This view is among the closest Cassini images of Tethys' icy surface taken
during the Sept. 24, 2005 flyby.
This image is a clear-filter view and is the highest resolution image
acquired by Cassini during the encounter. The two large craters at the
right show evidence that landslides have modified their outlines and
covered their floors with large quantities of debris. Linear depressions
cutting across the terrain probably mark the surface expressions of faults
or fractures. For a false-color image see PIA07737.
This view is centered on terrain at approximately 4.2 degrees south
latitude and 357 degrees west longitude on Tethys. The image has been
rotated so that north on Tethys is up.
The view was obtained using the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera at
a distance of approximately 19,000 kilometers (11,800 miles) from Tethys
and at a Sun-Tethys-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 17 degrees. Image scale
is 110 meters (360 feet) per pixel.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the
European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in
Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate,
Washington, D.C. The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were
designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The imaging operations center
is based at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo.
For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov.
For additional images visit the Cassini imaging team homepage http://ciclops.org.