Voyager at Saturn
The Voyager 1 and 2 Saturn encounters occurred nine months apart, in November 1980 and August 1981. Voyager 2 completed its encounter with Uranus in January 1986 and with Neptune in August 1989. Both are now leaving the solar system.
The extensive ribbonlike cloud structure in Saturn's atmosphere is visible in this Voyager 2 green-filter photograph, obtained Aug. 23 from...
![A squiggly band of clouds runs through more uniform bands of clouds.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/pia01378.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)