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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-03-28 Saturn Voyager
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Saturn's rings are bright and its northern hemisphere defined by bright features as NASA's Voyager 2 approaches Saturn, which it will encounter on Aug. 25, 1981.
PIA03152:
Saturn's Atmospheric Changes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-25 Saturn Voyager
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Two satellites of Saturn share an orbit 151,400 kilometers from the center of the planet. The leading co-orbital satellite, designated 1980S1, is seen in transit across Saturn in this image taken by NASA's Voyager 1 on Nov. 12, 1980.
PIA02284:
Saturn's Satellite 1980S1
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-25 Saturn Voyager
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Saturn's F, or outermost ring was photographed from the un-illuminated face of the rings by NASA's Voyager 1 at a range of 750,000 kilometers (470,000 miles).
PIA02283:
Saturn's F Ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-23 Saturn Voyager
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The three separate components of Saturn's F-ring are seen in this image taken by NASA's Voyager l on Nov. 12, 1980, from a range of 750,000 kilometers (466,000) miles.
PIA02272:
Saturn's F-ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-02-07 Saturn Voyager
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This false color image from NASA's Voyager 1, taken on November 6, 1980 from a distance of about 8 million kilometers, shows somewhat similar, although much smaller, red spot on Saturn.
PIA02239:
Saturn's Red Spot
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-12-20 Saturn Voyager
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This image of the northern hemisphere of Saturn was taken by NASA's Voyager 1 on Nov. 5, 1980 at a range of 9 million kilometers (5.5 million miles) shows a variety of features in Saturn's clouds.
PIA02230:
Northern Hemisphere of Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-12-10 Saturn Voyager
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The north polar region of Saturn is pictured in great detail in this NASA Voyager 2 image obtained Aug. 25 from a range of 633,000 kilometers (393,000 miles).
PIA02226:
Saturn - North Polar Region
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-12-10 Saturn Voyager
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NASA's Voyager 1 took this photograph of Saturn on Oct. 18, 1980, 34 million kilometers (21.1 million miles) from the planet.
PIA02225:
Saturn Approach - Full Disk
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-08-30 Saturn Voyager
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A view of Saturn's clouds extending from 40` to 60` N latitude shows a ribbon-like wave structure in the south with small convective features marking a westward jet in the north. This image was obtained on November 10, 1980 by NASA's Voyager 1.
PIA00027:
Saturn -- Ribbon-like Wave Structure in Atmosphere
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-06-19 Saturn Voyager
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NASA's Voyager 1 image of Saturn and its ring taken Nov. 16, 1980 four days after closest approach to Saturn, from a distance of 5,300, 000 km (3,300,000 miles).
PIA00335:
Full-disk Color Image of Crescent Saturn with Rings and Ring Shadows
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-06-16 Saturn Voyager
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Further details of Saturn's atmosphere are evident in this photograph, a black-and-white print of a green-filter frame taken Aug. 21 by NASA's Voyager 2.
PIA01973:
Saturn's Atmosphere
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-05-21 Saturn Voyager
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NASA's Voyager 1 looked back at Saturn on Nov. 16, 1980, four days after the spacecraft flew past the planet, to observe the appearance of Saturn and its rings from this unique perspective.
PIA01969:
Saturn and its Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-05-08 S Rings Voyager
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This view focused on Saturn's C-ring (and to a lesser extent, the B-ring at top and left) and was compiled from three separate images taken by NASA's Voyager 2 on Aug. 23, 1981.
PIA01531:
Saturn's B and C-rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-05-06 Saturn Voyager
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NASA's Voyager 2 returned this view of Saturn and its ring system Aug. 11, when the spacecraft was 13.9 million kilometers (8.6 million miles) away and approaching the large, gaseous planet at about l million km. (620,000 mi.) a day.
PIA01966:
Saturn and its Ring System
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-04-28 S Rings Voyager
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This long exposure of the ring region about 150,000 to 200,000 kilometers (90,000 to 120,000 miles) from the center of Saturn captured the very faint G-ring, seen at left. NASA's Voyager 2 took this image on Aug. 26, 1981.
PIA01964:
Saturn's Ring Region
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-04-28 Saturn Voyager
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Circulation around a large brown spot in Saturn's atmosphere can be seen in this pair of NASA's Voyager 2 images taken Aug. 23 and 24, 1981, from distances of 2.7 million and 2.3 million kilometers (1.7 million and 1.4 million miles), respectively.
PIA01963:
Large Brown Spot in Saturn's Atmosphere
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-04-25 S Rings Voyager
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NASA's Voyager 2 high-resolution view of Saturn's rings on Aug. 23, 1981, at a range of 3.3 million kilometers (2 million miles). The planet's limb is visible through the C-ring and the inner part of the B-ring.
