The smooth surface of Saturn's moon Telesto is documented in this image captured during Cassini's Aug. 27, 2009, flyby. See PIA07696 to learn more about Telesto's lack of craters. This view looks toward the leading hemisphere of Telesto (25 kilometers, 16 miles across). North on the moon is up and rotated 3 degrees to the right. The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera. The view was obtained at a distance of approximately 36,000 kilometers (22,000 miles) from Telesto and at a Sun-Telesto-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 48 degrees. Image scale is 214 meters (702 feet) per pixel.

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