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Janus (Natural - but enhanced - Colors; credits: Lunexit)
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Caption NASA:"The Cassini Spacecraft looks toward the South Pole and cratered surface of Saturn's moon Janus.
The Pole of Janus lies on the Terminator, about one-third of the way inward from the bottom of the image. This view is centered on terrain at 42° South Lat. and 32° West Long.; the lit Terrain seen here is on the Saturn-facing side of Janus.
The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini Spacecraft narrow-angle camera on July 26, 2009. The view was acquired from a distance of approx. 100.000 Km (i.e. about 62.000 miles) from Janus and at a Sun-Janus-Spacecraft, or Phase, Angle of 63°.
Image scale is roughly 600 meters (1968 feet) per pixel".
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