Rhea – Crater Upon Crater

Close-up image of Rhea showing numerous craters.

Craters imprinted upon other craters record the long history of impacts endured by Saturn’s moon Rhea. This view looks toward the mid-southern latitudes of the Saturn-facing side of Rhea (1.528 kilometers across). The image was taken by Cassini’s narrow-angle camera on October 13, 2009, from a distance of approximately 45.000 kilometers. Image scale is 262 meters per pixel.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute/astroarts.org