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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-05-30 Janus Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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Janus floats above the meandering clouds of Saturn. A few of the large craters on the moon are just visible
PIA08951:
Janus Floats On
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-05-31 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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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 2007-06-05 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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This view from NASA'sCassini spacecraft shows a group of more than a dozen spokes in Saturn's outer B ring. The B ring displays the azimuthal asymmetry, or variation with longitude around the planet, that is characteristic of the spoke-forming region
PIA08955:
Spoke Set
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-06-07 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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A small icy world plies the space between Saturn's A and F rings as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08957:
In-between Moon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-06-11 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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Saturn's A ring displays a marked asymmetry in brightness between the region nearer to NASA's Cassini spacecraft and the region farther from it. The A ring is the broad, bright section of the rings outside of the dark B ring.
PIA08959:
Difference on the Dark Side
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-06-13 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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Saturn's brilliant rings are accompanied here by a pack of small moons, Mimas, Janus, Pandora, and Prometheus, as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on April 29, 2007.
PIA08961:
Entourage
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-06-15 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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Saturn's odd but ever-intriguing F ring displays multiple lanes and several bright clumps. The Keeler and Encke gaps are visible in the outer A ring, at right as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08963:
Odd Ring Out
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-06-25 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft spies an intriguing bright clump in Saturn's F ring. Also of interest is the dark gash that appears to cut through the ring immediately below the clump.
PIA08969:
Object of Interest
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-06-26 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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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 2007-06-28 Pan Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks toward the unilluminated side of Saturn's rings to spy on the moon Pan as it cruises through the Encke Gap.
PIA08972:
Tracking Pan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-06-29 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks toward northern latitudes on Saturn and out across the ringplane. This infrared view probes clouds beneath the hazes that obscure the planet's depths in natural color views
PIA08973:
Depth Sounding
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-07-03 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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Immense Saturn is visible through the A ring as Pan coasts along its private corridor as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08975:
A-Ring Odyssey
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-07-05 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft gazes down toward Saturn's unilluminated ringplane to find Janus hugging the outer edge of rings.
PIA08977:
Waving to Janus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-07-11 Epimetheus Cassini-Huygens
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Epimetheus floats above Saturn's swirling skies in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on June 1, 2007.
PIA08981:
Above the Fray
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-07-12 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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Graceful giant Saturn poses with a few of the small worlds it holds close. From this viewpoint NASA's Cassini spacecraft can see across the entirety of the planet's shadow on the rings, to where the ringplane emerges once again into sunlight.
PIA08982:
Nightside Vista
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-07-13 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft spies multiple spokes in Saturn's outer B ring. The precise origin and evolution of these transient features continue to provide ring scientists with intriguing puzzles to solve.
PIA08983:
Puzzling Spokes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-07-17 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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The effects of three of Saturn's ring moons can be spotted in this single narrow-angle camera view captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08985:
Three Meddlesome Moons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-07-19 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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Incredible swirling details in Saturn's northern clouds can be seen in this dazzling view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Shadows cast by the rings embrace the northern hemisphere.
PIA08987:
Northern Sights
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-07-20 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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This bright, isolated plateau in the middle of the C ring displays interesting internal variations in brightness. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on June 12, 2007.
PIA08988:
C-Ring Variations
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-07-24 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
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Faint features in Saturn's innermost ring, the D ring, are brought into view in this strongly contrast-enhanced image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. A few background stars are visible through the sheer ring as squiggly star trails.
PIA08990:
D-Ring Structure
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-07-26 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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A surge in brightness appears on the rings directly opposite the Sun in this image taken on June 12, 2007 by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. This opposition surge travels across the rings as the spacecraft watches.
PIA08992:
Surging Across the Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-07-27 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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The shepherd moons Prometheus and Pandora drive the quirky F ring in its circuit of Saturn, while Mimas lurks in the distance. This image was taken in visible green light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera.
PIA08993:
Mimas and the Shepherds
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-07-30 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft spies two of the small, irregular moons that patrol the outer edges of Saturn's main rings.
PIA08994:
On Their Rounds
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-08-01 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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Off the shoulder of giant Saturn, a bright pinpoint marks the location of the ring moon Atlas (image center). Shadows cast by the C ring adorn the planet at upper right as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08996:
Sojourn at Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-08-02 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft skims past Saturn's ringplane at a low angle, spotting two ring moons on the far side.
PIA08997:
Across the Dark Ringplane
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-08-06 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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Saturn's enchanting rings display crisply defined edges and strong contrast on their unilluminated side. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera.
PIA08999:
Sidelong View
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-08-13 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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Three of Saturn's brood are captured near the rings in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Together they showcase the rich variety of worlds found in the Saturn system.
PIA09004:
A Diverse Family
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-08-15 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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Prometheus glides across the scene from left to right, sculpting and perturbing particles in Saturn's F ring. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera on June 28, 2007.
