DEUTSCH: Dieses Mosaik zeigt ein Gebiet nahe der nördlichen Hell-Dunkel-Grenze; aber noch in der dunklen Region. Oben links ist ein großer Krater mit terrassenförmigen Wänden, einem nahezu ebenen Kraterboden und einigen Bergen im Zentrum. Die scharfen Konturen dieser Struktur weisen darauf hin, dass es wahrscheinlich noch ein relativ junger Krater ist. Das Mosaik besteht aus drei Einzelbildern, die am 10.09.2007 aus einer Entfernung von 13.500 km aufgenommen wurden. Die Bildauflösung beträgt 75 m/pxl.
ENGLISH: Cassini soars above the many pits and basins in the rolling landscape of Iapetus. This mosaic view looks out onto an area close to the northern bright/dark boundary, but still within the dark region, Cassini Regio. Near upper left is a large crater with terraced walls, a mostly flat floor and a prominent group of peaks in its center. The sharp features make this likely one of the youngest craters in this area of Iapetus. Cassini imaged another similarly flat-floored and relatively fresh crater during its Dec. 2004 Iapetus flyby. The mosaic consists of three image footprints across the surface of Iapetus (1,471 kilometers, 914 miles across). The view is centered on terrain near 43.3 degrees north latitude, 138 degrees west longitude. Image scale is approximately 75 meters (246 feet) per pixel. The clear spectral filter images in this mosaic were obtained with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on Sept. 10, 2007 at a distance of approximately 13,500 kilometers (8,400 miles) from Iapetus and at a Sun-Iapetus-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 139 degrees. |
