Sebastiano de Valentinis - Prometheus, 16th century
Sebastiano de' Valentinis (Italian, active 1549–58)
Torture of Prometheus set within a cornice
Cherubino Alberti (Zaccaria Mattia) (Italian, Borgo Sansepolcro 1553–1615 Rome)
Prometheus, naked, chained to a rock, looking up at an eagle standing ...
Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, Florence 1728–1815 Lisbon)
Vincenzo Camuccini - Prometheus (or Tityus)
Vincenzo Camuccini (Italian, Rome 1771–1844 Rome)
The Release of Prometheus
Max Klinger (German, Leipzig 1857–1920 Großjena)
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[Prometheus unbound; or, science in Olympus]
The following description traces the figures clockwise from upper left. Vulcan, the god of fire and the forging of metals, and several cyclops watch in amazement as a modern man demonstrates a power press. Ne... More
U.S. Brig Prometheus Ware #13, National Forest Service photograph.
This drawing includes sail plan, rigging, and out board profile details. Drawings of Naval Vessels and Equipment
Moon Convention - NASA Saturn images
People with similar jobs or interests hold conventions and meetings, so why shouldn't moons? Pandora, Prometheus, and Pan -- seen here, from right to left -- also appear to be holding some sort of convention in... More
Prometheus, God of Fire, one of six Roman gods sculpted by Louis St. G...
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The rink at Rockefeller Center is a popular cold-weather attraction. P...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Prometheus and Pandora - NASA Saturn images
Cassini has sighted Prometheus and Pandora, the two F-ring-shepherding moons whose unpredictable orbits both fascinate scientists and wreak havoc on the F ring. Prometheus (102 kilometers, or 63 miles across) ... More
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Io Plume Monitoring (frames 1-36)
A sequence of full disk Io images was taken prior to Galileo's second encounter with Ganymede. The purpose of these observations was to view all longitudes of Io and search for active volcanic plumes. The image... More
Prometheus Silicates/Sulfur dioxide/NIMS
The Prometheus region of Jupiter moon Io was imaged by NASA Galileo spacecraft in 1999. The maps made from spectrometer data show the interplay between hot silicates on the surface and sulfur dioxide frost. NASA/JPL
Close-up of Prometheus, Io color
Close-up of Prometheus, Io color NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Galileo Discovers Caldera at Prometheus Volcano, Io
Galileo Discovers Caldera at Prometheus Volcano, Io NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Galileo Near-Infrared Mapping Spectrometer Detects Active Lava Flows a...
The active volcano Prometheus on Jupiter moon Io was imaged by NASA Galileo spacecraft during the close flyby of Io on Oct.10, 1999. The spectrometer can detect active volcanoes on Io by measuring their heat in... More
Ongoing Geologic Activity at Prometheus Volcano, Io
Ongoing Geologic Activity at Prometheus Volcano, Io NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Io Prometheus Regions as Viewed by Galileo NIMS
This image shows the region around the Prometheus volcano on Jupiter moon Io. It was observed by NASA Galileo spacecraft in 1996 as it was flying away from a close approach to Io. NASA/JPL
Changes Observed in Just 4.5 Months at Prometheus, Io
Changes Observed in Just 4.5 Months at Prometheus, Io NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Prometheus/NIMS - NASA/JPL Galileo Program Images
Volcanic hot spots are seen in this color temperature map of the Prometheus volcano on Jupiter moon Io created with data obtained by NASA Galileo and Voyager spacecraft. NASA/JPL
Lava Flows and Ridged Plains at Prometheus, Io
Lava Flows and Ridged Plains at Prometheus, Io NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Io Prometheus Volcano at Various Resolutions
Io Prometheus Volcano at Various Resolutions NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Sources of Volcanic Plumes Near Prometheus
Sources of Volcanic Plumes Near Prometheus NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Galileo Takes a Close-up Look at Prometheus
Galileo Takes a Close-up Look at Prometheus NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Pandora and Prometheus Near F Ring
Pandora and Prometheus Near F Ring NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Prometheus and Knots in the F Ring
Prometheus and Knots in the F Ring NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Pretty in Pink - NASA Saturn images
Saturn and its rings are prominently shown in this color image, along with three of Saturn's smaller moons. From left to right, they are Prometheus, Pandora and Janus. Prometheus and Pandora are often called t... More
Herding the Rings - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Herding the Rings NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Moon and its Flock - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Moon and its Flock NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Thieving Moon - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Thieving Moon NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
I can See for Miles and Miles
