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Cassini Photo of Saturn's Icy Moon Rhea
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI
NASA's Cassini spacecraft took this raw, unprocessed image of Saturn's moon Rhea on March 10, 2012. The camera was pointing toward Rhea at 26,019 miles (41,873 kilometers) away.
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Saturn Moon Rhea's Surface
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
This image was taken on March 09, 2013, and received on Earth March 10, 2013, by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The camera was pointing toward Rhea at approximately 1,727 miles (2,779 kilometers) away, and the image was taken using the CL1 and CL2 filters. This image has not been validated or calibrated.
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Cassini Spacecraft Photos Show Saturn's 'Blue Moon' in All Its Glory
Credit: NASA/JPL/SSI
A false-color view of Saturn's moon Rhea captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on March 2, 2010. This image shows the side of the moon that always faces the planet. Ultraviolet, green and infrared images were combined into a single picture that isolates and maps regional color differences. This "color map" was then superimposed over a clear-filter image that preserves the relative brightness across the body.
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Cassini Image of Rhea
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
This image was taken on March 09, 2013, and received on Earth March 10, 2013, by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The camera was pointing toward Rhea at approximately 2,348 miles (3,778 kilometers) away, and the image was taken using the CL1 and CL2 filters. This image has not been validated or calibrated.
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Raw Image of Rhea
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
This raw, unprocessed image of Rhea was taken on March 9, 2013 and received on Earth March 10, 2013.
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Image of Saturn's Moon Rhea
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
This raw, unprocessed image of Rhea was taken on March 9, 2013 and received on Earth March 10, 2013. The camera was pointing toward Rhea at approximately 79438 kilometers away, and the image was taken using the CL1 and CL2 filters.
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Cassini Raw Image of Rhea
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
This raw, unprocessed image of Rhea was taken on March 9, 2013 and received on Earth March 10, 2013. The Cassini Solstice Mission is a joint United States and European endeavor.
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Saturn Moon Rhea Limb, Jan. 11, 2011 Cassini flyby
Credit: NASA/JPL/SSI
Saturn's cratered moon Rhea is revealed in this photo from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, taken during its closest flyby of the moon Jan. 11, 2011.
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Saturn Moon Rhea Surface Fault Lines
Credit: NASA/JPL/SSI
This picture reveals a close-up of Rhea's surface, scarred by many craters and several long, cross-cutting faults as seen by the Cassini spacecraft on Jan. 11, 2011.
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Saturn Moon's Rhea Surface Photos
Credit: NASA/JPL/SSI
In this photo, a low sun angle casts deep shadows on Rhea's crater floors as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft during a Jan. 11, 2011 flyby.
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Icy Rhea
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
The Cassini spacecraft looks toward the Rhea's cratered, icy landscape with the dark line of Saturn's ringplane and the planet's murky atmosphere as a background. Rhea is Saturn's second-largest moon, at 1,528 kilometers (949 miles) across. This image was taken on Oct. 20, 2008.
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Assembly of Sky Forms
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Wednesday, June 22, 2011: Three of Saturn's moons appear in a somber group portrait along with the northern, sunlit ringplane. Rhea (949 miles or 1,528 kilometers across) is closest to Cassini spacecraft, which took the photograph, and appears largest at the center of the image. Enceladus (313 miles or 504 kilometers across) is to the right of Rhea. Dione (698 miles or 1,123 kilometers across) is to the left of Rhea, partly obscured by Saturn. Saturn is present on the left of this image but its night side is too dark to see.
—Tom Chao
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Closeup of Saturn Moon Rhea's Battered Surface
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI
A closeup view of the cratered surface of Saturn's moon Rhea, captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on March 10, 2012. The camera was pointing toward Rhea at 26,257 miles (42,258 kilometers) away.
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Saturn and Three Moons
Credit: NASA/JP
Saturn and three moons, Tethys, Dione and Rhea, seen by a Voyager spacecraft on August 4, 1982, from a distance of 13 million miles.
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Saturn's Moon Might Have Rings, Too
Credit: NASA/JPL/JHUAPL
An artist's concept of the ring of debris that may orbit Saturn's second-largest
moon, Rhea. The suggested disk of solid material is exaggerated in density here for clarity.
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Icy Moon Rhea's Surface
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI
A shot of the cratered surface of Saturn's icy moon Rhea, snapped by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on March 10, 2012. The camera was pointing toward Rhea at 26,257 miles (42,258 kilometers) away.
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Saturn Moon Rhea in Shadow
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI
NASA's Cassini spacecraft took this raw, unprocessed image of Saturn's moon Rhea on March 10, 2012. The camera was pointing toward Rhea at approximately 71,495 miles (115,060 kilometers) away.
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Mysterious Patches of Color Mapped on Saturn's Moons
Credit: NASA/Paul Schenk
Maps of the colored patterns seen on Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione and Rhea by instruments on board NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The leading hemisphere is on the right half of each image and the trailing hemisphere is on the left half.
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Saturn's Moons Engage in Cosmic Paintball Fight
These three views of Saturn's moon Rhea were made from data obtained by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, enhanced to show colorful splotches and bands on the icy moon’s surface.
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Saturn Moon Rhea's Surprise: Oxygen-Rich Atmosphere
Credit: Science/AAAS
The March 2010 Rhea flyby trajectory and oxygen atmosphere distribution (as simulated by computer models). Inset: Predicted oxygen density (yellow), compared to Cassini's measurements (white) taken during the flyby.
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Cassini Photo of Saturn Rings and 5 Moons
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
This photo, taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on July 29, 2011, shows Saturn's A and F rings and five of its moons. From left, the moons are Janus, Pandora, Enceladus, Mimas and Rhea.
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Cassini Photo of Saturn Moons Rhea and Titan
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
Craters appear well defined on icy Rhea in front of the hazy orb of larger Titan in this view of the two Saturn moons. NASA's Cassini spacecraft snapped the photo on Dec. 10, 2011.
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Saturn Moon Rhea Full View
Credit: NASA/JPL/SSI
This Cassini image taken during a Jan. 11, 2011 flyby shows Rhea in center stage, with Saturn's rings and three other moons in the background. Dione appears just above Rhea, with Tethys as the larger circle toward the upper left, and Epimetheus as the smaller dot to the left of Rhea.
