Launch of Cassini Orbiter and Huygens Probe on Titan IV
A seven-year journey to the ringed planet Saturn begins with the liftoff of a Titan IVB/Centaur carrying NASA Cassini orbiter and its attached Huygens probe. NASA/JPL/KSC
Eyeing Ganymede - NASA Jupiter images
Jupiter casts a baleful eye toward the moon Ganymede in this enhanced-contrast image from NASA Cassini spacecraft. NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
High Latitude Mottling on Jupiter
The familiar banded appearance of Jupiter at low and middle latitudes gradually gives way to a more mottled appearance at high latitudes in this striking true color image taken Dec. 13, 2000, by NASA Cassini sp... More
Io in Front of Jupiter. NASA public domain image colelction.
Jupiter four largest satellites, including Io, the golden ornament in front of Jupiter in this image from NASA Cassini spacecraft. NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
3-D Atmosphere Movie - NASA Jupiter images
NASA Cassini spacecraft took narrow-angle images of Jupiter outer atmosphere, showing the giant planet as if it were constantly bathed in sunlight. NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Turbulent Region Near Great Red Spot
This image is a still frame, created from images taken by NASA Cassini spacecraft, shows a turbulent region west of Jupiter Great Red Spot. The small, bright white spots are believed to be thunderstorms. NASA/J... More
Jupiter Hot Spot - NASA Jupiter images
In this movie clip (of which the release image is a still frame), created from images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, the blue region in the center is a relatively cloud-free area where thermal radiation fr... More
Atmospheric Detail and Enceladus - NASA Saturn images
Atmospheric Detail and Enceladus NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Countdown to Phoebe - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Countdown to Phoebe NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Storm Alley - NASA Saturn images
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Peering at Phoebe - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Peering at Phoebe NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
Mid-Latitude Storms - NASA Saturn images
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Rings Full of Waves zoom. NASA public domain image colelction.
Rings Full of Waves zoom NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Titan Surface Revealed - NASA Titan images
Titan Surface Revealed NASA/JPL/University of Arizona/USGS
Crescent Rhea, NASA Cassini Huygens images of Rhea
Crescent Rhea NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Purple Haze - NASA Titan images
Purple Haze NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Lightning, Crackles and Pops - NASA Saturn images
Lightning, Crackles and Pops NASA/JPL/University of Iowa
South Polar Turbulence - NASA Saturn images
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Musical Rings - NASA Saturn images
Musical Rings NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
High in the Titan Atmosphere. NASA public domain image colelction.
High in the Titan Atmosphere NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Black Cat on Titan - NASA Titan images
Black Cat on Titan NASA/JPL
Titan Vs. Mars - NASA Mars images
Titan Vs. Mars NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Catching Saturn Ring Waves - NASA Saturn images
Catching Saturn Ring Waves NASA/JPL/University of Colorado at Boulder
Breathtaking Vista - NASA Tethys images
Breathtaking Vista NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Outer B Ring Edge - NASA Saturn images
This image NASA Cassini spacecraft shows subtle, wavelike patterns, hundreds of narrow features resembling a record grooves in Saturn outer B-ring, and a noticeable abrupt change in overall brightness beyond th... More
Titan Dark Terrain - NASA Titan images
Titan Dark Terrain NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Titan Mosaic: December 2004 - NASA Titan images
Titan Mosaic: December 2004 NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Saturn Snowball - NASA Saturn images
Saturn Snowball NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Mottled Rhea, NASA Cassini Huygens images of Rhea
Mottled Rhea NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Composite of Titan Surface Seen During Descent
Composite of Titan Surface Seen During Descent NASA/JPL/ESA/University of Arizona
Rings Around the Pole - NASA Saturn images
Atmospheric features in Saturn's north polar region are revealed in spectacular detail in this Cassini image, taken in the near infrared spectral region, where methane gas is not very absorbing. The dark shadow... More
Feathery Belts and Zones - NASA Saturn images
Feathery Belts and Zones NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Mimas Blues - Saturn moon Mimas, NASA
Mimas drifts along in its orbit against the azure backdrop of Saturn northern latitudes in this true color view. The long, dark lines on the atmosphere are shadows cast by the planet rings. NASA/JPL/Space Scien... More
Close Titan Flyby 3, Image #1. NASA public domain image colelction.
