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Scaling the Heights
Cassini's recent highly inclined orbits around Saturn have provided the most unusual views of the planet and its rings yet seen.
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Blinding Saturn - Mar 1, 2007: Surely one of the most gorgeous sights the Solar System has to offer, Saturn sits enveloped by the full splendor of its stately rings. |
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Ring World - Mar 1, 2007: Our robotic emissary, flying high above Saturn, captured this view of an alien copper-colored ring world. |
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Tourniquet Shadows - Mar 1, 2007: Dark and sharply defined ring shadows appear to constrict the flow of color from Saturn’s warmly hued south to the bluish northern latitudes. |
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Pastel Planet - Mar 1, 2007: With pastel blues, pinks, greens and golds, Saturn displays a dazzling diversity of colors and hues. |
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Symmetry in Shadow - Mar 1, 2007: Magnificent blue and gold Saturn floats obliquely as one of its gravity-bound companions, Dione, hangs in the distance. |
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The Lore of Saturn - Mar 1, 2007: The great planet Saturn reveals mysteries more profound, and stories more grand, than those occasioned by its ancient mythological namesake. |
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Magnificent Vista - Mar 1, 2007: Cassini coasts beneath giant Saturn, staring upward at its gleaming crescent and icy rings. |
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The Great Crossing - Mar 1, 2007: This life-like movie sequence captures Saturn's rings during a ringplane crossing -- which Cassini makes twice per orbit -- from the spacecraft’s point of view. |
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