Thread: Cassini pictures spongy Hyperion
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Old 02-10-2005, 13:04   #3
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Re: Cassini pictures spongy Hyperion
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Originally Posted by ScaredWebWarrior
Beautiful.

Go check out the full size images at JPL - they're amazing!

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA07740

Actually, the link from there to the Cassini pages is incorrect: should be http://www.ciclops.org/.

Hyperion looks _strange_, though. It looks weathered to me; most likely the enormous impact crater on it actually partially melted the surface, producing the smooth appearance, I suppose.
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