Saturn and Titan in living color
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Saturn and Titan (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI)
Titan behind Saturn's rings (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI)
The night side of Titan (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI)
Vortex over the south pole of Titan (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI)
Details of the Cassini/Huygens probe details (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI)
Montage comparing the sizes of Earth and Saturn (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI)
Full view of Saturn as seen from Cassini March 27, 2004 (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI)
Real color image of Titan's south polar vortex taken in July 2012 (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI)
Artist's impression of Cassini orbiting Saturn (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI)
False color image of Saturn used to show jet stream in the Saturnian atmosphere (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI)
Interior structure of Titan (Image: A. Tavani)
Article Summary
It will soon be spring on Saturn ... and it will last for the next eight years or so. To celebrate the slow passing of the seasons of the giant ringed planet, NASA has released four real-color images sent back by the Cassini space probe. The images not only show the seasonal changes, but also the mysterious vortex recently discovered at the south pole of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan.
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