Photo Gallery Cassini's Solar System
The moon Tethys seems to float before the massive, golden-hued globe of Saturn in this natural color image released by NASA at the beginning of January, 2006.
Saturn and two of its moons, Tethys above and Dione below.
The Saturn moon Phoebe photographed during a Cassini fly-by in 2004.
A July 2004 photo of Saturn's rings.
Nine days before it entered its orbit of Saturn, Cassini captured this exquisite natural color view of Saturn's rings in June 2004.
A European Space Agency engineer in January 2005 as Cassini was preparing to release the "Huygens" probe to land on Titan, one of Saturn's moons.
Saturn's moon Mimas is seen against the cool, blue backdrop of Saturn's northern hemisphere.
During a close fly-by in March 2005, Cassini took this image of Saturn's moon Enceladus.
An ultraviolet image of Saturn's rings.
Saturn's moon Titan as captured by Titan on April 16, 2005 during its closest fly-by of the moon.
Scientists are fascinated by a dark, lake-like feature recently observed on Saturn's moon Titan, seen in this Cassini spacecraft image taken in June 2005.
An ultraviolet close-up of Saturn's inner "A ring." The image was taken by Cassini from a distance of 6.8 million kilometers (4.2 million miles).
An image from Cassini's fly-by of Enceladus. This picture of the moon's surface was taken from a distance of only 210 kilometers (130 miles).
Saturn on July 19, 2005 as seen from a distance of 1.4 million kilometers.
The surface of the Saturn moon Tethys taken in October.
Saturn's moon Hyperion has been pummeled by asteroid impacts for millions of years.
An image of two Saturn moons almost perfectly aligned.
Cassini images of Saturn's moon Enceladus backlit by the sun show the fountain-like sources of the fine spray of material that towers over the south polar region.
Prior to reaching Saturn, Cassini passed by Jupiter. Here, a photo of the Jupiter moon Io floating above the giant planet taken in January 2001.
The great red spot on Jupiter is easily seen in this Cassini photo from December 2000.
