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Waves on Saturn
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Caption:
An up-close look at Saturn's atmosphere shows wavelike structures in the planet's constantly changing clouds.
Feathery striations in the lower right appear to be small-scale waves propagating at a higher altitude than the other cloud features.
The image was taken with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on April 14, 2005, through a filter sensitive to wavelengths of infrared light centered at 727 nanometers and at a distance of approximately 386,000 kilometers (240,000 miles) from Saturn. The image scale is 19 kilometers (12 miles) per pixel.
Cataloging Keywords:
| Name | Value | Additional Values |
|---|---|---|
| Target | Saturn | |
| System | Saturn | |
| Target Type | Planet | |
| Mission | Cassini-Huygens | |
| Instrument Host | Cassini Orbiter | |
| Host Type | Orbiter | |
| Instrument | Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) | |
| Detector | Wide Angle Camera | |
| Extra Keywords | Atmosphere, Grayscale, Infrared, Visual | |
| Acquisition Date | ||
| Release Date | 2005-05-24 | |
| Date in Caption | 2005-04-14 | |
| Image Credit | NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute | |
| Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA06655 | |
| Identifier | PIA06655 | |
