New images provided by the visual infrared mapping spectrometer on NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveal a diverse array of clouds in the depths of Saturn.
PIA03557:
A New View of Saturn
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This visual and infrared mapping spectrometer image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft of Saturn's moon Enceladus, shows the dark cracks at the south pole dubbed 'tiger stripes' for their distinct stripe-like appearance.
PIA03551:
Tiger Stripes are Cubs
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This false-color mosaic of Saturn's largest moon Titan, obtained by NASA's Cassini visual and infrared mapping spectrometer, shows what scientists interpret as an icy volcano.
PIA07965:
Titan Volcano
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This high-resolution infrared image was taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft's closest approach to Titan on Oct. 26, 2004. These images were obtained by Cassini's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer instrument. This feature might be a volcano.
PIA07962:
Infrared Image of Titan Volcano
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From infrared images that show variations in brightness and texture, a geological map of the circular feature, thought to be a volcano, has been obtained using NASA's Cassini visual and infrared mapping spectrometer.
PIA07964:
Geologic Map of Titan Volcano
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Details of the circular feature, which scientists think is an ice volcano, which could be a source of methane in Titan's atmosphere, show up at wavelengths larger than 1.3 microns. Images were taken during NASA's Cassini Oct. 26, 2004, flyby of Titan.
PIA07963:
Titan Volcano in Several Infrared Wavelengths
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On Oct. 26, 2004, NASA's Cassini spacecraft flew over Saturn's moon Titan at less than 1,200 kilometers at closest approach. Cassini acquired several infrared images with spatial resolution ranging from a few tens of kilometers to 2 kilometers per pixel.
PIA07961:
Map of Titan in Infrared
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The visual and infrared mapping spectrometer instrument onboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft has found an unusual bright, red spot on Titan. This dramatic color (but not true color) image was taken during the April 16, 2005, encounter with Titan.
PIA07877:
Red Spot on Titan
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Infrared-bright spot discovered on Titan is the type of enigmatic feature that is best investigated by putting together many different types of information as possible. NASA's Cassini varied array of scientific instruments is equal to the task.
PIA07876:
Titan's Odd Spot Baffles Scientists
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 Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
Radar Mapper
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This three-panel image shows one of Titan's most prominent impact craters in an infrared-wavelength image, radar image and in the false-color image. The Cassini radar imaged this crater during NASA's Cassini spacecraft's third flyby of Titan.
PIA07868:
Titan Crater in Three Views
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