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Best of Saturn's rings

Rippled rings

This image from the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens spacecraft shows variations in ring particle concentration, giving Saturn's rings the appearance of ripples on a pond.

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Side-swiping Saturn

This image from the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens spacecraft looks down onto the dark side of the rings and shows details in Saturn's swirling atmosphere.

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A knotted ringlet in the 'Encke Gap'

This image from the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens spacecraft was taken on on 29 October 2004, and shows intriguing 'knots' in a small ringlet within the 'Encke Gap'.

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Saturn's ring waves

This false-colour image of two density waves in Saturn's A ring was taken by the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens spacecraft at a distance of 6.8 million kilometres from Saturn.

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The temperature of Saturn's rings

The varying temperatures of Saturn's rings are depicted here in this false-colour image from the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens spacecraft.

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Pretty in pink

The NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens spacecraft returned this colour image of Saturn's rings, along with three of Saturn's smaller moons, viewed at a distance of 8.2 million kilometres.

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New colourful view of Saturn's rings

The NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens mission has provided some of the best views ever of Saturn's rings seen in ultraviolet light.

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Hear the passage through the rings

When the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens spacecraft reached Saturn on 1 July, it rushed up through a gap in Saturn's rings on its way around the planet, and then did it again on the way down.

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First processed images from Cassini-Huygens after Saturn arrival

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Cassini-Huygens sends first raw images after Saturn arrival

After becoming the first spacecraft to enter Saturn's orbit, NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens sent back these images of the planet's rings.

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Last update: 7 January 2005

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