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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-06-24 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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These illustrations indicate possible ways in which the water vapor and ice particles in the plume of Saturn's moon Enceladus may be formed.
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Plume Vent Models
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These drawings depict explanations for the source of intense heat that has been measured coming from Enceladus' south polar region. These models predict that water could exist in a deep layer as an ocean or sea and also near the surface.
PIA12080:
Melted Ice
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-06-23 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's moon Enceladus looks tranquil here, concealing the true nature of this active moon. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on May 10, 2009.
PIA11520:
Serene Enceladus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-06-22 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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As the moon Enceladus eclipses its neighbor Mimas, NASA's Cassini spacecraft records a scene possible only around the time of Saturn's approaching equinox.
PIA11661:
Eclipsing Mimas Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-05-12 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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Sunlight illuminates a bright crescent on Saturn's moon Enceladus while Saturnshine dimly lights more of the moon. This view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks toward the Saturn-facing side of Enceladus (504 kilometers, or 313 miles across).
PIA11490:
Shining a Second Light
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-04-01 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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The shadow of Saturn's moon Enceladus cast onto the planet's atmosphere appears like a drop of black ink on a canvas of Saturnian storms. This image was taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on June 20, 2008.
PIA11461:
A Shadow Amid the Storms
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-24 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Glowing like a neon lasso, Saturn's aurora is seen spinning above Saturn's north pole over the course of most of a Saturn day in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Mary 25, 2007.
PIA11832:
Ultraviolet Aurora Movie Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-18 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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Basking in sunlight, Enceladus looks peaceful and quiet while unseen jets of vapor and icy particles shoot from the south polar terrain of Saturn's active moon. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera.
PIA11451:
Hidden Activity
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-02-06 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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Sunrise uncovers both old and new Enceladus in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The lit side of the moon faces Saturn toward the left in this view of the trailing hemisphere.
PIA10573:
The New South and the Old North
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-22 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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This global map of Saturn's moon Enceladus was created using images taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft's flybys, with Voyager images filling in the gaps in Cassini's coverage.
PIA11145:
Map of Enceladus - December 2008
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-22 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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In the boundary between light and shadow on Saturn's moon Enceladus, run the Anbar Fossae— a series of narrow, shallow depressions. This image was taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Dec. 17, 2008.
PIA10562:
The Arabian Connection
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-07 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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In Saturn's shadow, the southern hemisphere of Enceladus is lit by sunlight reflected first off of the rings and then onto the nightside of the planet. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera.
PIA10551:
Enceladus in Eclipse
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-30 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera captured Saturn's moon Rhea as it gradually slipped into the planet's shadow, an event known as 'ingress,' on Aug. 19, 2008.
PIA11143:
Darkness Falls on Rhea Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-30 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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As Saturn advances its orbit toward equinox and the sun gradually moves northward on the planet, the motion of Saturn's ring shadows and the changing colors of its atmosphere continue to transform the face of Saturn as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11141:
Saturn ... Four Years On
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-15 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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This figure shows a possible history of the south polar terrain on Saturn's moon Enceladus. The data were acquired by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, imaging science sub-system during four close-targeted flybys of Enceladus in March, August and October 2008.
PIA11140:
Ancient Terrain on Enceladus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-15 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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Two side-by-side images compare a 'twisted' sea-floor spreading feature on Earth, to a very similar looking twisted break, in the Damascus Sulcus 'tiger stripe' on Saturn's moon Enceladus. The image of Enceladus was acquired by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11139:
Enceladus Offset Spreading Center
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-15 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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Two side-by-side images compare a characteristic spreading feature on Earth, to a very similar looking arrangement of 'tiger stripe' rift segments in the south polar terrain region of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Enceladus data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11138:
Spreading Ridge Transforms On Enceladus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-15 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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This video demonstrates two examples of the interpretation of tectonic spreading along the 'tiger stripe' fractures in the south polar terrain of Saturn's moon Enceladus. This video was created based on images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11137:
Reconstructing the Past on Enceladus Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-15 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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The most prominent jets of vapor and icy particles emerging from the south polar terrain of Saturn's moon Enceladus are shown here in graphical form in a movie clip of a 'rotating' Enceladus. Video created based on images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11136:
Enceladus' Jets Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-15 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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During two close flybys of Saturn's moon Enceladus in 2008, the cameras on NASA's Cassini spacecraft acquired several very high-resolution images of specific regions of the south polar terrain.
PIA11135:
Tiger Stripes...Magnified!
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-15 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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On Oct. 9, 2008, just after coming within 25 kilometers (15.6 miles) of the surface of Enceladus, NASA's Cassini captured this stunning mosaic as the spacecraft sped away from this geologically active moon of Saturn.
