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Dark Moon, Dramatic Plume

Below a darkened Enceladus, a plume of water ice is backlit in this view of one of Saturn most dramatic moons. This image was captured by NASA Cassini spacecraft.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA14599
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

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Enceladus the Powerhouse

This graphic, using data from NASA Cassini spacecraft, shows how the south polar terrain of Saturn moon Enceladus emits much more power than scientists had originally predicted.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA13891
Credit: NASA/JPL/SWRI/SSI

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Ring Backdrop

Saturn moon Enceladus brightly reflects sunlight before a backdrop of the planet rings and the rings shadows cast onto the planet. NASA Cassini spacecraft captured this snapshot during its flyby of the moon on Nov. 30, 2010.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA12747
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

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Encroaching Shadow

This image from NASA Cassini spacecraft, one of those acquired in the survey conducted by the Cassini imaging science team of the geyser basin at the south pole of Enceladus, was taken as Cassini was looking across the moon south pole.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA17184
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

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Craters Crowd the North

This view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows battered terrain around the north pole of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus. Craters crowd and overlap each other, each one recording an impact in the moon's distant past. The moon's north pole lies approximately at the top of this view from Cassini's wid...

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA20010
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

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I love the detail in the cover image, showing white #DNA strands and #molecules erupting from #Enceladus’ #cryovolcanoes ❄️🌋

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Fountains of Enceladus - Image #2

Recent Cassini images of Saturn's moon Enceladus backlit by the sun show the fountain-like sources of the fine spray of material that towers over the south polar region. The image was taken looking more or less broadside at the "tiger stripe" fractures observed in earlier Enceladus images. It s...

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA07759
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

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