Atmospheric Detail and Enceladus Target Name:   Saturn Spacecraft:   Cassini Orbiter Instrument:   Imaging Science Subsystem - Narrow Angle Produced by:   NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Copyright:  NASA Copyright Free Policy Cross Reference:   PIA05403 Date Taken:   11 May 2004

• Saturn

The high clouds of Saturn's bright equatorial band appear to stretch like cotton candy in this image taken by the Cassini narrow angle camera on May 11, 2004. The icy moon Enceladus (499 kilometers, or 310 miles across) is faintly visible below and to the right of the South Pole. The image was taken from a distance of 26.3 million kilometers (16.3 million miles) from Saturn through a filter centered at 727 nanometers. The image scale is 156 kilometers (97 miles) per pixel. No contrast enhancement has been performed on this image.