Cassini ISS images - August 4-8 2008
Friday, August 8 2008
The following new images taken by the Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) on the Cassini spacecraft are now available:
- Dance of the Clouds (Released 4 August 2008)
Myriad dark vortices, some large and some small, twirl in the high southern latitudes of Saturn. - Cloudflow (Released 5 August 2008)
The Cassini spacecraft observes wispy whorls and streams of clouds as they flow across the face of Saturn. - Dione's Bright Streaks (Released 6 August 2008)
Bright fractures adorn the trailing side of Saturn's moon Dione. - Limb Scan (Released 7 August 2008)
This bizarre scene shows the cloud-streaked limb of Saturn in front of the planet's B ring. - Against a Hail of Stars (Released 8 August 2008)
Tethys appears here, against a background of star trails, in a view acquired as the icy moon exited Saturn's shadow.
All of the Cassini images are archived here.
