Cassini ISS images - November 16-20, 2009
Fri Nov 20, 2009 at 13:50 UTC
The following new images taken by the Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) on the Cassini spacecraft are now available:
- Spotlight on Penelope (Released 16 November 2009)
The Cassini spacecraft spies the large Penelope crater on Saturn's moon Tethys. - Pan's Short Shadow (Released 17 November 2009)
The small moon Pan casts a short shadow on Saturn's A ring in this image taken as the planet approached its August 2009 equinox. - Titan's Northern Lake (Released 18 November 2009)
In the top right of this Cassini image, the southern end of Titan's huge lake of liquid hydrocarbons called Kraken Mare is visible near the moon's north pole. - Twice-lit Janus (Released 19 November 2009)
Janus, Saturn's small moon named after the two-faced god, here displays two illuminated hemispheres. - Scene Seen in the Near-Infrared (Released 20 November 2009)
Cassini's camera looks in near-infrared light at a dramatic view of Saturn, its ringplane and the shadows of a couple of its moons.
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