I can See for Miles and Miles NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Solar Eclipses…Daily - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Solar Eclipses…Daily NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Shepherd of Ice - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Shepherd of Ice NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Prometheus On the Edge - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Prometheus On the Edge NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Passing Lane - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Passing Lane NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Drawing the Drapes - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Drawing the Drapes NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Saturn Rings, The Prometheus Effect, NASA image
The Prometheus Effect NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Prometheus with Distant Dione - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Prometheus with Distant Dione NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Saturn Rings, Disturbances by Prometheus, NASA image
The clumpy disturbed appearance of the brilliant F ring constantly changes. The irregular structure of the ring is due, in large part, to the gravitational perturbations on the ring material by one of Saturn mo... More
The Hand of Prometheus - NASA Cassini Huygens images
A shepherd moon can do more to define ring structures than just keep the flock of particles in line, as Cassini spacecraft images such as this have shown 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
Moon at Work - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Prometheus draws material from the F ring along an invisible thread of gravity. Near lower left is an identical feature the moon created on a previous pass near the ring NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Streamer Genesis - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Prometheus draws a fresh streamer of material from the F ring as it passes the ring interior edge. The streamer will continuously shear out as it orbits the planet, becoming more elongated and increasingly alig... More
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
Shifting Strands - NASA Cassini Huygens images
The shepherd moon Prometheus is lit partly by reflected light from Saturn as it lurks near the heavily perturbed F ring NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Saturn Rings, Prometheus Makes Contact, NASA image
Prometheus Makes Contact NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Ring Herding - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Prometheus pulls material from the tortured F ring in this highly detailed view. The aftereffects of the moon other recent encounters with the ring are visible above as dark channels in the inner ringlet NASA/J... More
Soft Collision - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Soft Collision NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Saturn Rings, Trailing Prometheus, NASA image
Trailing Prometheus NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Pulling Away - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Pulling Away NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
The Ringsmith - NASA Cassini Huygens images
The Ringsmith NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Spotting Prometheus - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Spotting Prometheus NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Streaming Away - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Streaming Away NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Feeling Gravity Pull - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Feeling Gravity Pull NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Opening a Channel - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Opening a Channel NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Tracking the Shepherd - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Tracking the Shepherd NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Prometheus Brings Change to the F Ring
Prometheus Brings Change to the F Ring NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Prometheus Lurking in the Rings
Prometheus Lurking in the Rings NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Prometheus Emerges - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Prometheus Emerges NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Shadows and Gores - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Shadows and Gores NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Prometheus Two-Step - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Prometheus Two-Step NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Between the Lines - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Prometheus is seen near Saturn tenuous F ring as the moon orbits in the Roche Division, between the F and A rings. NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Bright Duo - NASA Cassini Huygens images
The moon Prometheus and a bit of Saturn northern hemisphere are both brilliantly lit by the sun here, making the A ring seem dim in comparison. NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Prometheus Trail - NASA Cassini Huygens images
The effects of the moon Prometheus create intricate formations in Saturn thin F ring. NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Saturn Rings, Prometheus and Pan Pair, NASA image
