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Great Shot of Iapetus Ridge

This is a great shot of Iapetus’s equatorial ridge. This doesn’t look anything like a tectonic feature, emphasizing its origin in tidal forces on the bulk body of the moon. Very cool!
Picture of Iapetus
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

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