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.

tethys.jpg (79598 bytes) 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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artist's view from surface of Tethys On the surface of Tethys, from D. Seal http://samadhi.jpl.nasa.gov/art/surfaces.html

 

view from a moon of Saturn (artist's concept) 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)
Miranda Enceladus

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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

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