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Interesting Optical Illusion on Hyperion (Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga)
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Caption NASA:"The Cassini Spacecraft captures a view of the Southern Latitudes of Saturn's "tumbling" moon Hyperion. Lit Terrain seen here is mostly in the Southern Hemisphere of Hyperion (approx. 270 Km or about 168 miles across). The South Pole of the moon is near the bottom of the illuminated Terrain seen here.
The image was taken in Visible Light with the Cassini Spacecraft narrow-angle camera on Nov. 28, 2010. The view was obtained at a distance of approx. 80.000 Km (about 50.000 miles) from Hyperion and at a Sun-Hyperion-Spacecraft, or Phase, Angle of 98°.
Image scale is roughly 476 meters (1562 feet) per pixel".
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