Friday, December 24, 2010

New Images Indicate Tectonic Activity on Rhea

New Images Indicate Tectonic Activity on Rhea "Saturn’s second largest moon Rhea has gotten a couple of close-up looks by the Cassini spacecraft which show dramatic views of fractures cutting through craters on the moon’s surface. The new images reveal a history of tectonic rumbling, scientists say. The images are among the highest-resolution views ever obtained of Rhea, including a 3-D look at a tectonically fractured region showing cracks as deep as 4 kilometers (2.5 miles)."

The page shows some of these images but this false color image is spectacular:

Rhea-1 1.jpg

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