Saturn's Moon, Dione
NASA's Cassini spacecraft whizzed past Dione (a moon of Saturn) on August 16, 2006, capturing this slightly motion-blurred view of the moon's fractured and broken landscape in reflected light from Saturn. The motion blur is a result of the long exposure time used to capture dim light from the moon's night side. The sunlit side of Dione in the lower part of the picture is overexposed.
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Image Number: PIA08266
Date: August 16, 2006
Saturn's Moon, Dione
NASA's Cassini spacecraft whizzed past Dione (a moon of Saturn) on August 16, 2006, capturing this slightly motion-blurred view of the moon's fractured and broken landscape in reflected light from Saturn. The motion blur is a result of the long exposure time used to capture dim light from the moon's night side. The sunlit side of Dione in the lower part of the picture is overexposed.
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Image Number: PIA08266
Date: August 16, 2006