A grayscale image of Saturn's moon Dione, captured by the Cassini spacecraft. The surface reveals bright, wispy streaks which are actually deep ice cliffs, hundreds of meters high, formed by tectonic activity. These cliffs overlay impact craters, indicating that the tectonic events are more recent. The image shows a portion of Dione's trailing hemisphere.
Astronomy Picture from 05/09/2006
Bright Cliffs Across Saturn's Moon Dione
Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap060905.html
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