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Rhea in the Saturnshine (Enhanced Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)
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Caption NASA:"Southern Terrain on Saturn's moon Rhea is dimly illuminated by Saturnshine in this Cassini Spacecraft view of the dark side of the moon. The Spacecraft's camera is looking toward the night side of Rhea, but sunlight reflected off the day side of immense Saturn is bright enough to illuminate the Craters seen here. This view is centered on Terrain located at about 23° South Latitude and 315° West Longitude. A few background stars are visible.
The image was taken in Visible Light with the Cassini Spacecraft wide-angle camera on Aug. 1, 2011. The view was obtained at a distance of approx. 6000 Km (such as about 3700 miles) from Rhea and at a Sun-Rhea-Spacecraft, or Phase, Angle of 113°. Scale in the original image was 800 meters (2600 feet) per pixel. The image was contrast enhanced and magnified by a factor of 1.5 to enhance the visibility of the surface features".
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