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By Emily Lakdawalla


Flying over the ridge

Sep. 11, 2007 | 22:34 PDT | Sep. 12 05:34 UTC

OK, I said I was going to bed, but just as I was fixing to shut down my computer I saw the frames for these, and I couldn't resist.

Cassini flies over Iapetus' equatorial ridge
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Cassini flies over Iapetus' equatorial ridge
As Cassini flew by Iapetus on September 10, 2007, it took 13 images of the equatorial ridge rising over the horizon. Most of the flight is over Iapetus' dark terrain, but at the very end of the animation, the white flanks of the Voyager moutains begin to appear. Credit: NASA / JPL / SSI / Animation by Emily Lakdawalla
Now I'm definitely going to bed.

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