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Hyperion -- Raw Image 3

Hyperion -- Raw Image 3
Published: August 26, 2011

NASA's Cassini spacecraft obtained this unprocessed image of Saturn's moon Hyperion on Aug. 25, 2011.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

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