Close Titan Flyby 3, Image #1 NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Circus Maximus - NASA Titan images
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Titan Waves? - NASA Titan images
Titan Waves? NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Where Clouds Meet - NASA Saturn images
Where Clouds Meet NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Color on Rhea?, NASA Cassini Huygens images of Rhea
Color on Rhea? NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Stressed-out Enceladus - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Stressed-out Enceladus NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Transition on Enceladus 3-D. NASA public domain image colelction.
This stereo anaglyph from NASA Cassini spacecraft is of Saturn moon Enceladus. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image. NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Sliced-up Craters - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Sliced-up Craters NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Titan Mosaic -- East of Xanadu. NASA public domain image colelction.
Titan Mosaic -- East of Xanadu NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Public domain photograph of a spacecraft, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Eye of Tethys - NASA Tethys images
Eye of Tethys NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Cassini View of Titan: Natural Color Composite
Cassini View of Titan: Natural Color Composite NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Sounds of Enceladus - NASA Cassini Huygens images
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Titan: Complex Anti-greenhouse - NASA Titan images
Titan: Complex Anti-greenhouse NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Rubble Moon? - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Rubble Moon? NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Saturn Rings, Diagnostic Darkness, NASA image
Diagnostic Darkness NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Arc in the Tenuous G Ring. NASA public domain image colelction.
Arc in the Tenuous G Ring NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Saturn Rings, Finally . . . Spokes!, NASA image
Finally . . . Spokes! NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Half-Moon, NASA Cassini Huygens images of Rhea
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Saturn Rings, Dione and Pandora, NASA image
Dione and Pandora NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Rough Sphere of Tethys - NASA Tethys images
Rough Sphere of Tethys NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Huygens Landing Site Animation - NASA Titan images
Huygens Landing Site Animation ESA/NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Space Science Institute
Saturn Rings, On the Edge, NASA image
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Saturn Rings, Bright Arc of Ice, NASA image
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Small Worlds of Saturn - NASA Saturn images
Small Worlds of Saturn NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Deep Clouds - NASA Saturn images
Deep Clouds NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
A Storm Escapes the Shadows. NASA public domain image colelction.
A Storm Escapes the Shadows NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Moons in Perspective - NASA Saturn images
Moons in Perspective NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Youthful Enceladus - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Youthful Enceladus NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Storm at Night Reprojected View
This image shows a rare and powerful storm on the night side of Saturn Reprojected View NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Intense Color on Rhea, NASA Cassini Huygens images of Rhea
Intense Color on Rhea NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Haze Layers on Titan - NASA Titan images
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Penelope Crater - NASA Tethys images
This dramatic close-up of Tethys shows the large crater Penelope lying near center, overprinted by many smaller, younger impact sites NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
The Enceladus Ring - NASA Cassini Huygens images
The Enceladus Ring NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Titan Land-o-Lakes - NASA Titan images
Titan Land-o-Lakes NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASI
Mysterious Iapetus - NASA Cassini Huygens images
A distant glimpse of Iapetus reveals details within the dark terrain of Cassini Regio, including an impact basin at top that is roughly 400 kilometers 250 miles wide NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
The Silent Spheres, NASA Cassini Huygens images of Rhea
The Silent Spheres NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Saturn Rings, Night Lights, NASA image
The Cassini spacecraft looks across the unlit ringplane as Mimas glides silently in front of Dione NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Down Under on Pan - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Hiding within the Encke gap is the small moon Pan, partly in shadow and party cut off by the outer A ring in this view. Similar to Atlas, Pan appears to have a slight ridge around its middle; and like Atlas, Pa... More
Janus Hides in Plain Sight. NASA public domain image colelction.
Tiny, dust-sized particles in Saturn rings become much easier to see at high phase angle -- the angle formed by the Sun, the rings and the spacecraft. The brightest ring is the F ring; the next feature to the l... More
Saturn Rings, Encke Waves, NASA image
The Encke gap displays gentle waves in its inner and outer edges that are caused by gravitational tugs from the small moon Pan NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Shorefront Property, Anyone? - NASA Titan images
This image of Titan shows clear shorelines that are reminiscent of terrestrial lakes. With Titan colder temperatures and hydrocarbon-rich atmosphere, however, the lakes likely contain a combination of methane... More
Saturn Silhouetted Clouds - NASA Saturn images
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Light from a Flickering Star. NASA public domain image colelction.
