PIA00325: Europa Crescent

Target Name: Europa Is a satellite of: Jupiter Mission: Voyager Spacecraft: Voyager 2 Product Size: 3138 samples x 3138 lines Produced By: U.S. Geological Survey Addition Date: 1998-06-04 Primary Data Set: Voyager EDRs Full-Res TIFF: PIA00325.tif (6.635 MB) Full-Res JPEG: PIA00325.jpg (669.9 kB)

Original Caption Released with Image: This mosaic of Europa, the smallest Galilean satellite, was taken by Voyager 2. This face of Europa is centered at about the 300 degree meridian. The bright areas are probably ice deposits, whereas the darkened areas may be the rocky surface or areas with a more patchy distribution of ice. The most unusual features are the systems of long linear structures that cross the surface in various directions. Some of these linear structures are over 1,000 kilometers long and about 2 or 3 kilometers wide. They may be fractures or faults which have disrupted the surface. Image Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS