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See Cassini’s Haunting Final Images of Saturn’s Moon Dione

Cassini Saturn Moon Dione Final Flyby Photos
Saturn's moon Dione hangs in front of Saturn's rings.NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
Cassini Saturn Moon Dione Final Flyby Photos
Dione hangs in front of Saturn and its icy rings.NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
Cassini Saturn Moon Dione Final Flyby Photos
NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks toward Saturn's icy moon Dione, with giant Saturn and its rings in the background, just prior to the mission's final close approach to the moon on August 17, 2015.NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
Cassini Saturn Moon Dione Final Flyby Photos
The rough and icy crescent of Saturn's moon Dione following the spacecraft's last close flyby of the moon on Aug. 17, 2015.NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
Cassini Saturn Moon Dione Final Flyby Photos
NASA's Cassini spacecraft gazes out upon a rolling, cratered landscape in this oblique view of Saturn's moon Dione. A record of impacts large and small is preserved in the moon's ancient, icy surface.NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
Cassini Saturn Moon Dione Final Flyby Photos
As NASA's Cassini soared above high northern latitudes on Saturn's moon Dione, the spacecraft looked down at a region near the day-night boundary. Inset just above center is a higher resolution view -- one of the mission's highest-resolution views of the Saturnian moon's icy surface.NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
Cassini Saturn Moon Dione Final Flyby Photos
This two-in-one view of Dione from NASA's Cassini spacecraft includes the mission's highest-resolution view of the Saturnian moon's icy surface. An inset view, near center left, from the narrow-angle camera (NAC) shows features about 10 times smaller than the WAC view.NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
Cassini Saturn Moon Dione Final Flyby Photos
This view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows terrain on Saturn's moon Dione that is entirely lit by reflected light from Saturn, called Saturnshine.NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

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