PIA01962:
High-resolution View of Saturn's Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-04-25 Saturn Voyager
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In this false-color photograph Voyager 2, obtained Aug. 20, 1981, from a distance of 6.4 million kilometers (4 million miles), north is to the upper left. This view of the northern edge of Saturn's North Temperate Belt.
PIA01961:
Saturn's North Temperate Belt
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-04-25 Saturn Voyager
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These images of NASA's Voyager 2 of Saturn's northern hemisphere were taken Aug. 19, 1981, from a distance of 7.1 million kilometers (4.4 million miles).
PIA01960:
Saturn's Northern Hemisphere
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-04-25 Saturn Voyager
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In this image from NASA's Voyager 2 of Saturn, obtained Aug. 11, 1981, from a range of 14.7 million kilometers (9.1 million miles), north is at the upper right edge of the disc. Seen above the planet are the satellites Dione (right) and Enceladus.
PIA01959:
Voyager 2 Image of Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-04-25 Saturn Voyager
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In this image from NASA's Voyager, taken Aug. 16, 1981, a strangely curled cloud attached by a thin ribbon to the bright white cloud region to the north.
PIA01958:
Saturn's Northern Mid-latitudes
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-04-14 Saturn Voyager
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This image from NASA's Voyager 2, taken Aug. 18, 1981, from a distance of 6.8 million kilometers (4.2 million miles), shows the region extending from 20 north latitude to Saturn's polar region.
PIA01957:
Photograph of Saturn Constructed in False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-04-14 Saturn Voyager
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This image from NASA's Voyager 2, taken Aug. 18, 1981, from a distance of 6.8 million kilometers (4.2 million miles), shows the region extending from 20 north latitude to Saturn's polar region.
PIA01956:
Voyager 2 Image of Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-04-11 S Rings Voyager
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Spokes are seen on the unlit side of Saturn's rings for the first time in this image from NASA's Voyager 2 wide-angle view obtained Aug. 28, 1981, from a distance of 3.4 million kilometers (2.1 million miles).
PIA01955:
Spokes on Side of Saturn's Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-04-11 Saturn Voyager
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This family portrait shows the smaller satellites of Saturn as viewed by NASA's Voyager 2 during its swing through the Saturnian system.
PIA01954:
Collage of Saturn's Smaller Satellites
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-04-11 S Rings Voyager
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The outer edge of Saturn's A-ring is detailed in this image obtained by NASA's Voyager 2 on Aug. 26, 1981, just half an hour before closest approach, at a range of about 51,000 kilometers (31,700 miles).
PIA01953:
Outer Edge of Saturn's A-ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-04-11 S Rings Voyager
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NASA's Voyager 2 acquired this photograph of Saturn's A-ring Aug. 26, 1981, from a distance of 227,800 kilometers (141,500 miles). This view of the ring's outer edge shows a small bright, clumpy ring within the Encke Gap.
PIA01952:
Saturn's A-ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-01-18 S Rings Voyager
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This view shows some detail and differences in the complex system of rings. This was one of the first pictures obtained once NASA's Voyager 2 resumed returning images Aug. 29, 1979 after its scan platform was commanded to view Saturn.
PIA01389:
View of Saturn's Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-01-06 S Rings Voyager
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NASA's Voyager 2 took this high-resolution image of Saturn's F-ring Aug. 26, 1980 from a distance of 51,500 kilometers (32,000 miles). This closeup view shows that the ring is made up of at least four distinct components.
PIA01387:
Image of Saturn's F-ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-01-05 S Rings Voyager
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This composite image shows two views of the outer edge of Saturn's B-ring (left) and the inner part of the Cassini Division (right) in the rings as seen by NASA's Voyager 2 on Aug. 25, 1981.
PIA01390:
Outer edge of Saturn's B-ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-01-05 S Rings Voyager
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NASA's Voyager 2 took this picture of Saturn's faint inner D-ring Aug. 25, 1981, about 1 hour 48 minutes before the spacecraft's closest approach to Saturn. The range was 195,400 kilometers (121,300 miles) .
PIA01388:
Saturn's Faint Inner D-ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-12-05 Saturn Voyager
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This false color picture of Saturn's northern hemisphere was assembled from ultraviolet, violet and green images obtained Aug. 19, 1998 by NASA's Voyager 2. The several weather patterns evident include three spots flowing westward.
PIA01365:
Saturn's Northern Hemisphere
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-12-05 Saturn Voyager
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This comparison shows Saturn's north temperate region as viewed Nov. 5, 1980, by Voyager 1, and Aug. 21 by its sister craft, Voyager 2, from a range of 3.1 million miles. A gigantic storm system in the planet's atmosphere is featured.
