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  1. astropic @[email protected] ·

    Looking Over Dione Wisps

    NASA Cassini spacecraft looks across the surface of Saturn moon Dione and details the wispy terrain first chronicled by Voyager. This fractured terrain covers the trailing hemisphere of Dione.

    More: images.nasa.gov/details/PIA127
    Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

    #dione #cassini #cassinihuygens #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics

    #astrophysics #astrophotography #astronomy #astrodon #cassinihuygens #cassini
  2. astropic @[email protected] ·

    Saturn and 4 Icy Moons in Natural Color

    This approximate natural-color image shows Saturn, its rings, and four of its icy satellites. Three satellites (Tethys, Dione, and Rhea) are visible against the darkness of space, and another smaller satellite (Mimas) is visible against Saturn's cloud tops very near the left horizon and just below the rings. The dark shadows o...

    More: images.nasa.gov/details/PIA004
    Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS

    #dione #voyager #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics

    #dione #voyager #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics