postheadericon CICLOPS Eyes Saturn’s Iapetus

CICLOPS Images of IapetusThe Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for Operations (CICLOPS) has released the latest images of the Saturn moon called Iapetus. This moon has an unusual surface dichotomy. One hemisphere is significantly darker than the other. To learn more about the story on the global view of Iapetus’ two sides link here. To learn more about the story on the color images of Iapetus’ two hemispheres link here. And to learn about the computer model that has been published in the journal Science used to explain this strange appearance link here.

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