Close up of Saturn and satellites

NASA has published photos of Saturn and satellites at very close range.

The photos below are posted on the New York Times page.

The US ship Cassini rose to Saturn orbit in 2004. NASA initially wanted it to work for four years, but then it increased the time until 2017.

The image of Dione, a Saturn satellite, was taken on October 11, 2005. The surface of this celestial body has many holes.

With a diameter of nearly 400 km, Mimas satellite is too small compared to the giant size of Saturn. This satellite is covered by ice.

Photo of two Saturnian satellites Enceladus (small) and Titan (big) on ​​February 5, 2006.

Saturn's Hyperion satellite was captured in September 2005.

Cracks on the surface of Enceladus satellite. The photo was taken on August 11, 2008.

Saturn's Iapetus satellite.

Herschel hole has a diameter of 128 km on the surface of Mimas satellite. Photo taken on February 13, 2010.

These two images show that the two halves of Iapetus satellites have completely different brightness.

The first rays of sunlight reflected on a lake of Titan satellites.

Photo: NASA