The Cassini spacecraft captured this view of the Saturn-facing hemisphere of the planet’s moon Iapetus on March 11, 2017, at a distance of approximately 1.6 million miles (2.6 million kilometers).
The moon gets it distinctive, two-toned appearance from the contrast between the dark Cassini Regio area – 914 miles (1,471 kilometers) across and covered in a layer of dusty material – and the much brighter region around it.
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Bottom line: Image of Saturn’s moon Iapetus by the Cassini spacecraft.
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