Phoebe before Cassini's flyby

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This mosaic is composed of images taken before Cassini's flyby around this enigmatic moon. Resolution is 60 m/pix. South is approximately at the top and west is to the right. Colors are added from images from Cassini's wide-angle camera and VIMS spectrometer and set to look roughly natural.

NASA / JPL-Caltech / SSI / UA / Daniel Macháček

Copyright holder: Daniel Macháček

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Contact us to request publication permission from the copyright holder. Original image data dated on or about June 11, 2004