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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Inside Science Cassini’s death, scrapping diesel, weather balloon, satellites monitoring volcanos The incredible imagery from the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn

Launched in 1997, the Cassini-Huygens mission will come to an end in September with a dramatic, final dive through the rings and into the toxic atmosphere of Saturn. But it has taken some magnificent images throughout its mission, including some of the gas giant’s 53 moons. The pictures of particular significance have been of Titan’s liquid lakes and Enceladus’ water-rich plumes venting into space

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Encroaching Shadow

Cassini narrow-angle image taken as Cassini was looking across the moon's south pole

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