
Space / 1998-06-04
Iapetus Bright and Dark Terrains
Iapetus Bright and Dark Terrains
NASA's image library records Iapetus Bright and Dark Terrains.
WHY IT’S INTERESTING
Saturn outermost large moon, Iapetus, has a bright, heavily cratered icy terrain and a dark terrain, as shown in this NASA Voyager 2 image taken on Aug. 22, 1981. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00348