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Enceladus' icy blasts

author: Nasa/JPL/SSI/Novapix

reference: a-sat05-22010

Image Size 300 DPI: 8 * 7 cm

Blasts of icy particles photographed by Cassini spacecraft show that the south pole of Enceladus supplies most of the material for Saturn's "E" Ring.
This enhanced and colorized image shows the enormous extent of the fainter, larger-scale component of the plume.

Keywords for this photo:

2005 - ASTRONOMY - CASSINI - E RING - ENCELADUS - ERUPTION - FALSE COLOR - GEYSER - ICE - RING - SATELLITE - SATURN - SATURN'S MOON -