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Enceladus' icy blasts
author: Nasa/JPL/SSI/Novapix
reference: a-sat05-22012
Image Size 300 DPI: 8 * 9 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 false-color view was created by combining three clear filter images then specially processed to enhance the individual jets that compose the plume. Some artifacts due to the processing are present in the image. The final product was colored as blue for dramatic effect. The images were acquired with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on Nov. 27, 2005 at a distance of approximately 148,000 kilometers (92,000 miles) from Enceladus and at a sun-Enceladus-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 161 degrees. Scale in the original images is about 880 meters (0.5 mile) per pixel. This view has been magnified.
This false-color view was created by combining three clear filter images then specially processed to enhance the individual jets that compose the plume. Some artifacts due to the processing are present in the image. The final product was colored as blue for dramatic effect. The images were acquired with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on Nov. 27, 2005 at a distance of approximately 148,000 kilometers (92,000 miles) from Enceladus and at a sun-Enceladus-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 161 degrees. Scale in the original images is about 880 meters (0.5 mile) per pixel. This view has been magnified.
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2005 - ASTRONOMY - CASSINI - E RING - ENCELADUS - ERUPTION - GEYSER - ICE - RING - SATELLITE - SATURN - SATURN'S MOON -
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