Dione

Crescent Dione

Posted on October 14, 2010, in Cassini • Dione

Image mosaic of a crescent Dione.

Dione mosaic from three images (N00162056/57/58), taken by Cassini on September 03, 2010, from a mean distance of 77,837 kilometers. North is at approximately the 10 o’clock position.

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

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Battered And Cracked-up Dione

Posted on January 31, 2010, in Cassini • Dione

Detailed view of the cratered
and cracked surface of Dione.

Part of the cratered and cracked surface of Saturn’s moon Dione. The images used for this mosaic are clear-filter views taken by Cassini on January 27, 2010, from a distance of about 45,215 km.

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

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