Overview 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. 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. 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'. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. First processed images from Cassini-Huygens after Saturn arrival 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. Last update: 7 January 2005