Friday, February 12, 2010

Cassini ISS images - February 1-5, 2010


The following new images taken by the Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) on the Cassini spacecraft are now available:
  • Eyeing Iapetus (Released 1 February 2010)
    The Cassini spacecraft looks toward a crescent of Saturn's dark and light moon, Iapetus.
  • Spoke/Shadow Combo (Released 2 February 2010)
    Bright spokes grace the B ring in this image which also includes the shadow of the moon Mimas and was taken about a month after Saturn's August 2009 equinox.
  • Rugged Mimas (Released 3 February 2010)
    The oblate moon Mimas displays the cratered surface of its anti-Saturn side.
  • Swirling Clouds (Released 4 February 2010)
    The Cassini spacecraft watches as clouds swirl through Saturn's equatorial latitudes.
  • Color Between Moons (Released 5 February 2010)
    Two of Saturn's moons straddle the planet's rings in this color view.

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