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Cratered Crescent

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Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

There's something about a very high phase image of a world - especially an airless one - that lends it a real solidity. Perhaps it's because, in looking at this thin sliver, we're better reminded that it's ground we could be standing upon.

See also this image of Enceladus.

3 comments:

Zhoen said...

Right at the very edge of the sliver.

tinker said...

What a lovely crescent...

gnome said...

Stunning.