PIA11133:
A Tectonic Feast
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-15 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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This updated mosaic of the southern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Enceladus has been constructed from the many high-resolution images acquired by NASA's Cassini spacecraft during four close targeted flybys of Enceladus in March, August and October 2008.
PIA11126:
The Southern Hemisphere of Enceladus
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Numerous stars provide a serene background in this view of Enceladus captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft while the moon was in eclipse, within Saturn's shadow.
PIA10526:
Starry Night
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-11-18 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft acquired this view of Saturn's moon Enceladus just after the spacecraft passed within 25 kilometers (15 miles) of the surface on Oct. 9, 2008.
PIA10515:
Over the Limb
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-11-02 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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This mosaic from NASA's Cassini spacecraft was made from 'skeet shoot' narrow-angle images 1, 2, 3, and 4, all captured during the Oct. 31, 2008, flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus.
PIA11134:
Enceladus Rev 91 Flyby - Skeet Shoot 1-4 Mosaic
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft was the ninth 'skeet shoot' narrow-angle image captured during the Oct. 31, 2008 flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus.
PIA11127:
Enceladus Rev 91 Flyby - Skeet Shoot #9
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft was the eighth 'skeet shoot' narrow-angle image captured during the October 31, 2008, flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus.
PIA11125:
Enceladus Rev 91 Flyby - Skeet Shoot #8
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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft was the fourth 'skeet shoot' narrow-angle image captured during the Oct. 31, 2008, flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus.
PIA11108:
Enceladus Rev 91 Flyby - Skeet Shoot #4
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft was the first and highest resolution 'skeet shoot' narrow-angle image captured during the Oct. 31, 2008, flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus.
PIA11124:
Enceladus Rev 91 Flyby - Skeet Shoot #1
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-30 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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Northern craters line the crescent of Enceladus. This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft is part of an observation designed to view the moon's plume of icy particles at a moderately high phase angle.
PIA10498:
Just a Phase
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-28 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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This image was taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft's extremely close encounter with Saturn's moon Enceladus on Oct. 9, 2008.
PIA11123:
Enceladus Oct. 9, 2008 Flyby - Posted Image #5
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This image was taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft's extremely close encounter with Saturn's moon Enceladus on Oct. 9, 2008.
PIA11122:
Enceladus Oct. 9, 2008 Flyby - Posted Image #4
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This image was taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft's extremely close encounter with Saturn's moon Enceladus on Oct. 9, 2008.
PIA11121:
Enceladus Oct. 9, 2008 Flyby - Posted Image #3
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This image was taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft's extremely close encounter with Saturn's moon Enceladus on Oct. 9, 2008.
PIA11120:
Enceladus Oct. 9, 2008 Flyby - Posted Image #2
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This image was taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft's extremely close encounter with Saturn's moon Enceladus on Oct. 9, 2008.
PIA11119:
Enceladus Oct. 9, 2008 Flyby - Posted Image #1
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Enceladus peeks over the limb of Dione during a partial occultation. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Sept. 13, 2008.
PIA10500:
Occulting Enceladus
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The active surface jets on Saturn's moon Enceladus collectively form a brilliant, extended plume that is made visible as sunlight scatters among the microscopic particles of ice. Image was taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera.
PIA10502:
Plumewatch
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Ring shadows line the face of distant Saturn, providing an exquisite backdrop for the brilliant, white sphere of Enceladus. This icy moon is a target of intense study for NASA's Cassini spacecraft during its Equinox mission.
PIA10485:
Focus on Enceladus
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During a distant flyby encounter with Saturn's moon Enceladus, NASA's Cassini spacecraft imaged the moon's wrinkled leading hemisphere.
PIA10483:
Youthful Wrinkles
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A trio of Saturn's icy moons, Enceladus, Pandora, and Mimas, crowds together along NASA's Cassini spacecraft's line of sight in this image captured on June 28, 2007.
PIA10481:
Gathering of Moons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-19 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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As NASA's Cassini spacecraft sped away from Enceladus following its close August 2008 flyby, the moon's wrinkled south polar region remained in view.
PIA10473:
White Moon
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As NASA's Cassini spacecraft began its August 2008 flyby of Enceladus, the spacecraft approached over the moon's cratered north pole. Cassini acquired this view as the icy moon grew ever larger in its field of view.
PIA10471:
Approaching Enceladus
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveals the existence of a faint arc of material orbiting with Saturn's small moon Anthe.
PIA11101:
The Anthe Arc
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveals the existence of a faint arc of material orbiting with Saturn's small moon Anthe.
PIA11100:
Anthe's Faint Arc
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-08-15 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft shot past the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus on Aug. 11, 2008, acquiring a set of seven high-resolution images targeting known jet source locations on the moon's 'tiger stripe' fractures, or sulci.
