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The Fountains of Enceladus
Posted By Emily Lakdawalla
2008/08/08 07:52 CDT
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I thought I'd send you all into the weekend with a pretty picture. I composed this from the best images I could find of the plumes that have been released to the Planetary Data System to date.
NASA / JPL / SSI / montage by Emily Lakdawalla
The Fountains of Enceladus
It is only when Enceladus is close to the Sun in Cassini's field of view that its south polar jets become visible, with the Sun's rays glancing off of the fine water ice particles in the plumes.
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