Saturn's moon Dione
April 24, 2007 - The Cassini spacecraft investigates the craters and deep valleys on Dione during a close approach in April 2007. Significant variations in the density of impact craters on the surface of Dione can be seen here, with more craters seen on the right side of this mosaic (on Dione's sub-Saturn hemisphere) than on the left (on Dione's anti-Saturn hemisphere). The southern end of the bright Palatine Linea fracture system can be seen near the bottom of the mosaic. Along the terminator, at lower left, part of a large impact basin can be seen. The mosaic is an orthographic projection centered at 33 degrees South, 74 degrees West, over the southern part of Dione's leading hemisphere. North on Dione (1,126 kilometers, or 700 miles across) is up and rotated 6 degrees to the right.
Size: 4200px × 4200px
Photo credit: © Stocktrek Images / Alamy / Afripics
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