Saturn's icy moon Enceladus sinks behind the planet in a farewell portrait from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, which destroyed itself by diving into the ringed giant on September 15, 2017.
Photograph by NASA, JPL Cal-tech, Space Science InstituteCassini's very last image shows the region on Saturn's night side where the probe entered the planet's atmosphere, sealing its fate. Here, the planet's swirling clouds glow with light reflected from its rings.
Photograph by NASA, JPL Cal-tech, Space Science InstituteCassini's camera captured this image of its iconic rings.
Photograph by NASA, JPL Cal-tech, Space Science InstituteCassini gets one of the closest, most detailed views of Saturn's rings during the final phase of its mission.
Photograph by NASA, JPL-Clatech, Space Science InstitueEnceladus appears as a thin crescent under the bright bulk of Saturn in this Cassini image released on September 14.
The rings of Saturn lay sprawled against the cosmos in one of the last images from Cassini.
Photograph by NASA, JPL Cal-tech, Space Science InstituteSaturn takes centre stage in this Cassini image taken mere hours before the end of the mission.
Photograph by NASA, JPL Cal-tech, Space Science InstituteSaturn's wide but thin rings seem almost solid enough to skate across in this unprocessed picture from Cassini.
Photograph by NASA, JPL Cal-tech, Space Science InstituteAs part of its farewell tour, Cassini took this picture of Saturn's largest moon, Titan.
Photograph by NASA, JPL Cal-tech, Space Science InstituteA close-up image of freezing Titan exposes dark splotches that Cassini revealed to be lakes of liquid hydrocarbons.
Photograph by NASA, JPL Cal-tech, Space Science Institute