Cassini Gets Close-up Images of Icy Iapetus

NASA's Cassini spacecraft wrapped up 2004 with this New Year's Eve image of Saturn's moon Iapetus. The nuclear-powered probe flew past the moon at a range of 123,400 km./76,677 mi., generating data that scientists hope will help them understand why some of the moon's surface material reflects light...

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