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Hiding Little Brother

During a flyby of Saturn moon Enceladus on Oct. 1, 2011, NASA Cassini spacecraft snapped this portrait of the moon joined by its sibling Epimetheus and the planet rings.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA14582
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

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South Polar Basin on Titan

An enigmatic large basin appears in the south polar region of Saturn moon Titan at the center of this Titan Radar Mapper image from NASA Cassini spacecraft acquired on June 22, 2009.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA12111
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASI

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Enhanced-Color Maps of Saturn Inner Moons

This set of enhanced-color maps made from data obtained by NASA Cassini spacecraft show Saturn moons Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione and Rhea.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA13423
Credit: NASA/JPL/SSI/LPI

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Fire and Ice

Saturn's largest and second largest moons, Titan and Rhea, appear to be stacked on top of each other in this true-color scene from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The north polar hood can be seen on Titan (3,200 miles or 5,150 kilometers across) appearing as a detached layer at the top of the moon on the top right....

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA17174
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

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Map of Mimas - December 2006

This global digital map of Saturn moon Mimas was created using data taken by the Cassini spacecraft, with gaps in coverage filled in by NASA Voyager spacecraft data

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA08344
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

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Oblate Mimas

NASA Cassini spacecraft reveals the cratered surface of Mimas, a moon whose shape is flattened at the poles.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA11642
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

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Oblate Mimas

NASA Cassini spacecraft reveals the cratered surface of Mimas, a moon whose shape is flattened at the poles.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA11642
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

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Oblate Mimas

NASA Cassini spacecraft reveals the cratered surface of Mimas, a moon whose shape is flattened at the poles.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA11642
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

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Ring Backdrop

Saturn moon Enceladus brightly reflects sunlight before a backdrop of the planet rings and the rings shadows cast onto the planet. NASA Cassini spacecraft captured this snapshot during its flyby of the moon on Nov. 30, 2010.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA12747
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

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Ring Backdrop

Saturn moon Enceladus brightly reflects sunlight before a backdrop of the planet rings and the rings shadows cast onto the planet. NASA Cassini spacecraft captured this snapshot during its flyby of the moon on Nov. 30, 2010.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA12747
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

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Dont Forget Telesto

Saturn moon Dione dwarfs the moon Telesto in this image captured by NASA Cassini spacecraft image. Dione is the fourth largest of Saturn moons, and it dominates this view. Tiny Telesto can be seen below and to the left of Dione.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA12635
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

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Encroaching Shadow

This image from NASA Cassini spacecraft, one of those acquired in the survey conducted by the Cassini imaging science team of the geyser basin at the south pole of Enceladus, was taken as Cassini was looking across the moon south pole.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA17184
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

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Encroaching Shadow

This image from NASA Cassini spacecraft, one of those acquired in the survey conducted by the Cassini imaging science team of the geyser basin at the south pole of Enceladus, was taken as Cassini was looking across the moon south pole.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA17184
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

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Cassini Farewell to Jupiter

On January 15, 2001, 17 days after it passed its closest approach to Jupiter, NASA Cassini spacecraft looked back to see the giant planet as a thinning crescent.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA03451
Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

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Cassini Farewell to Jupiter

On January 15, 2001, 17 days after it passed its closest approach to Jupiter, NASA Cassini spacecraft looked back to see the giant planet as a thinning crescent.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA03451
Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

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Map of Dione -- December 2005

This global digital map of Saturn moon Dione was created using data taken during Cassini and Voyager spacecraft flybys. The map is an equidistant projection and has a scale of 977 meters 3,205 feet per pixel

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA07776
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

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Dione Deception

At top of this image, Saturn moon Dione may appear closer to the spacecraft because it is larger than the moon Enceladus in the lower left. However, Enceladus was actually closer to the spacecraft in this image captured by NASA Cassini spacecraft.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA12749
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

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Titan Subsurface Reservoirs Artist Concept

Scientists modeled how methane rainfall runoff would interact with the porous, icy crust of Saturn moon Titan and found that a subsurface methane aquifer might have its composition changed over time due to the formation of materials called clathrates.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA18417
Credit: ESA/ATG medialab

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Titan Subsurface Reservoirs Artist Concept

Scientists modeled how methane rainfall runoff would interact with the porous, icy crust of Saturn moon Titan and found that a subsurface methane aquifer might have its composition changed over time due to the formation of materials called clathrates.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA18417
Credit: ESA/ATG medialab

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Rings Interrupted

Distant Titan, its northern hemisphere drenched in the sunlight of late spring, hangs above Saturn rings in this image captured by NASA Cassini spacecraft.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA20484
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

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Rings Interrupted

Distant Titan, its northern hemisphere drenched in the sunlight of late spring, hangs above Saturn rings in this image captured by NASA Cassini spacecraft.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA20484
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

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Young and Old

Both ancient and more recent surfaces are exposed in this view taken by NASA Cassini spacecraft of Saturn moon Enceladus.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA12589
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

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Symmetry in Shadow

Magnificent blue and gold Saturn floats obliquely as one of its gravity-bound companions, Dione, hangs in the distance. The darkened rings seem to nearly touch their shadowy reverse images on the planet below

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA08358
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

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Symmetry in Shadow

Magnificent blue and gold Saturn floats obliquely as one of its gravity-bound companions, Dione, hangs in the distance. The darkened rings seem to nearly touch their shadowy reverse images on the planet below

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA08358
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

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Catching its Tail

A huge storm churning through the atmosphere in Saturn northern hemisphere overtakes itself as it encircles the planet in this true-color view from NASA Cassini spacecraft.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA12826
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

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Catching its Tail

A huge storm churning through the atmosphere in Saturn northern hemisphere overtakes itself as it encircles the planet in this true-color view from NASA Cassini spacecraft.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA12826
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