Prometheus and Pan Pair NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Little Tuber Moon - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Saturn small moon Prometheus, slightly overexposed in this image taken by NASA Cassini spacecraft, shows off its potato-like shape as it orbits in the Roche Division between the A ring and thin F ring. NASA/JPL... More
Affecting Two Rings - NASA Cassini Huygens images
The effects of the small moon Prometheus loom large on two of Saturn rings in this image taken by NASA Cassini spacecraft a short time before Saturn August 2009 equinox. NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Prometheus Popping - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Saturn potato-shaped moon Prometheus is shown in this close-up from NASA Cassini spacecraft. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
Cratered Spud - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Appearing like eyes on a potato, craters cover the dimly lit surface of the moon Prometheus in this high-resolution image from NASA Cassini spacecraft early 2010 flyby. NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Prometheus Between Rings - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Saturn A ring appears bright compared to the thin F ring, which is shepherded by the moon Prometheus, in this view from NASA Cassini spacecraft. NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Moon Shadow, Planet Shadow - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Saturn moon Prometheus casts a narrow shadow on the rings near the much larger shadow cast by the planet in this image taken by NASA Cassini spacecraft about five months after Saturn August 2009 equinox. NASA/J... More
Prometheus Amid Rings - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Saturn small, potato-shaped moon Prometheus orbits between the main rings and the thin F ring in this view captured by NASA Cassini spacecraft. NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
The Effect of Prometheus on the F Ring
This image is from a simulation showing the changes to a portion of Saturn F ring as the shepherding moon Prometheus swings by it. The animation uses data obtained by the imaging cameras aboard NASA Cassini spa... More
Fleeing the Scene - NASA Cassini Huygens images
The gravity of potato-shaped Prometheus periodically creates streamer-channels in the F ring, and the moon handiwork can be seen in the dark channels in this image from NASA Cassini spacecraft. NASA/JPL/Space S... More
Flying by Pandora - NASA Cassini Huygens images
NASA Cassini spacecraft captured this close view of Saturn moon Pandora during the spacecraft flyby on June 3, 2010. Pandora orbits beyond Saturn thin F ring. NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Shadow Before Equinox - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Saturn moon Prometheus casts a long shadow across the A ring in the middle-right side of this image taken shortly before the planet August 2009 equinox by NASA Cassini spacecraft. NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Skip Stewart performs acrobatic maneuvers in his Pitts S-2S bi-plane, ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Oct. 23, 2010) Skip Stewart performs acrobatic maneuvers in his Pitts S-2S bi-plane, named Prometheus, during the 2010 NAS Jax Air Show. The U.S Navy flight demonstration squadron, the Blue ... More
Planted Potato - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Saturn small, potato-shaped moon Prometheus appears embedded within the planet rings near the center of this view from NASA Cassini spacecraft while the larger moon Mimas orbits beyond the rings. NASA/JPL-Calte... More
Across to Prometheus - NASA Cassini Huygens images
NASA Cassini spacecraft looks across Saturn rings and finds the moon Prometheus, a shepherd of the thin F ring. Prometheus looks like a small white bulge near the F ring -- the outermost ring seen here -- above... More
A Shepherd Watch - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Like a shepherd guarding his sheep, Prometheus keeps a lonely watch over the F ring in this image captured by NASA Cassini spacecraft. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
Two Shepherds - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Although their gravitational effects on nearby ring material look quite different, Prometheus and Pan are both shepherd moons, holding back nearby ring edges in this image captured by NASA Cassini spacecraft. N... More
Artists at Work - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Prometheus, seen here by NASA Cassini spacecraft, sculpting the F ring while Daphnis too small to discern in this image raises waves on the edges of the Encke gap. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
Pointing Toward Saturn - NASA Saturn images
Similar to many of the small, inner moons of Saturn, Prometheus points its long axis at Saturn as if giving us directions to the planet. This image was taken by NASA Cassini spacecraft. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space S... More
Prometheus Handiwork - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Saturn moon Prometheus orbits near some of its handiwork in the F ring in this image from NASA Cassini spacecraft. Prometheus and its partner Pandora gravitationally sculpt and maintain the narrow F ring. NASA/... More