PIA09006:
The Agitator
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-08-22 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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A string of icy moons stretches across the Saturn system in this view from nearly edge-on with the ringplane. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera.
PIA09011:
Crowded Sky
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-08-24 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Two of Saturn's moons, Mimas and Rhea, regard each other across a vast distance in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA09013:
On Opposing Sides
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-08-27 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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Two small portions of Saturn's F ring shine brilliantly in scattered sunlight as Rhea floats in the distance beyond. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera.
PIA09014:
Darkside Lights
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-08-29 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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Three of Saturn's diverse family of moons are captured in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Titan hovers above the thin line of the rings. Epimetheus is a mere speck at far left. Enceladus sits in front of the ringplane from Cassini's view.
PIA09016:
Trio Near the Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-09-05 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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Dione looms large before the rings of Saturn in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA09721:
Inclined Dione
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-09-10 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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Two of Saturn's moons make appearances in this view in very different ways; Janus and Mimas captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA09724:
Moonwatching
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Saturn's nearly edge-on rings are caught between two moons, Dione and Pandora taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA09727:
Crossing Dione
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The moon Tethys cruises past, in front of Saturn's edge-on rings. The rings cast threadlike shadows onto the northern hemisphere of the planet. This image was taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA09730:
Tethys Walks the Line
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-09-19 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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The two moons pictured here each share their orbits with other bodies; Dione and Epimetheus taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA09731:
Moons that Share
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ISS - Wide Angle
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Saturn sits with its attendants in the icy depths of the outer Solar System in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA09732:
Kingdom of Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-09-21 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures a gathering of three moons, Tethys, Rhea, and Pandora, near the rings' outer edge as the icy worlds dutifully march about Saturn.
PIA09733:
Parade of Moons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-09-26 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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Saturn's rings divide this scene, casting graceful shadows onto the planet. Below, bright clouds hint at the turbulent world beneath the haze. This image was taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA09736:
Above and Below
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-10-02 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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Rhea transits the banded clouds of the Ringed Planet. This image was taken in visible blue light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera on Aug. 13, 2007.
PIA09740:
Banded Giant
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-10-03 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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Bright clouds twist and twirl in the fast-moving and turbulent winds in the Saturnian north. This image was taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Aug. 13, 2007.
PIA09741:
Tempest Tossed
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-10-05 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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Rhea enters NASA's Cassini spacecraft's field of view and glides lazily across the scene as the spacecraft observes Saturn's restless atmosphere. Rhea is 1,528 kilometers (949 miles) across.
PIA09743:
Icy Interloper
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ISS - Narrow Angle
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Three of Saturn's closest-orbiting moons are captured here, rounding the rings. They include Atlas, Pandora, and Mimas, captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Sept. 6, 2007.
PIA09744:
Cluster of Moons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-10-10 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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Captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Sept. 7, 2007, Saturn's narrow F ring displays two bright strands, flanked by fainter material. The continuing evolution of this quirky ring is an ongoing subject of study for Cassini scientists.
PIA09746:
F-ring Evolution
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-10-11 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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An icy moon drifts above the stormy skies of Saturn. This image was taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Aug. 15, 2007.
PIA09747:
Tethys Aloft
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-10-15 Iapetus Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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While on final approach for its Sept. 2007 close encounter with Saturn's moon Iapetus, NASA's Cassini spacecraft spun around to take in a sweeping view of the Saturn System.
PIA08387:
The View from Iapetus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-10-15 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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Saturn sits nested in its rings of ice NASA's Cassini spacecraft once again plunges toward the graceful giant.
PIA08388:
On the Final Frontier
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ISS - Narrow Angle
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A scan across Saturn's incredible halo of ice rings yields a study in precision and order in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08389:
Expanse of Ice
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-10-15 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft regards the shadow-draped face of Saturn. The rings cast their mirror image onto the planet beyond.
PIA08390:
Grace and Beauty
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-10-15 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft delivers this stunning vista showing small, battered Epimetheus and smog-enshrouded Titan, with Saturn's A and F rings stretching across the scene.
PIA08391:
Titan Beyond the Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-10-15 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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Like a silvery pearl, an icy moon crosses the face of Saturn, while two of its siblings cast shadows onto the planet. Rhea hangs in the foreground in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Near upper left on Saturn is the small shadow of Mimas.
PIA08392:
Shadowing Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-10-15 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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The opposition effect, a brightness surge that is visible on Saturn's rings when the sun is directly behind NASA's Cassini spacecraft, is captured here as a colorful halo of light moving across Saturn's sunlit rings.
PIA08393:
Rainbow on the Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-10-15 Prometheus Cassini-Huygens
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The moon Prometheus slowly collides with the diffuse inner edge of Saturn's F ring in image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The oblong moon pulls a streamer of material from the ring and leaves behind a dark channel.
PIA08397:
Soft Collision Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-10-16 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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This view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft provides a crisp look at the fine material and detailed structure in the Cassini Division. Also seen rounding the ansa, or or outer edge of the rings, is Saturn's moon Mimas.
