Saturn: the "Ringed Beauty" and His Moons
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Saturn-PIA08838~0.jpgIn the Night of Saturn (Natural Colors; credits: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute)59 visiteCaption NASA:"Only Cassini could provide this enchanting, Natural Color view of crescent Saturn, which gazes down onto the unlit side of the Planet's spectacular Rings. The robotic ship plies the peaceful black seas around the Ringed Giant, searching for answers to the many questions posed by the inquisitive minds of Earth.
This view looks toward the unlit side of the Rings from about 19° above the Ring-Plane. The view of Saturn is through the dark Rings at bottom; the Rings cast shadows onto the Northern Hemisphere at top. Images taken using red, green and blue spectral filters were combined to create this Natural Color view.
The images were taken with the Cassini Spacecraft wide-angle camera on Nov. 4, 2006 at a distance of approx. 1,7 MKM (a little more than 1 MMs) from Saturn and at a Sun-Saturn-Spacecraft, or Phase, Angle of 162°. Image scale is roughly 97 Km (about 61 miles) per pixel". MareKromium
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Saturn-PIA08858.jpgInfrared Saturn (elab. NASA)53 visiteCaption NASA:"This psychedelic view of Saturn and its Rings is a composite made from images taken with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera using spectral filters sensitive to wavelengths of infrared light centered at 728, 752 and 890 nanometers.
Cassini acquired the view on Dec. 13, 2006 at a distance of approx. 822.000 Km(such as about 511.000 miles) from Saturn. Image scale is roughly 46 Km (approx. 28 miles) per pixel". MareKromium
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Saturn-PIA08864.jpgTurbulences... (False Colors; credits: Lunexit)54 visiteCaption NASA:"The Cassini spacecraft captures the ripples, loops and storms that swirl in Saturn's East-West flowing cloud bands.
The image was taken with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera using a spectral filter sensitive to wavelengths of infrared light centered at 728 nanometers. The view was obtained on Dec. 13, 2006 at a distance of approx. 775.000 Km (about 482.000 miles) from Saturn. Image scale is roughly 43 Km (about 27 miles) per pixel".
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Saturn-PIA08883.jpgSaturn's South Polar Regions (near Natural Colors - elab. NASA)53 visiteCaption NASA:"The Cassini spacecraft views Saturn's Southern Latitudes in color, spying a great, eye-shaped vortex just northward of the South Polar Region. Other dark vortices, common features of Saturn's general circulation, are visible in the Mid-Latitudes.
Contrast in the image was enhanced to make features in the atmosphere more visible.
Images taken using red, green and blue spectral filters were combined to create this near-natural color view. The images were taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on Jan. 14, 2007 at a distance of approx. 958.000 Km (such as about 595.000 miles) from Saturn.
Image scale is roughly 54 Km (about 33 miles) per pixel".MareKromium
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Saturn-PIA08890.jpgClouds & Clouds53 visiteCaption NASA:"Bright equatorial clouds give way to darker southern bands in this infrared Cassini spacecraft view taken with a filter sensitive to methane absorption in Saturn's Atmosphere.
Delicate shadows cast onto the Planet by its Inner Rings are visible at upper right.
A portion of the same Inner Rings are seen at lower right.
The image was taken with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera using a combination of spectral filters sensitive to wavelengths of polarized infrared light.
The view was acquired on Jan. 14, 2007 at a distance of approx. 976.000 Km (about 606.000 miles) from Saturn.
Image scale is roughly 55 Km (about 34 miles) per pixel".
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Saturn-PIA08896.jpgThe Southern Latitudes and the South Pole of Saturn (Extremely Enhanced Natural Colors - elab. Lunexit)53 visiteCaption NASA:"Rippling with detail, the Southern Hemisphere of Saturn comes to life in this view from the Cassini spacecraft. Long, flowing streamers and bands of great contrast soften toward the Pole, where a great hurricane-like storm resides.
The image was taken with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera using a spectral filter sensitive to wavelengths of infrared light centered at 890 nanometers.
The image was taken on Feb. 1, 2007 at a distance of approx. 945.000 Km (about 587.000 miles) from Saturn.
Image scale is roughly 53 Km (approx. 33 miles) per pixel".
