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As Cassini prepared for its death dive into Saturn’s atmosphere in 2017, it acquired unprecedented views of the outer edges of the planet’s main ring system.

Cassini revealed that the north polar area of Enceladus is heavily cratered, an indication that the surface has not been renewed for many years.

Cassini took this picture in a wavelength that is absorbed by methane. Dark areas are regions with thicker clouds where light has to travel through more methane on its way into and back out of the atmosphere.

Saturn’s upper atmosphere generates the faint haze seen along the limb of the planet in this Cassini image.

Saturn's northern region is bathed in sunlight in this Cassini view from late 2016.

Three of Saturn's moons—Tethys, Enceladus, and Mimas—appear in a group photo taken by Cassini.

Saturn's dynamic F ring contains many types of mysterious features, including bright clumps and jets.

Cassini zooms in on patchy mountains on the moon Iapetus, originally identified in images from NASA's Voyager spacecraft taken more than 25 years earlier.

Dramatic plumes spray icy particles, water vapor, and organic compounds from the fissures known as “tiger stripes” near the south pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus.

Nine days before it entered Saturn’s orbit, Cassini captured this exquisite natural-color view of the planet’s iconic rings.