Hi-Res Picture of Saturn's Moon Hyperion

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    From http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article2028667.ece

    Close-up images of one of Saturn’s moons have revealed an extraordinary landscape that looks like a giant sponge. Hyperion, Saturn’s eighth-largest moon, was pictured from 384 miles (620km) away by the Cassini spacecraft.

    Its appearance was “unlike that of any other object imaged to date”, researchers reported in the journal Nature.

    The moon, which contains large quantities of ice, was calculated to have an average diametre of 168 miles but its irregular shape meant that this ranged from 118 to 226 miles. Its appearance was created by a high density of craters
     
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