Cassini Returns Photos of Hyperion

imipak writes "The Cassini Saturn probe has captured the previously unseen northern polar region of Saturn's moon Hyperion. Its weirdly eroded surface looks like nothing else in the solar system seen so far, demonstrating once again that when it comes to planetary exploration, "expect the unexpected" is more than just glib advice from the Hitch-hiker's Guide!"

Comments

Re:Nothing else?

[iamlucky13]

I assume it's intended to more generally portray what everything else looks like, that aged and eroded. Contours and features across the solar system generally tend to be smoothed over by erosion or the settling of debris from subsequent meteor impacts. In contrast, Hyperion show's quite a few sharply defined ridges. By the way, I think the second image is taken in infrared, and the color choices for displaying it are even more confusing.

Re:Wrong moon.

[uberdave]

I'm sure the majority of people might take that to mean "Here's a picture of what other moons look like so you can see the difference", it seems you must have not made that connection.

I must not be in the majority then. I took it to mean: "Here's a picture of something you won't find anywhere else in the solar system".