With kaleidoscopic forms and hues, these two false-color views from NASA Cassini spacecraft show the patterns that come and go in the course of one Saturn day within the huge storm in the planet northern hemisphere.
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This false-color composite image, constructed from data obtained by NASA Cassini spacecraft, shows the glow of auroras streaking out about 1,000 kilometers 600 miles from the cloud tops of Saturn south polar region.
Ver en NASA ↗A pair of Saturn moons appear insignificant compared to the immensity of the planet. Enceladus is at left, Epimetheus appears as a tiny black speck on the far left in this image from NASA Cassini spacecraft.
Ver en NASA ↗NASA Cassini Orbiter captured this natural color view of Saturn almost a month after the planet August 2009 equinox. The shadow cast on the planet by the rings remains narrow.
Ver en NASA ↗The largest storm to ravage Saturn in decades started as a small spot seen in this image from NASA Cassini spacecraft on Dec. 5, 2010 -- the same day Cassini also detected frequent lightning signals.
Ver en NASA ↗This mosaic of false-color images from NASA Cassini spacecraft shows what a giant storm in Saturn northern hemisphere looked like about a month after it began. The bright head of the storm is on the left.
Ver en NASA ↗A crescent Saturn appears nestled within encircling rings in this image captured by NASA Cassini spacecraft. Clouds swirl through the atmosphere of the planet. Prometheus appears as a speck above the rings near the middle of the image.
Ver en NASA ↗Pictured is a J-2 engine being processed at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). A single J-2 engine was utilized on the S-IVB stage, the second stage of the Saturn IB and the third stage of the Saturn V vehicles, while a cluster of five J-2 engines powered t…
Ver en NASA ↗This image depicts the test firing of a J-2 engine in the S-IVB Test Stand at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). The J-2, developed by Rocketdyne under the direction of MSFC, was propelled by liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. A single J-2 was utilize…
Ver en NASA ↗Pictured is a J-2 engine being processed at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). A single J-2 engine was utilized on the S-IVB stage, the second stage of the Saturn IB and the third stage of the Saturn V vehicles, while a cluster of five J-2 engines powered t…
Ver en NASA ↗A J-2 engine undergoes static firing. The J-2, developed under the direction of the Marshall Space Flight Center, was propelled by liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. A single J-2 was utilized in the S-IVB stage (the second stage for the Saturn IB and third st…
Ver en NASA ↗This beautiful look at Saturn south polar atmosphere, captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, shows the hurricane-like polar storm swirling there. Sunlight highlights its high cloud walls, especially around the 10 o'clock position.
Ver en NASA ↗The night sides of Saturn and Tethys are dark places indeed. This image from NASA Cassini spacecraft shows shadows are darker areas than sunlit areas, and in space, with no air to scatter the light, shadows can appear almost totally black.
Ver en NASA ↗This view of Saturn's A ring features a lone 'propeller,' one of many such features created by small moonlets embedded in the rings as they attempt, unsuccessfully, to open gaps in the ring material, taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Sept. 13, 2017.
Ver en NASA ↗CLOSE-UP OF H-1 ENGINE INSTALLED ON SATURN S-1B STAGE (SA-T) NEAR PROPULSION AND STRUCTURAL TEST FACILITY (BUILDING 4572) AT THE GEORGE C. MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER.
Ver en NASA ↗Saturn - Tethys from 594,000 kilometers 368,000 miles Away
Ver en NASA ↗Saturn - Enceladus from a Distance of 119,000 kilometers 74,000 miles
Ver en NASA ↗Although it appears empty from a distance, the Encke gap in Saturn A ring has three ringlets threaded through it, two of which are visible here from NASA Cassini spacecraft.
Ver en NASA ↗Why does Saturn look like it been painted with a dark brush in this infrared image, but Dione looks untouched? NASA Cassini spacecraft took this image in a wavelength that is absorbed by -- methane.
Ver en NASA ↗NASA Cassini orbiter shows Saturn main rings, seen here on their lit face, appear much darker than normal. That because they tend to scatter light back toward its source -- in this case, the Sun.
Ver en NASA ↗From afar, Saturn rings look like a solid, homogenous disk of material. But upon closer examination from NASA Cassini spacecraft, we see that there are varied structures in the rings at almost every scale imaginable.
Ver en NASA ↗Not all of Saturn rings are created equal: here the C and D rings appear side-by-side, but the C ring, which occupies the bottom half of this image, clearly outshines its neighbor. This image is from NASA Cassini spacecraft.
Ver en NASA ↗Although solid-looking in many images, NASA Cassini orbiter shows that Saturn rings are actually translucent. In this picture, we can glimpse the shadow of the rings on the planet through the A and C rings themselves, towards the lower right corner.
Ver en NASA ↗Andy Aldrin, son of Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, introduces Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, during the Apollo 50th Gala, presented by Northrop Grumman. The event was held inside the Apollo/Saturn V Center at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex i…
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