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Jun 14, 2023 · Saturn. Images of Saturn. Popular Tags. avatars; Voyager; James Webb Space Telescope; James Webb Space Telescope – Engineering images; James Webb Space Telescope ...
Jul 5, 2023 · The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its stunning, first official image of Saturn and its rings. With this new view of the iconic planet, the telescope has now taken images of all four...
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- Unraveling the Rings. Saturn boasts the most extensive ring system in our solar system, and NASA says this is the highest-resolution color image of any part of Saturn's rings ever made.
- Soft Swirls Seen by Cassini. From 700,000 miles above the planet's surface, the orbiter Cassini photographed subtle, multi-hued bands of swirling clouds in Saturn's northern hemisphere at the end of August 2017.
- A Stormy North Pole. Cassini captured this view of turbulent clouds on Saturn's north pole from about 166,000 miles above the surface. It was taken on April 26, 2017, the day the spacecraft first dove through the gap between the planet and its rings.
- In False Color, as Seen by Voyager 1. Voyager 1 was launched by NASA in 1977 to explore the outer reaches of our solar system. It flew by Saturn in 1980, coming within 77,000 miles of the ringed planet's top atmosphere.
Jul 23, 2020 · Saturn is truly the lord of the rings in this latest snapshot from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, taken on July 4, 2020, when the opulent giant world was 839 million miles from Earth. This new Saturn image was taken during summer in the planet's northern hemisphere.
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in our solar system. Adorned with a dazzling system of icy rings, Saturn is unique among the planets. It is not the only planet to have rings, but none are as spectacular or as complex as Saturn's.
