NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured never-before-seen views of Saturn from perspectives high above and below the planet's rings.
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Blinding Saturn Surely one of the most gorgeous sights the solar system has to offer, Saturn sits enveloped by the full splendor of its stately rings. + Full image and caption
The Great Crossing This life-like movie sequence captures Saturn's rings during a ring plane crossing--which Cassini makes twice per orbit--from the spacecraft's point of view. The movie begins with a view of the sunlit side of the rings. As the spacecraft speeds from south to north, the rings appear to tilt downward and collapse to a thin plane, and then open again to reveal the un-illuminated side of the ring plane, where sunlight filters through only dimly. + Full image and caption
Ring World Our robotic emissary, flying high above Saturn, captured this view of an alien copper-colored ring world. The overexposed planet has deliberately been removed to show the unlit rings alone, seen from an elevation of 60 degrees, the highest Cassini has yet attained. + Full image and caption
Tourniquet Shadows Dark and sharply defined ring shadows appear to constrict the flow of color from Saturn's warmly hued south to the bluish northern latitudes. + Full image and caption
Pastel Planet With pastel blues, pinks, greens and golds, Saturn displays a dazzling diversity of colors and hues. + Full image and caption
Symmetry in Shadow Magnificent blue and gold Saturn floats obliquely as one of its gravity-bound companions, Dione, hangs in the distance. The darkened rings seem to nearly touch their shadowy reverse images on the planet below. + Full image and caption
Magnificent Vista Cassini coasts beneath giant Saturn, staring upward at its gleaming crescent and icy rings. + Full image and caption
The Lore of Saturn The great planet Saturn reveals mysteries more profound, and stories more grand, than those occasioned by its ancient mythological namesake. + Full image and caption