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Enceladus' icy blasts

author: Nasa/JPL/SSI/Novapix

reference: a-sat05-22013

Image Size 300 DPI: 13 * 8 cm

Dramatic plumes, both large and small, spray water ice and vapor from many locations along the famed "tiger stripes" near the south pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus. The tiger stripes are four prominent, approximately 84-mile- (135-kilometer-) long fractures that cross the moon's south polar terrain. This two-image mosaic is one of the highest resolution views acquired by Cassini during its imaging survey of the geyser basin capping the southern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Enceladus. It clearly shows the curvilinear arrangement of geysers, erupting from the fractures.

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2010 - ASTRONOMY - BLACK AND WHITE - CASSINI - ENCELADUS - ERUPTION - GEYSER - ICE - SATELLITE - SATURN - SATURN'S MOON -