Cassini ISS images - June 29-July 3, 2009
Sun Jul 5, 2009 at 16:56 UTC
The following new images taken by the Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) on the Cassini spacecraft are now available:
- Navigating the Blackness (Released 29 June 2009)
Saturn's moon Atlas plies the Roche Division between the A ring and the thin F ring. - Long Shadow of Tethys (Released 30 June 2009)
The shadow of the moon Tethys stretches across Saturn's A ring before fading into the B ring as the shadow extends towards the lower right of this image. - Atmospheric Halo (Released 1 July 2009)
The Cassini spacecraft looks down on Titan's north pole and unveils the moon's upper-most atmospheric hazes, creating the appearance of a halo around Saturn's largest moon. - Between the Lines (Released 2 July 2009)
Prometheus is seen near Saturn's tenuous F ring as the moon orbits in the Roche Division, between the F and A rings. - Scallops at the Edges (Released 3 July 2009)
A scalloped look is created in the edges of the Keeler Gap in Saturn's outer A ring as the moon Daphnis orbits in the gap.
| Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory | |
 |
More on • Cassini • Tethys • Titan • Prometheus • Daphnis |
