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July 6th, 2007

SpongeBob MoonPants

Saturn's moon Hyperion. NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute image: PIA 07740Saturnian Moon Looks Like Giant Bath Sponge — One of the strangest moons in our solar system is Hyperion, a Saturnian satellite so pockmarked by deep craters that it looks like a giant, rotating bath sponge adrift in space.

March 2nd, 2007

‘Breathtaking’ new view of Saturn

With pastel blues, pinks, greens and golds, Saturn displays a dazzling diversity of colors and hues. NASA PHOTO NO: PIA08359The Cassini spacecraft has beamed back to Earth never-before-seen angles of Saturn from high above and below its majestic rings.

More images at http://ciclops.org/ .

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