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Scaling the HeightsCassini's recent highly inclined orbits around Saturn have provided the most unusual views of the planet and its rings yet seen.
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Mar 1, 2007:
| Blinding Saturn - Surely one of the most gorgeous sights the Solar System has to offer, Saturn sits enveloped by the full splendor of its stately rings. |
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Mar 1, 2007:
| Ring World - Our robotic emissary, flying high above Saturn, captured this view of an alien copper-colored ring world. |
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Mar 1, 2007:
| Tourniquet Shadows - Dark and sharply defined ring shadows appear to constrict the flow of color from Saturn’s warmly hued south to the bluish northern latitudes. |
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Mar 1, 2007:
| Pastel Planet - With pastel blues, pinks, greens and golds, Saturn displays a dazzling diversity of colors and hues. |
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Mar 1, 2007:
| Symmetry in Shadow - Magnificent blue and gold Saturn floats obliquely as one of its gravity-bound companions, Dione, hangs in the distance. |
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Mar 1, 2007:
| The Lore of Saturn - The great planet Saturn reveals mysteries more profound, and stories more grand, than those occasioned by its ancient mythological namesake. |
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Mar 1, 2007:
| Magnificent Vista - Cassini coasts beneath giant Saturn, staring upward at its gleaming crescent and icy rings. |
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Mar 1, 2007:
| The Great Crossing - This life-like movie sequence captures Saturn's rings during a ringplane crossing -- which Cassini makes twice per orbit -- from the spacecraft’s point of view. |
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