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Jupiter Main Ring and 2 Satellites

These are the first pictures that NASA Cassini spacecraft took of Jupiter ring, a portion of which appears in each frame as an arc opening toward the right.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA02859
Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

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Jupiter Main Ring and 2 Satellites

These are the first pictures that NASA Cassini spacecraft took of Jupiter ring, a portion of which appears in each frame as an arc opening toward the right.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA02859
Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

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Dwarfed by Saturn

Saturn moon Mimas appears near Saturn, dwarfed by its parent planet in this image. Mimas appears tiny compared to the storms clearly visible in far northern and southern hemispheres of Saturn.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA14631
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

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Looking Up to the Giant

Thanks to the illumination angle, Mimas (right) and Dione (left) appear to be staring up at a giant Saturn looming in the background. Although certainly large enough to be noticeable, moons like Mimas (246 miles or 396 kilometers across) and Dione (698 miles or 1123 kilometers across) are tiny compa...

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA18331
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

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Mimas Polar Maps - June 2012

The northern and southern hemispheres of Saturn moon Mimas are seen in these polar stereographic maps, mosaicked from the best-available NASA Cassini and Voyager images.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA14927
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

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Mimas Polar Maps - June 2012

The northern and southern hemispheres of Saturn moon Mimas are seen in these polar stereographic maps, mosaicked from the best-available NASA Cassini and Voyager images.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA14927
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

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Mimas Polar Maps - June 2012

The northern and southern hemispheres of Saturn moon Mimas are seen in these polar stereographic maps, mosaicked from the best-available NASA Cassini and Voyager images.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA14927
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

#mimas #cassini #cassinihuygens #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics

Mimas Polar Maps - June 2012

The northern and southern hemispheres of Saturn moon Mimas are seen in these polar stereographic maps, mosaicked from the best-available NASA Cassini and Voyager images.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA14927
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

#mimas #cassini #cassinihuygens #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics

Roche Division Shadow Caster

The moon Prometheus casts a shadow on Saturn F ring near a streamer-channel it has created on the ring. The image was taken as the planet approached its August 2009 equinox.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA11566
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

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Roche Division Shadow Caster

The moon Prometheus casts a shadow on Saturn F ring near a streamer-channel it has created on the ring. The image was taken as the planet approached its August 2009 equinox.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA11566
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

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Roche Division Shadow Caster

The moon Prometheus casts a shadow on Saturn F ring near a streamer-channel it has created on the ring. The image was taken as the planet approached its August 2009 equinox.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA11566
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

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Roche Division Shadow Caster

The moon Prometheus casts a shadow on Saturn F ring near a streamer-channel it has created on the ring. The image was taken as the planet approached its August 2009 equinox.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA11566
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

#dione #cassini #cassinihuygens #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics

Roche Division Shadow Caster

The moon Prometheus casts a shadow on Saturn F ring near a streamer-channel it has created on the ring. The image was taken as the planet approached its August 2009 equinox.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA11566
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

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Craters 'Twixt Day and Night

Three sizeable impact craters, including one with a marked central peak, lie along the line that divides day and night on the Saturnian moon, Dione (dee-OH-nee), which is 1,118 kilometers, or 695 miles across. The low angle of the Sun along the terminator, as this dividing line is called, brings details...

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA06542
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

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Cassini: the Profiler

The Cassini spacecraft continues to profile the haze structure and opacity in Saturn upper atmosphere with images like this, which captures Rigel, a star in Orion whose brightness is well-known, as it passes behind the planet

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA08238
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

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Cassini: the Profiler

The Cassini spacecraft continues to profile the haze structure and opacity in Saturn upper atmosphere with images like this, which captures Rigel, a star in Orion whose brightness is well-known, as it passes behind the planet

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA08238
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

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Entranced by a Transit

Saturn's moon Dione crosses the face of the giant planet in this view, a phenomenon astronomers call a transit. Transits play an important role in astronomy and can be used to study the orbits of planets and their atmospheres, both in our solar system and in others. By carefully timing and observing ...

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA18330
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

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Craters Crowd the North

This view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows battered terrain around the north pole of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus. Craters crowd and overlap each other, each one recording an impact in the moon's distant past. The moon's north pole lies approximately at the top of this view from Cassini's wid...

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA20010
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

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Craters Crowd the North

This view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows battered terrain around the north pole of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus. Craters crowd and overlap each other, each one recording an impact in the moon's distant past. The moon's north pole lies approximately at the top of this view from Cassini's wid...

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA20010
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

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#Moons, #Rings, #Shadows, #Clouds: #Saturn ( #Cassini)
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

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#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

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Map of Mimas -- December 2005

This global digital map of Saturn moon Mimas was created using data taken during Cassini and Voyager spacecraft flybys. The map is an equidistant projection and has a scale of 434 meters 1,424 feet per pixel

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA07779
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

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Interplanetary Earth

In an interplanetary first, on July 19, 2013 Earth was photographed on the same day from two other worlds of the Solar System, innermost planet Mercury and ringed gas giant Saturn. Pictured on the left, Earth is the pale blue dot just below the rings of Saturn, as captured by the robotic Cassini spacecraft then orbiting the outermost gas giant.

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#Mercury
#Earth
#Moon
#Cassini
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Interplanetary Earth

In an interplanetary first, on July 19, 2013 Earth was photographed on the same day from two other worlds of the Solar System, innermost planet Mercury and ringed gas giant Saturn. Pictured on the left, Earth is the pale blue dot just below the rings of Saturn, as captured by the robotic Cassini spacecraft then orbiting the outermost gas giant.

#astrophotography
#Saturn
#Mercury
#Earth
#Moon
#Cassini
#Messenger
#APOD