
Darkness sweeps over Iapetus as the Cassini spacecraft watches the shadow of Saturn B ring engulf the dichotomous moon. The image at left shows the unshaded moon, while at right, Iapetus sits in the shadow of the densest of Saturn rings
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NASA ID
PIA08902
Date Created
March 22, 2007
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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