These are two pictures of Iapetus. Some parts of the moon's surface are bright white. Other areas are very dark. The Cassini spacecraft took these pictures.
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Images courtesy of NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute.
The Surface of Iapetus
The surface of Iapetus is not like any other moon. No other moon looks half-black and half-white. It seems to be covered on the dark side with a mysterious black and smooth substance, and on its bright side appears to have many craters. Whatever caused this half-and-half look is a mystery to scientists.
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