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Dione, moon of Saturn, as seen by Cassini

author: Nasa/JPL/SSI/Novapix

reference: a-sat05-23005

Image Size 300 DPI: 64 * 17 cm

As it departed its encounter with Saturn's moon Dione, Cassini sailed above an unreal landscape blasted by impacts. The rising Sun throws craters into sharp contrast and reveals steep crater walls. At the far right, a medium-sized crater is bisected by a fracture, revealing a cross section of the impact site. The seven clear-filter images in this mosaic were taken with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on Oct. 11, 2005, at distances ranging from of 21,650 to 25,580 kilometers (13,450 to 15,890 miles) from Dione and at a Sun-Dione-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 154 degrees. Resolution in the original images ranges from 126 to 154 meters (413 to 505 feet) per pixel. The images have been re-sized to have an image scale of about 100 meters (330 feet) per pixel. North on Dione is 140 degrees to the left.

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2005 - ASTRONOMY - BLACK AND WHITE - CASSINI - CRATER - DIONE - ICE - IMPACT CRATER - PANORAMA - POSTER - SATELLITE - SATURN - SATURN'S MOON -