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| In this global composite view of Ganymede's
trailing side, the colors are enhanced to emphasize color differences. The enhancement
reveals frosty polar caps in addition to the two predominant terrains on Ganymede: bright,
grooved terrain and older, dark furrowed areas. Many craters with diameters up to several
dozen kilometers are visible. North is to the top of the picture. The resolution is 9 kilometers (6 miles) per picture element. The images were taken in March 1998 at a range of 918000 kilometers (570,000 miles) by NASA's Galileo spacecraft. |
| Photo credit: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California |
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