Light from a Flickering Star NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Saturn Surprisingly Stormy South - NASA Saturn images
Saturn Surprisingly Stormy South NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute/University of Arizona
Resplendent Rhea, NASA Cassini Huygens images of Rhea
Bright streaks adorn the face of densely cratered Rhea, Saturn second largest moon NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Toying with Gravity - NASA Cassini Huygens images
This view shows Prometheus with a streamer it has created in the inner edge of the F ring. Prometheus comes close to the inner edge of the ring once per orbit, perturbing the ring particles there NASA/JPL/Space... More
Relaxing on Enceladus - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Looking down onto the northern hemisphere of geologically complex Enceladus, the Cassini spacecraft spies softened, or relaxed, craters and east-west trending fractures and faults. NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Saturn Rings, The Spoke Zone, NASA image
The spoke-producing region of the B ring displays fine-scale asymmetry in the azimuthal direction -- the direction along which the ring particles orbit Saturn -- from upper left to lower right across the image ... More
Cloud Sketches - NASA Saturn images
Cloud Sketches NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Saturn Rings, Arc and Crescent, NASA image
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Enceladus Keeps the Home Fires Burning
Enceladus Keeps the Home Fires Burning NASA/JPL/GSFC/Southwest Research Institute
Saturn Rings, Stretching the Gores, NASA image
A close-up of the F ring shows dark gores in its interior faint ringlets following the passage of Prometheus. Each gore represents a single interaction of the moon with the F ring material NASA/JPL/Space Scienc... More
Multicolor Hyperion - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Saturn moon Hyperion appears to tumble toward Cassini in this movie that shows variations in color across the moon surface NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Saturn Rings, Toward Morning, NASA image
The Cassini spacecraft looks toward daybreak on Saturn through the delicate strands of the C ring. Some structure and contrast is visible in the clouds far below NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Bands of Titan - NASA Titan images
Titan bears a distinct east-west banded pattern in this Cassini spacecraft image taken in the ultraviolet NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Disturbances by Daphnis - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Daphnis cruises through the Keeler Gap, raising edge waves in the ring material as it passes NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Saturn Rings, Three Little Moons, NASA image
Three of the small worlds that hug the outer edges of Saturn immense ring system are captured in this Cassini spacecraft portrait NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Titan Sea and Lake Superior. NASA public domain image colelction.
This side-by-side image shows a Cassini radar image on the left of what is the largest body of liquid ever found on Titan north pole, compared to Lake Superior on the right NASA/JPL-Caltech/GSFC
Exploring the Wetlands of Titan
Cassini peers through the murky orange haze of Titan to spy what are believed to be bodies of liquid hydrocarbons, two of them as large as seas on Earth, near the moon north pole NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
The Perturber - NASA Cassini Huygens images
The oblong form of Prometheus glides by, trailing behind it wiggles in Saturn ribbon-like F ring NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Astral Pearl - NASA Cassini Huygens images
The high northern latitudes on Enceladus show little detail from Cassini distant vantage point, nearly 50 degrees above the moon equator NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Saturn Rings, Ahead of the Pack, NASA image
Prometheus speeds ahead of two dark gores in the F ring inner edge. The ring bright core swerves and twirls in its wake NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Northern Bands - NASA Titan images
Titan fast-rotating atmosphere creates circumpolar bands in the north NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
In Saturn Grasp - NASA Saturn images
Held in gravity embrace, Saturn darkened, icy rings encircle the clouded gas giant NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Difference on the Dark Side. NASA public domain image colelction.
Saturn A ring displays a marked asymmetry in brightness between the region nearer to the Cassini spacecraft and the region farther from it. The A ring is the broad, bright section of the rings outside of the da... More
Accustomed to Her Face, NASA Cassini Huygens images of Rhea
After nearly three years at Saturn, the Cassini spacecraft continues to observe the planet retinue of icy moons. Rhea cratered face attests to its great age, while its bright wisps hint at tectonic activity in ... More
In Shangri-la - NASA Titan images
This view of Titan surface highlights northwestern Shangri-la -- a large, equatorial dark region revealed by radar observations to be covered in longitudinal dune fields NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute