Here are more examples of spacecraft pictures of these small, icy worlds, along with a few paintings of what it might be like on their surfaces. In some cases the surfaces are darkened by fine dust, probably from an impacting body.
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Tethys, to the left, from Cassini-Huygens http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA09017 and from Cassinmi Orbiter (to right) via APOD http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap051012.html |
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On the surface of Tethys, from D. Seal http://samadhi.jpl.nasa.gov/art/surfaces.html |
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View from a moon of Saturn (painting by William Hartmann) |
A moon gallery: (click on the pictures to see a painting of what their surfaces might look like)
Miranda (Uranus) | Enceladus (Saturn) |
Mimas (Saturn) | Iapetus (Saturn) |
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And strangest of all, the surface of Hyperion (from Cassini Imaging Team via. APOD: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap051003.html