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SATURN
 Voyager
1 image of Saturn (click to enlarge)
and its rings taken Nov. 16, 1980, four days after closest approach
to Saturn, from a distance of 5,300,000 km (3,300,000 miles). This
viewing geometry, which shows Saturn as a crescent, is never achieved
from Earth. Click
here for more.
Hubble
Space Telescope images, taken with the Wide Field Planetary Camera
2, were captured from 1996 to 2000, and show Saturn's rings open
up from just past edge-on to nearly fully open as it moves from
autumn towards winter in its Northern Hemisphere. Click
here for more.
 The
image at the right shows Saturn with moons Tehtys (above) and Dione.
It was photographed by Voyager 1 in 1980. Saturn now has 30 known
moons. Click
here for more.
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