World of Contrast

This Cassini spacecraft view shows how the bright and dark regions on Iapetus fit together like the seams of a baseball. Some of the material that covers the moon dark, leading side spills over into regions on the brighter trailing side

This Cassini spacecraft view shows how the bright and dark regions on Iapetus fit together like the seams of a baseball. Some of the material that covers the moon dark, leading side spills over into regions on the brighter trailing side

IapetusCassini-Huygens