Saturn With Rhea and Dione (false color)

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Caption:

NASA's Voyager 2 took this 'false color' photograph of Saturn on July 21, 1981, when the spacecraft was 33.9 million kilometers (21 million miles) from the planet. Two bright, presumably convective cloud patterns are visible in the mid-northern hemisphere and several dark spoke-like features can be seen in the broad B-ring (left of planet). The moons Rhea and Dione appear as blue dots to the south and southeast of Saturn, respectively. Voyager 2 made its closest approach to Saturn on Aug. 25, 1981. The Voyager project is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California

Cataloging Keywords:

Name	Value	Additional Values
Target	Saturn	B Ring, Dione, Rhea, Saturn Rings
System	Saturn
Target Type	Planet	Ring, Satellite
Mission	Voyager
Instrument Host	Cassini Orbiter	Voyager 2
Host Type	Orbiter	Flyby Spacecraft
Instrument	Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS)
Detector
Extra Keywords	Color
Acquisition Date
Release Date	1998-08-28
Date in Caption	1981-07-21	1981-08-25
Image Credit	NASA/JPL
Source	photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA01143
Identifier	PIA01143