Saturn, as seen by Cassini

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07 Jan 2014, 6:28 am

<p>This image shows the first flash of sunlight reflected off a lake on Titan. The lakes on the planet are believed to be filled with liquid ethane and methane<br /><br />Photos courtesy <a href='http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov' target='_blank'>http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov</a></p>

This image shows the first flash of sunlight reflected off a lake on Titan. The lakes on the planet are believed to be filled with liquid ethane and methane

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<p>Saturn, with its rings illuminated by sunlight reflected off the planet<br /><br />Photos courtesy <a target='_blank' href='http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov'>http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov</a></p>

Saturn, with its rings illuminated by sunlight reflected off the planet

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<p>In December 2013, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft produced a remarkable new high-resolution movie of a peculiar hexagonal feature that surrounds Saturn’s north pole<br /><br />Photos courtesy <a href='http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov' target='_blank'>http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov</a></p>

In December 2013, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft produced a remarkable new high-resolution movie of a peculiar hexagonal feature that surrounds Saturn’s north pole

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<p>Saturn’s moon Titan glows as light scatters through its extended atmosphere <br /><br />Photos courtesy <a href='http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov' target='_blank'>http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov</a></p>

Saturn’s moon Titan glows as light scatters through its extended atmosphere

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<p>Ring shadows line the face of the distant planet<br /><br />Photos courtesy <a target='_blank' href='http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov'>http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov</a></p>

Ring shadows line the face of the distant planet

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<p>A quartet of Saturn's moons, from tiny to huge, appear embedded within the planet's rings in this Cassini composition<br /><br />Photos courtesy <a href='http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov' target='_blank'>http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov</a></p>

A quartet of Saturn's moons, from tiny to huge, appear embedded within the planet's rings in this Cassini composition

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<p>Saturn's largest and second largest moons, Titan and Rhea, appear to be stacked on top of each other<br /><br />Photos courtesy <a target='_blank' href='http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov'>http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov</a></p>

Saturn's largest and second largest moons, Titan and Rhea, appear to be stacked on top of each other

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<p>Saturn's fourth-largest moon, Dione, can be seen through the haze of the planet's largest moon, Titan<br /><br />Photos courtesy <a href='http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov' target='_blank'>http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov</a></p>

Saturn's fourth-largest moon, Dione, can be seen through the haze of the planet's largest moon, Titan

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<p>Cassini's closest-ever flyby of Saturn's moon Mimas, featuring the Herschel Crater, 130 km (80 miles) wide on the right side<br /><br />Photos courtesy <a target='_blank' href='http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov'>http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov</a></p>

Cassini's closest-ever flyby of Saturn's moon Mimas, featuring the Herschel Crater, 130 km (80 miles) wide on the right side

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<p>The spinning vortex of Saturn’s north polar storm as imaged by Cassini <br /><br />Photos courtesy <a target='_blank' href='http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov'>http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov</a></p>

The spinning vortex of Saturn’s north polar storm as imaged by Cassini

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NASA on November 13, released a natural-colour image from space which is the first in which Saturn, its moons and rings, and also Earth, Venus and Mars, are visible

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