10 Places to Visit in the Solar System: Quick Facts

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Cassini: Saturn

Mercury: Caloris Basin

Buzz Aldrin on the Moon

Mars: Valles Marineris

The solar system's largest known volcano

Io, moon of Jupiter. A massive volcano can be seen on the horizon.

surface of Europa

Geysers of ice towering over the south polar region of Enceladus in an image taken by the Cassini spacecraft in 2005. Enceladus is backlit by the Sun.

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