Image: Dione's contrasts

Tuesday, August 23, 2016 - 06:31 in Astronomy & Space

Dione reveals its past via contrasts in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The features visible here are a mixture of tectonics—the bright, linear features—and impact cratering—the round features, which are spread across the entire surface.

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