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“Saturn’s moon Mimas peeks out from behind the night side of the larger moon Dione in this Cassini image captured during the spacecraft’s Dec. 12, 2011, flyby of Dione.”

“Four plumes of water ice spew out from the south polar region of Saturn’s moon Enceladus.”

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Saturn’s Infrared Ring 

This artist’s conception shows a nearly invisible ring around Saturn - the largest of the gas planet’s many rings. The ring is so diffuse that it reflects little sunlight, or visible light that we see with our eyes. But its dusty particles shine with infrared light, or heat radiation.