Amazing Saturn Photos From NASA's Cassini Orbiter

Cassini View of Saturn Moon Enceladus

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Saturn's ocean-harboring moon Enceladus, as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Aug. 1, 2017.

Cassini Final Images

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Cassini project scientist Linda Spilker made this compilation of previously released views of the targets of Cassini’s final images.

Cassini Spies Saturn's North Polar Vortex

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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this view of Saturn's north polar vortex on April 26, 2017.

Saturn's Rings Seen by Cassini

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Saturn's rings as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft during one of its "Grand Finale" dives on Aug. 20, 2017.

Cassini Dives by Saturn’s Rings

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NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured this movie, made of 21 individual images, when it dove between Saturn and the planet’s innermost rings on Aug. 20, 2017.

Cassini_Ring-Density_color

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A false-color radio-science image of particle size distribution in Saturn's rings. Pink and red areas hold more large particles; cyan and blue regions contain mostly smaller grains.

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