"Wispy Streaks" on Saturn's moon Rhea

Detailed view
of the wispy trailing hemisphere of Rhea.

The high-resolution images for this 16-frame mosaic across Rhea’s trailing hemisphere were taken by the Cassini spacecraft on November 21, 2009, during its 24.455-kilometer non-targeted encounter with Saturn’s second largest moon. The mosaic shows Rhea’s bright wispy terrain, marked by sets of tectonically formed ice cliffs similar to those of Saturn’s moon Dione, and a part of a large impact basin at the bottom.

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