PIA09750:
Mimas and the Great Division
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ISS - Wide Angle
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Saturn's density is so low, and its rotation is so fast, that the planet bulges around its waistline as is spins. This image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Sept. 2, 2007.
PIA09751:
Squashed as it Spins
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Two of Saturn's icy attendants, Pandora and Mimas, race past on their circuit of the ringed beauty in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Sept. 8, 2007.
PIA09752:
Saturn's Confidants
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-10-19 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft snapped this Saturn portrait from the distance of Iapetus, just before beginning its close encounter with the two-toned moon on Sept. 9, 2007.
PIA09753:
Snapshot from Afar
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks upward from beneath the ringplane to spy the moon Mimas floating above the shadowed cloudtops of the Saturnian north in this image taken on Sept. 18, 2007.
PIA09754:
Shadowplay
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Imaging Science Subsystem
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured eight new propeller-like features within Saturn's A ring in what may be the propeller 'hot zone' of Saturn's rings.
PIA10079:
Propeller Belt
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Imaging Science Subsystem
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This set of images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a close-up view of two propeller structures in Saturn's A ring. This image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Aug. 20, 2005.
PIA10080:
Propeller Close Up
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Saturn's incredible rings dwarf its moons in sheer scale. But all of their material, if compacted into a single body, would make a moon smaller than Enceladus, captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft next to the planet's banded globe.
PIA09757:
Ice Spread Thin
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Saturn's rings cut across their own shadows on the planet and hide a tiny secret. Barely visible in the Encke Gap is the embedded moon Pan in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Sept. 18, 2007.
PIA09758:
Secretive Rings
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The boundaries between eastward- and westward-flowing jet streams create turbulent, eddy-filled regions that pump energy into the never-ending gales on Saturn as captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA09759:
Swarm of Swirls
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured Mimas and Pandora, as well as Herschel crater, as they hurtle around the vast icy disk of Saturn's rings, in this view taken on Sept. 19, 2007.
PIA09760:
Moon Harvest
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ISS - Wide Angle
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Icy sentinels Tethys and Enceladus stand guard on Saturn's doorstep, defying the distant Sun in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Sept. 20, 2007.
PIA09762:
Cold Kingdom
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ISS - Narrow Angle
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The brilliant B ring ends abruptly at the Huygens Gap, the broad, dark band devoid of ring material at near left. This gap marks the inner edge of the Cassini Division, within which the five dim bands at left reside in this image taken by NASA's Cassini.
PIA09763:
B Ring Terminus
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-11-08 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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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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ISS - Narrow Angle
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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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ISS - Wide Angle
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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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ISS - Wide Angle
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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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ISS - Wide Angle
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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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ISS - Narrow Angle
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From a low angle above Saturn's rings, NASA's Cassini spacecraft's view of an icy moon is partly obscured. The view looks toward Enceladus across the unilluminated side of the rings from less than a degree above the ringplane.
PIA09775:
Enceladus in Hiding
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ISS - Wide Angle
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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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ISS - Wide Angle
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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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ISS - Narrow Angle
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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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ISS - Narrow Angle
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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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ISS - Narrow Angle
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Seen here is the end result of the process that occurs every time the moon Prometheus closely approaches Saturn's F ring. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Oct. 25, 2007.
PIA09782:
Gores in the Strands
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ISS - Narrow Angle
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Dione floats past, with Saturn's rings beyond. This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks toward the anti-Saturn side of Dione (1,126 kilometers, or 700 miles across).
PIA09783:
Icy Traveler
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Enceladus is seen here, across the unilluminated side of Saturn's rings. This image was taken in polarized green light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Oct. 27, 2007.
PIA09786:
Enceladus Afar
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ISS - Narrow Angle
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Saturn's dark-side rings glow in shades of brown and gold, contrasting with the more neutral appearance of the icy moon Tethys. This view was acquired with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Oct. 29, 2007.
PIA09788:
True Colors
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ISS - Narrow Angle
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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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ISS - Narrow Angle
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft spies Enceladus and Epimetheus near the limb of Saturn. Geologically active Enceladus is 505 kilometers across; smaller, more irregularly shaped Epimetheus is 116 kilometers across.
PIA09791:
Off Saturn's Shoulder
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MIMI
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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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MIMI
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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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MIMI
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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 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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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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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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ISS - Wide Angle
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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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ISS - Wide Angle
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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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ISS - Narrow Angle
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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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ISS - Wide Angle
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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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ISS - Wide Angle
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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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ISS - Narrow Angle
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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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ISS - Wide Angle
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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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ISS - Narrow Angle
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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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ISS - Narrow Angle
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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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ISS - Narrow Angle
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft peers through the fine, smoke-sized ice particles of Saturn's F ring toward the cratered face of Mimas in this captured on Nov. 18, 2007.
PIA09806:
A Wisp of Smoke
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