Enceladus, plumes, and rings

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A crescent Enceladus sits below Saturn's rings in this photo taken by Cassini on January 4, 2012. The plumes have been artificially brightened to make them visible.

NASA / JPL / SSI / Emily Lakdawalla

Processing steps in the making of this image:

cropped and rotated 180°
levels adjusted
separate version processed to enhance plumes by level adjustment and flatfielding
Enhanced version of plumes overlaid
Cosmic ray hits painted out through clone stamping

Copyright holder: Emily Lakdawalla

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