Johnston's Archive--Space Art

Saturn

This shows Saturn from 770,000 km above its cloud tops. The field of view is 25°. The model for the rings is that of Sigmund Kyrre Ås (pictured at that link, with the model as a zipped file at this link) and the map of Saturn is by Björn Jónsson.
This shows Saturn from near its moon Janus, which is visible at the lower right. The field of view is 70°. The shape model for Janus is modified from that at Philip J. Stooke's web site. As in the previous rendering, the model for the rings is that of Sigmund Kyrre Ås and the map of Saturn is by Björn Jónsson.
This shows Saturn and its moon Rhea, from 570 km above Rhea. The rings are visible edge-on, along with two other moons: Dione (above) and Tethys (below). Field of view is 50°. The map of Rhea is from the USGS Flagstaff web site; I have colorized this black-and-white map. The Saturn map and ring model is from the same source as the above Saturn images.
This is a closer view of Saturn and its rings. The Saturn map and ring model are the same as above.
This view of Enceladus is from 2,400 km above its surface. The map is colorized (not accurately) from a black-and-white mosaic from Philip J. Stooke's Small World Atlas 2000.
This "telephoto" view just a few degrees wide shows Saturn and its distant moon Phoebe from a point 40,000 km from Phoebe. The Phoebe map is colorized from a black-and-white mosaic from a map at Views of the Solar System by A. Tayfun Oner. The Saturn map and ring model are the same as those used above.
This view is from 20,800 km above Titan. Field of view is 20°. The Saturn map and ring model are the same ones used above; the Titan map is from the Solar System Simulator at JPL.
This scene is from 1,300 km above Enceladus. Besides Enceladus, the moons Mimas (right of Saturn) and Titan (left of Saturn) are visible. Field of view is 50°. The Saturn map and ring model and Enceladus map are the same ones used above.
At 9,500 km from Iapetus, this view shows the bifurcated surface of that moon. In the background are Saturn and Titan (lower left). Field of view is about 13°. The Iapetus and Titan maps are from the Solar System Simulator at JPL. The Saturn map and ring model and Titan map are the same ones used above.
This shows Rhea (from 4,300 km) entering the shadow of Saturn, with the shadow of Saturn's rings also visible on Rhea's southern hemisphere. Titan is visible in the distance. Besides Enceladus, the moons Mimas (right of Saturn) and Titan (left of Saturn) are visible. Field of view is 20°. This is an experiment at rendering some shadows. The Rhea and Titan maps are the same ones used above.
This view shows a fortuitous configuration of several of Saturn's moons. Irregular Hyperion is 14,000 km distant. To the right is Titan, 153,000 km away, and Rhea is in between. Saturn and its rings are in the background on the left. This is a narrow field of view, 15°. The Saturn and Titan maps and ring model are the same ones used above. Hyperion is represented with the shape model by Philip J. Stooke, reformatted for POV-Ray, and a colorized version of the map from Philip J. Stooke.
This shows a crescent Saturn and Titan. The Saturn and Titan maps and ring model are the same ones used above.
This closeup shows Dione from 2,800 km above its surface. For this image I took four Cassini raw images of Dione, from the 14 Dec. 2004 flyby, created a mosaic, adjusted for missing data, reprojected the result, and colorized it to get a partial map of Dione.