Nature is an artist, and this time she seems to have let her paints swirl together a bit. What the viewer might perceive to be Saturn's surface captured by NASA's Cassini orbiter is really just the tops of its uppermost cloud layers.

Nature is an artist, and this time she seems to have let her paints swirl together a bit. What the viewer might perceive to be Saturn's surface captured by NASA's Cassini orbiter is really just the tops of its uppermost cloud layers.
SuperStock offers millions of photos, videos, and stock assets to creatives around the world. This image of Nature is an artist, and this time she seems to have let her paints swirl together a bit. What the viewer might perceive to be Saturn's surface captured by NASA's Cassini orbiter is really just the tops of its uppermost cloud layers. by Piemags/PL Photography Limited is available for licensing today.

Visually Similar More from Saturn's Atmosphere and Rings story

RM
6145-44644609
The Storm Continues
RM
6145-44627747
Spotlight on Mimas
RM
6145-45253082
This moody portrait of Saturn captures a razor-thin ringplane bisecting the clouds of the bright equatorial region. The rings cast dark, shadowy bands onto the planet's northern latitudes. At left, Dione (1,126 kilometers, or 700 miles across) is a tiny sunlit orb against the planet's dark side. The image was taken in polarized infrared light with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on Dec. 7, 2005 at a distance of approximately 3.1 million kilometers (1.9 million miles) from Saturn and at a Sun-Saturn-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 96 degrees. Image scale is 179 kilometers (111 miles) per pixel. http //photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA07673
RM
6145-45092841
Saturn's surface is painted with swirls and shadows. Each swirl here is a weather system, reminding us of how dynamic Saturn's atmosphere is. This image is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
RM
6145-44628250
Outsider Moon
RM
6145-44826237
Looking up toward Saturn's southern hemisphere, NASA's Cassini spacecraft pictures a pair of the planet's moons orbiting in the distance. Tethys and Rhea orbit in the plane of the planet's rings, but appear to be below the planet in this view.
RM
6145-45004016
Saturn's F ring often appears to do things other rings don't. In this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, a strand of ring appears to separate from the core of the ring as if pulled apart by mysterious forces.
RM
6145-44674054
The rings of Saturn glow softly as sunlight from below wends its way through. Some of the Sun's light bounces off the rings' opposite side
RM
4389-544
Saturn's Rings and Shadows
RM
6145-44719612
Like Spokes of Old
RM
6145-44778471
The shadow of the moon Tethys cuts across the C ring in this image taken as Saturn approaches its August 2009 equinox.
RM
6145-44972850
Saturn's rings appear to form a majestic arc over the planet in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
RM
6145-44950737
Like a shepherd guarding his sheep, Prometheus keeps a lonely watch over the F ring in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
RM
6145-44777692
Atlas joins other moons casting shadows on Saturn's rings as the planet approaches its August 2009 equinox.
RM
6145-44619118
Moon under Saturn
RM
6145-45007388
Saturn's D ring is easy to overlook since it's trapped between the brighter C ring and the planet itself. In this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, all that can be seen of the D ring is the faint and narrow arc as it stretches from top right of the ima
RM
6145-45044386
Saturn's largest moon, Titan, looks small here, pictured to the right of the gas giant as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
RM
6145-44674315
Held in gravity's embrace, Saturn's darkened, icy rings encircle the clouded gas giant
RM
6145-44625877
Gazing Down
RM
6145-58967261
Saturn's moon Dione coasts along in its orbit appearing in front of its parent planet in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The wispy terrain on the trailing hemisphere of Dione can be seen on the left of the moon here.
RM
6145-44616826
Atmospheric Detail and Enceladus
Image - Royalty Free Editorial
Royalty-Free Standard Editorial licenses are granted for worldwide, non-exclusive and perpetual NON-COMMERCIAL uses, unless specifically noted otherwise. All Royalty-Free transactions are final. The Royalty-Free Standard Editorial license has no limitations and covers up to 15 users.
  • $50.00 Low500 X 500
  • $150.00 Med1020 X 1020
Order a Framed Print
Looking for a license?
Click here, and we'll help you find it! Questions? Just ask!
DETAILS
Image Number: 6145-45080095Royalty FreeCredit Line:Piemags/PL Photography Limited/SuperStockCollection:PL Photography LimitedStory:Saturn's Atmosphere and RingsContributor:PiemagsModel Release:NoProperty Release:NoResolution:1020×1020
Cassini-Huygens
S Rings|