Cassini
Saturn above Rhea’s Horizon
Saturn as viewed from Rhea.
This image shows Saturn above Rhea’s horizon and is an artistic combination of the following two images:
- Saturn with the big white storm on its northern hemisphere, taken by the Cassini spacecraft on January 02, 2011, from a mean distance of 2,556,958 kilometers.
Raw images taken using CB2, GRN and BL1 filters were combined to create this color view.
The color composite was rotated 180 degrees, cropped, downsized and blurred using Gaussian blur. - The surface of Saturn’s moon Rhea, taken by the Cassini spacecraft on January 11, 2011,
from a distance of about 200 kilometers.
The image was rotated 127 degrees counterclockwise, cropped, sharpened and slightly colorized.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute/Montage by astroarts.org
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Crescent Dione
Image mosaic of a crescent Dione.
Dione mosaic from three images (N00162056/57/58), taken by Cassini on September 03, 2010, from a mean distance of 77,837 kilometers. North is at approximately the 10 o’clock position.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute/Mosaic by astroarts.org
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Cassini’s flyby of Mimas – Part 2
Mosaic of Saturn's moon Mimas.
Mimas mosaic from 5 images (N00151544/48/52/56/60), taken by Cassini on February 13, 2010, from a mean distance of 31,572 kilometers.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute/Mosaic by astroarts.org
Mimas in front of Saturn
Mimas with the limb of Saturn as a backdrop.
Image N00151588, taken by Cassini on February 13, 2010, from a distance of approximately 69,730 kilometers.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute/astroarts.org
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Cassini’s flyby of Mimas – Part 1
On February 13, 2010, Cassini flew within 9,500 kilometers of Mimas, the closest encounter yet with Saturn’s Death Star-like moon, which averages 396 kilometers in diameter. Cassini approached from the night side and retreated with a nearly full-phase view of Mimas’ leading hemisphere including the giant Herschel Crater. The highest resolution view of Herschel was obtained from a distance of about 15,000 kilometers. Two multispectral mosaics covered most of the visible disk around the crater. One of the last shots caught by Cassini’s camera shows a full-globe Mimas with the limb of Saturn as a backdrop.
High resolution mosaic of Herschel Crater
Four of the highest resolution views from Cassini’s flyby (images N00151508/20/25/44, taken from a mean distance of 20,823 kilometers) were assembled to this mosaic and show the giant Herschel Crater and its surroundings. The steep slopes of the 140 kilometers wide crater are about 5 kilometers high, and parts of the floor are approximately 10 kilometers deep. The mosaic was rotated to put north up.
(Replaced with an improved version on April 18, 2010.)
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute/Mosaic by astroarts.org
Mimas in Color
Cassini was about 71,500 kilometers from Mimas when it captured the images for this false-color composite. Images taken through infrared, blue, and ultraviolet filters produce a view of the moon that emphasizes the interesting bluish-white color splotch on its leading hemisphere, centered on the giant Herschel Crater.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute/astroarts.org
Closeups of Herschel Crater in Color
Images taken through infrared, blue, and ultraviolet filters produce these two detailed false-color views of Herschel Crater. The image on the right shows the southern rim of the crater from a distance of about 15,700 kilometers.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute/astroarts.org
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Battered And Cracked-up Dione
Detailed view of the cratered
and cracked surface of Dione.
Part of the cratered and cracked surface of Saturn’s moon Dione. The images used for this mosaic are clear-filter views taken by Cassini on January 27, 2010, from a distance of about 45,215 km.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute/Mosaic by astroarts.org
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