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Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
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:
Right at the very edge of the sliver.
What a lovely crescent...
Stunning.
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