#dione — Public Fediverse posts
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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: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA12740
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute#dione #cassini #cassinihuygens #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics
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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: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA00400
Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS#dione #voyager #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics