Emily Lakdawalla • Mar 14, 2008
Cassini flies by Enceladus
This is just for fun: I don't have time to do justice to Cassini's flyby of Enceladus this week, but I just can't keep my hands off those images. Here's an animation of some of the photos Cassini took as it flew by, including a dozen or so from the period when Enceladus was in eclipse (click here for more description on what's going on in those pictures).
Also, I should point out that in an unusually quick turnaround, the ISS team has released their official version of the lovely three-frame mosaic of Enceladus' northern hemisphere, the best-quality images they received during the flyby.
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