Dark Desolation
Date: 14 June 2004
Satellite: Cassini
Depicts: Surface of Phoebe
Copyright: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
This high-resolution image was obtained at a phase, or Sun-Phoebe-spacecraft, angle of 30.7 degrees, and from a distance of approximately 2365 kilometres. The image scale is approximately 14 metres per pixel. The image was high-pass filtered to bring out small scale features and then enhanced in contrast.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