PIA01375:
Saturn's North Temperate Region
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-12-05 Saturn Voyager
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Saturn storms observed by NASA's Voyager, Aug. 5, 2004. Voyager 1 and 2 observed radio signals from lightning which were interpreted as being from a persistent, low-latitude storm system.
PIA01364:
Saturn Taken from Voyager 2
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-12-05 Saturn Voyager
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Saturn and its satellites Tethys (outer left), Enceladus (inner left) and Mimas (right of rings) are seen in this mosaic of images taken by NASA's Voyager 1 on Oct. 30, 1980 from a distance of 18 million kilometers (11 million miles).
PIA01383:
Saturn and its Satellites Tethys, Enceladus and Mimas
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-11-17 Saturn Voyager
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A vortex, or large atmospheric storm, is visible in this color composite of NASA's Voyager 2 Saturn images obtained Aug. 25, 1979 from a range of 1 million kilometers (620,000 miles).
PIA01379:
Saturnian Atmospheric Storm
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-11-13 Saturn Voyager
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The extensive ribbonlike cloud structure in Saturn's atmosphere is visible in this image from NASA's Voyager 2, obtained Aug. 23, 1980 from a range of 2.5 million kilometers (1.6 million miles).
PIA01378:
Saturn's Ribbonlike Cloud Structure
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-11-13 Saturn Voyager
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This photographic mosaic of Saturn is the result of the processing of three green-filter frames obtained Aug. 20, 1980, when NASA's Voyager 2 was 5.7 million kilometers (3.4 million miles) from the planet.
PIA01377:
Photographic Mosaic of Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-11-13 Saturn Voyager
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This image of Saturn from NASA's Voyager 2, obtained Aug. 21 from a distance of 3.4 million miles, shows further evidence of weather patterns at all latitudes. A stream of clouds is moving in the westward flow.
PIA01376:
Voyager 2 Image of Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-10-30 Saturn Voyager
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This montage of images of the planets visited by Voyager 2 was prepared from an assemblage of images taken in 1980 by NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft.
PIA01483:
Voyager Tour Montage
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-10-30 Saturn Voyager
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This montage of images of the Saturnian system was prepared from an assemblage of images taken by NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft during its Saturn encounter in November 1980.
PIA01482:
Saturn System Montage
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-08-28 Saturn Voyager
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NASA's Voyager 2 took this 'false color' photograph of Saturn on July 21, 1981, when the spacecraft was 33.9 million kilometers (21 million miles) from the planet.
PIA01143:
Saturn With Rhea and Dione (false color)
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-06-08 Saturn Voyager
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This approximate natural-color image from NASA's Voyager 2 shows Saturn, its rings, and four of its icy satellites. Three satellites Tethys, Dione, and Rhea are visible against the darkness of space.
PIA00400:
Saturn and 4 Icy Moons in Natural Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-06-04 Saturn Voyager
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This enhanced-color picture from NASA's Voyager shows Saturn, its rings, and four of its icy satellites. Tethys, Dione, and Rhea are visible against the darkness of space, and another smaller satellite (Mimas) is visible against Saturn's cloud tops.
PIA00349:
Saturn and 4 Icy Moons, Enhanced Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-05-24 S Rings Voyager
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This wide-angle image of Saturn's rings was taken Aug. 26 just before NASA's Voyager 2's crossing of the plane of these complex structures. The spacecraft was 103,000 kilometers (64,000 miles) from the rings when it acquired this image.
PIA00534:
Wide-Angle Image of Saturn's Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Saturn Voyager
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NASA's Voyager 2 took this 'true color' photograph of Saturn on July 21, 1981. The moons Rhea and Dione appear as blue dots to the south and southeast of Saturn, respectively.
PIA00030:
Saturn With Rhea and Dione (True Color)
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Saturn Voyager
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Two brown ovals, at right, some 10,000 km (6,000 miles) across, were found at approximately 40` and 60` latitude in Saturn's northern hemisphere by NASA's Voyager 1. The photo was taken on November 7, 1980.
PIA00026:
Saturn - Brown Ovals in Northern Hemisphere
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Saturn Voyager
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This false-color image of Saturn's southern hemisphere taken by NASA's Voyager 1 on Nov. 6, 1980, shows the unique red oval cloud feature located at 55 degrees south latitude.
PIA00025:
Saturn - False Color of Southern Hemisphere
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Saturn Voyager
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Saturn and two of its moons, Tethys (above) and Dione, were photographed by NASA's Voyager 1 on November 3, 1980, from 13 million kilometers (8 million miles).
PIA00024:
Saturn With Tethys and Dione
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