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Saturn-PIA08911.jpgSaturn: the Ringed Beauty53 visiteCaption NASA:"(...) This infrared view from high above Saturn's Ring-Plane highlights the contrast in the cloud bands, the dimly glowing rings and their shadows on the Gas Giant Planet. The overall effect is stirring.
This view looks toward the unlit side of the Rings from about 48° above the Ring-Plane.
The image was taken with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera using a combination of spectral filters sensitive to wavelengths of polarized infrared light.
The view was obtained on Feb. 12, 2007 at a distance of approx. 1,7 MKM (about 1 MMs) from Saturn and at a Sun-Saturn-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 144°.
Image scale is roughly 191 Km (about 119 miles) per pixel".
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Saturn-PIA08923.jpgFrom South to North79 visiteCaption NASA:"The Cassini spacecraft gazes upward at the face of giant Saturn, seeing beyond the Equator to where ring shadows fall across the bluish Northern Latitudes.
This extreme southern view looks northward from about 58° below the Ring-Plane.
Images taken using red, green and blue spectral filters were combined to create this natural color view. The images were obtained with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on Feb. 1, 2007 at a distance of approx. 940.000 Km (abput 584.000 miles) from Saturn.
Image scale is roughly 106 Km (about 66 miles) per pixel".MareKromium
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Saturn-PIA08929.jpgSuncatcher53 visiteCaption NASA:"The Rings of Saturn glow softly as sunlight from below wends its way through. Some of the Sun's light bounces off the Rings' opposite side and can be seen illuminating Saturn's night side Southern Hemisphere.
Such a view is only possible from the Saturn-orbiting Cassini spacecraft.
This view looks toward the unilluminated side of the rings from about 33° above the Ring-Plane. Shadows of the innermost Rings are cast upon the Planet at upper left. The edge of Saturn's shadow cuts a straight line across the Rings near upper right.
The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on March 30, 2007 at a distance of approx. 1,9 MKM (about 1,2 MMs) from Saturn. Image scale is roughly 117 Km (about 73 miles) per pixel".MareKromium
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Saturn-PIA08932.jpgThe bluish Northern Latitudes of Saturn (natural colors - elab. NASA)55 visiteCaption NASA:"In Saturn's bluish North, day ends for the dreamy white clouds that stretch here into twilight.
This natural color scene shows middle latitudes in Saturn's North at excellent resolution, and with little detectable blur due to spacecraft motion.
North on Saturn is up and rotated 22° to the right.
Images taken using red, green and blue spectral filters were combined to create this color view. The image was taken with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on April 1, 2007 at a distance of approx. 2 MKM (about 1,2 MMs) from Saturn and at a Sun-Saturn-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 86°.
Image scale is roughly about 12 Km (approx. 7 miles) per pixel".MareKromium
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Saturn-PIA08933.jpgSaturnian Shadows53 visiteCaption NASA:"The Cassini spacecraft looks across Saturn's cloud-dotted North and shadowed Pole, and out across the lanes of ice that compose its Rings.
Prometheus is visible between the A and F-Rings near the center of the image.
This view looks toward the unilluminated side of the Rings from about 42° above the Ring-Plane. The Planet's shadow stretches toward the lower right corner.
The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on April 1, 2007 at a distance of approx. 2 MKM (about 1,2 MMs) from Saturn.
Image scale is roughly 119 Km (about 74 miles) per pixel".MareKromium
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Saturn-PIA08934.jpgThe Upper Atmosphere of Saturn53 visiteCaption NASA:"Whorls, streamers and eddies play in the banded atmosphere of a Gas Giant. Strong image enhancement renders unto Saturn's clouds a grainy texture not unlike sandstone. However, the loss in delicate smoothness is compensated for by an increase in discernible detail.
The image was taken with the Cassini Spacecraft wide-angle camera using a combination of spectral filters sensitive to wavelengths of infrared light centered at 728 (green channel), 752 (red channel) and 890 (blue channel) nanometers. The semi-transparent red features across the image are clouds detected by the 752 nanometer filter. The view was acquired on Aug. 19, 2005 at a distance of approx. 492.000 Km (such as about 306.000 miles) from Saturn. Image scale is roughly 26 Km (about 16 miles) per pixel".MareKromium
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