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Tower Angle
Published:
December 9, 2004
Tower Angle
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Enceladus Terrain (Raw image)
The terminator encroaches upon Penelope, one of the largest craters on Saturn's moon Tethys. Two other large craters, Polyphemus and Phemius, are visible near the limb in this view of the southern ...
Penelope on Tethys
The shepherding moon Pandora, near the bottom of the image, casts a shadow on Saturn's thin F ring as the planet nears its August 2009 equinox. Pandora (81 kilometers, or 50 miles across) orbits o...
Shepherd's Shadow
The Cassini spacecraft looks past Saturn's main rings to spy the tiny moon Atlas, which orbits between the main rings and the thin F ring. The main rings are closer to the spacecraft than Atlas is...
Atlas in the Distance
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Flying Over Dione
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Pendent Pair
This image, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows a portion of the northern hemisphere of dwarf planet Ceres from an altitude of 915 miles (1,470 kilometers). The image was taken on Sept. 22, 2015...
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The two large craters on Tethys, near the line where day fades to night, almost resemble two giant eyes observing Saturn.
Tethys ‘Eyes' Saturn
A group of scientists from NASA's Dawn mission suggests that when sunlight reaches Ceres' Occator Crater, a kind of thin haze of dust and evaporating water forms there. Occator measures about 60 mi...
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Southern Atmosphere Detail
An aurora, shining high above the northern part of Saturn, moves from the night side to the day side of the planet in this movie recorded by Cassini.
Northern Aurora in Motion
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Ejecta-covered Surface
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Tethys and Titan
Ithaca Chasma is one of the two most prominent features on Saturn's moon Tethys; the other is the gigantic crater Odysseus. Ithaca Chasma is visible near the moon's lower right limb in this image, ...
The Great Rift
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Saturn With Tethys and Dione
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Taking a Bite Out of Tethys
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Above Titan's South
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Dawn HAMO Image 46
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Light and Dark Tricks
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