Hyperion

[mmcirvin]

Here's Hyperion. All the close photos seem so far to be from about the same angle; there's a thumbnail of a crescent view from the other direction, but the raw image isn't actually up yet.

To my eyes, Bond-Lassell Dorsum, the ridge seen by Voyager that runs from left to right near the top, looks to be part of a weird irregular crater rim covering the whole face of the moon. I wonder what the deal is with the dark material at the crater bottoms.

Some of these craters already have names because Voyager saw them, if faintly. The dark-floored crater right at the middle of the picture is named Bahloo (after an Australian moon god), and the sort of petal-shaped one nearer the bottom is Meri, a Bororo folk hero and sun deity.

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[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Damn. The thing almost looks like a sea sponge.