Iapetus is the subject of this color composite,
prepared from images taken Aug. 22 when Voyager 2 was 1.1 million
kilometers (680,000 miles) from this satellite of Saturn. The
northern hemisphere is in view, including the north polar region
on the right and a band of dark terrain near the equator on the
left. Craters may be seen in both the dark and bright regions.
Some craters in the bright region have dark floors and appear
to be flooded with material that may have erupted from the interior
ofthe satellite. The Voyager project is managed for NASA by the
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. (P-23961)
