Moons, Saturn's Moons

Hyperion in Color: a Composite from Cassini’s Last Visit

Posted by Jason Major on
RGB color-composite of Hyperion from Cassini's May 31, 2015 flyby. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI. Edited by Jason Major.
RGB color-composite of Hyperion from Cassini’s May 31, 2015 flyby. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI. Edited by Jason Major.

Here’s a color view of Hyperion made from raw images acquired in optical wavelengths by Cassini during its flyby on May 31, 2015 – the last pass it will make by this moon during its mission. Read more about this flyby here.

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  1. perezverdugoangela says:
    June 1, 2015 at 2:41 pm

    Reblogged this on todosobrecachorro and commented:
    esto si es interesante

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  2. gregdougall says:
    June 1, 2015 at 4:48 pm

    Reblogged this on Cosmic Love.

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  3. Dickite says:
    June 2, 2015 at 2:01 am

    Reblogged this on Every Knowledge Matters.

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  4. Jeff Barani says:
    June 3, 2015 at 4:39 am

    I’m sad to know that its mission will come to end when it dives down into Saturn’s atmosphere in September 2017…
    Because Cassini was / is a wonderful mission which made me dream and supplied us fantastic photos of Saturn and its moons.
    Jeff Barani from Vence (France)

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  5. Thomas Moszczuk says:
    June 3, 2015 at 7:44 am

    Reblogged this on The Astrophysicist.

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