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This set of enhanced-color maps made from data obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft show Saturn's moons Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione and Rhea. The global maps show the colorful splotches and ba...
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This set of enhanced-color maps made from data obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft show Saturn's moons Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione and Rhea.
Enhanced-Color Maps of Saturn Inner Moons
This bright, isolated plateau in the middle of the C ring displays interesting internal variations in brightness. The plateau is not high in terms of elevation, but rather in terms of its particle ...
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A view of the C ring
C-Ring Variations
                  Groovy Rings and Moons May 27, 2004   Full-Res: PIA05396                     The multitude of groove...
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Groovy Rings and Moons
Groovy Rings and Moons
This image of Titan was acquired on April 30, 2006, by Cassini's radar instrument in synthetic-aperture mode over the continent-sized region called Xanadu.
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Titan via RADAR
Titan (T13) Viewed by Cassini's Radar - April 30, 2006
This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows old cratered terrain located on asteroid Vesta's equator. Many of these craters have very degraded, rounded rims.
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Old Cratered Terrain on Vesta's Equator
Old Cratered Terrain on Vesta's Equator
Clumps of ring material are revealed along the edge of Saturn's A ring in this image taken during the planet's August 2009 equinox. The granular appearance of the outer edge of the A ring, first d...
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Clumps of ring material along the edge of Saturn's A ring
Equinoctial Clumps
In this image obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on its closest flyby of Saturn's moon Rhea, the heavily cratered surface of the moon appears in great detail. Just to the bottom right of the ce...
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Rhea
Battered Rhea
Two ring moons sweep through the scene as Cassini focuses on Saturn's intriguing F ring. Daphnis (8 kilometers, or 5 miles across) is seen at right with its edge waves in the Keeler Gap. Pandora (...
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Saturn's F ring, Daphnis and Pandora
F Ring in Between
This interesting vortex in Saturn's atmosphere is surrounded by a halo of bright clouds that extend away toward the east and west. Storms like this one seem to be bright at all wavelengths at which...
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A vortex in Saturn's atmosphere
Accented Vortex
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) technicians in a blue crane at the top of the white upper equipment module (UEM) level the UEM prior to separation from its dolly. The module will be prepared for st...
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Engineers gathered around half a spacecraft.
Stacking Cassini
Cassini images have revealed the presence of previously unseen faint rings in some of the gaps in Saturn's rings -- possible indicators of small yet-unseen moons. Image A is a contrast-stretched v...
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Four views of Saturn's rings labeled A through D, including arrows described in the caption
Rings and More Rings
                  Light and Shadow July 30, 2004   Full-Res: PIA05424   The dark shadow of Saturn's southern hemisphe...
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Light and Shadow
Light and Shadow
This complex area of hilly terrain and erosional channels is located atop Xanadu, the continent-sized region on Saturn's moon Titan. The image was captured by the Cassini Titan Radar Mapper on Apri...
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Xanadu on Titan
Complex Terrain
The moon Enceladus passes behind the larger moon Tethys, as seen in this pair of Cassini spacecraft images. The image on the left was taken a little more than a minute before the image on the righ...
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Enceladus passes behind the larger Tethys, as seen in this pair of Cassini images.
Enceladus Behind Tethys
One year of African fires are shown in red over the course of 2006.
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Animation showing fires in Africa during 2006
Burning Planet
This image of the base of Occator Craters eastern wall next to the Vinalia Faculae was obtained by NASAs Dawn spacecraft on July 23, 2018 from an altitude of about 84 miles (135 kilometers).
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Base of Occator Crater's Eastern Wall Next to the Vinalia Faculae
Base of Occator Crater's Eastern Wall Next to the Vinalia Faculae
This dramatic close-up of Saturn's south pole shows the hurricane-like vortex that resides there. The entire polar region is dotted with bright clouds, including one that appears to be inside the c...
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Saturn's south pole
The Center of Things
This view of Ceres, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on December 10, 2015, shows an area in the southern mid-latitudes of the dwarf planet.
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Dawn's Lowest Orbit: Southern Mid-Latitudes
Dawn's Lowest Orbit: Southern Mid-Latitudes
The shadow of the moon Mimas extends elegantly across Saturn's A and F rings. As Saturn approaches its August 2009 equinox, the planet's moons cast shadows onto the rings. To learn more about this...
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The shadow of the moon Mimas and Saturn's A and F rings
Ring-spanning Shadow
The Cassini spacecraft stares at the Huygens Gap -- the region between Saturn's outer B ring and the ringlets of the prominent Cassini Division -- in this high-resolution view. Ring scientists thi...
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The Huygens Gap in Saturn's rings
Structure Along the Edge
The nearest star system, the trinary star Alpha Centauri, hangs above the horizon of Saturn. Both Alpha Centauri A and B -- stars very similar to our own -- are clearly distinguishable in this imag...
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The trinary star Alpha Centauri, hangs above the horizon of Saturn
Stellar Horizon
Mimas drifts along in its orbit against the azure backdrop of Saturn's northern latitudes in this true color view. The long, dark lines on the atmosphere are shadows cast by the planet's rings. Sa...
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Mimas againzt Saturn's norther latitudes
Mimas Blues
This map of the surface of Iapetus, generated from images taken by NASA's Cassini and Voyager spacecraft, illustrates the imaging coverage planned for Cassini's very close flyby of the two-toned mo...
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Map of the surface of Iapetus
Eyes on Iapetus!
In the north, Enceladus' surface appears to be about as old as any in the solar system. The south, however, is an entirely different story.
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Enceladus' surface
North Pole of Enceladus
This picture from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows craters near the equator of Ceres. Faint patches and streaks of bright material can be seen in various parts of the scene. The two largest craters hav...
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Dawn LAMO Image 97
Dawn LAMO Image 97

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