Some great images from the Cassini spacecraft have been released by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Image Title: “Angling Saturn”
Date Captured: 15th June, 2012
Image size: 1020×1020 pixels
Image Scale: 17km per pixel
Details: This is an image of Saturn with its moon Enceladus, some 504km across, appearing in the bottom right hand corner of the image as a bright speck.
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Image Title: “Polar Vortex in Color”
Date Captured: 25th July, 2012
Image size: 652×1239 pixels
Image Scale: 6km per pixel
Details: Cassini observes a recently formed vortex at Titan’s south pole. This is a natural colour image constructed from images taken with red, green and blue spectral filters.
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Image Title: “Titan’s Colorful South polar Vortex”
Date Captured: 27th June, 2012
Image size: 479×515 pixels
Image Scale: 3km per pixel
Details: This natural colour image shows the swirling vortex occupying Titan’s south pole. Titan has a diameter of 5,150km.
More Information: Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA)
Image Title: “A Ring of Color”
Date Captured: Unknown
Image size: 914×914 pixels
Image Scale: 13km per pixel
Details: Looking back towards Cassini from its night side, sunlight is visible scattering through Titan’s atmosphere.
More Information: Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA)
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