PIA11114:
Baghdad and Cairo Sulci on Enceladus
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft shot past the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus on Aug. 11, 2008, acquiring a set of seven high-resolution images targeting known jet source locations on the moon's 'tiger stripe' fractures, or sulci.
PIA11113:
Damascus Sulcus on Enceladus
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This sweeping mosaic of Saturn's moon Enceladus provides broad regional context for the ultra-sharp, close-up views NASA's Cassini spacecraft acquired minutes earlier, during its flyby on Aug. 11, 2008.
PIA11112:
Great Southern Land
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-08-12 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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This image is the seventh skeet-shoot image taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft's very close flyby of Enceladus on Aug. 11, 2008. Damascus Sulcus is crossing the upper part of the image.
PIA11107:
Enceladus Rev 80 Flyby Skeet Shoot #7
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This image is the fourth skeet-shoot footprint taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft's very close flyby of Enceladus on Aug. 11, 2008. Cairo Sulcus is shown crossing the upper left portion of the image.
PIA11109:
Enceladus Rev 80 Flyby Skeet Shoot #4
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This image is the third skeet-shoot image taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft's very close flyby of Enceladus on Aug. 11, 2008. Cairo Sulcus is crossing the southern part of the image.
PIA11106:
Enceladus Rev 80 Flyby Skeet Shoot #3
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This image is the first skeet-shoot image taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft's very close flyby of Enceladus on Aug. 11, 2008. It captures a region near the Cairo Sulcus on Enceladus' south polar terrain that is littered with blocks of ice.
PIA11105:
Enceladus Rev 80 Flyby Skeet Shoot #1
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Craters on Saturn's moon Enceladus tend to be modified by a couple of different processes that are visible in this view captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. This view looks toward terrain near the north pole.
PIA10445:
Reshaping the Craters
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Presented here is a complete set of cartographic map sheets from a high-resolution Enceladus atlas, a project of the Cassini Imaging Team. The map data was acquired by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, imaging science sub-system.
PIA08419:
The Enceladus Atlas
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This global map of Saturn's moon Enceladus was created using images taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft flybys, with Voyager images filling in the gaps in Cassini's coverage.
PIA08417:
Map of Enceladus
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Interesting geological details on Saturn's moon Enceladus can be seen in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. At bottom is the wrinkled and generally crater-free terrain near the moon's south pole.
PIA10436:
Distant Details on Enceladus
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft observes the wrinkled surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus. This view looks toward the Saturn-facing side of Enceladus (504 kilometers, or 313 miles across).
PIA10422:
Crescent Enceladus
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The ringed planet sits in repose, the center of its own macrocosm of many rings and moons and one artificial NASA satellite named Cassini. Mimas (397 kilometers, or 247 miles across) is visible at upper left.
PIA08414:
Perspective on Saturn
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The view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks toward the anti-Saturn hemisphere on Enceladus' trailing side. sulci, or tiger stripe fractures, in the south polar region .
PIA10403:
Icy Oasis
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A great, eye-like vortex stares out of Saturn's roiling atmosphere. The storm is wide enough to span the distance from Washington, DC to London. Bright Enceladus drifts past in the foreground in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA09913:
A Capital Storm
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft acquired this view 15 hours before closest approach to Enceladus as the spacecraft dove toward its thrilling March 2008 encounter with the ice-particle-spewing moon.
PIA09882:
On Approach to Enceladus
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The number of water particles in Enceladus' plume peaked over the area highlighted by the circle in this image of Saturn's moon Enceladus, which is overlain by data from NASA's Cassini Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer.
PIA10362:
Peak Water Density
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Heat radiating from the entire length of 150 kilometer long fractures is seen in this best-yet heat map of the active south polar region of Saturn's ice moon Enceladus. Measurements obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's Composite Infrared Spectrometer.
PIA10361:
Jet Spots in Tiger Stripes
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft's March 12, 2008, flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus provided the best view yet of the heat radiation from the active south pole of the satellite.
PIA10360:
Stripes and Heat Map Side-by-Side
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This graph from the Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer onboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the range of cometary values with similar chemistry as Saturn's moon Enceladus.
PIA10357:
Comets and Enceladus - Similar Chemistry
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The lower panel is a mass spectrum that shows the chemical constituents sampled in Saturn's moon Enceladus' plume by NASA's Cassini Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer during its fly-through of the plume on Mar. 12, 2008.
PIA10356:
Enceladus Plume Neutral Mass Spectrum
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Jets of high-density gas detected by NASA's Cassini Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph on Saturn's moon Enceladus match the locations of dust jets determined from Cassini images, labeled here with Roman numerals.
PIA10355:
Gas and Dust Jets Match Up
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New structure, density and composition measurements of Enceladus' water plume were obtained when NASA's Cassini spacecraft's Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph observed the star zeta Orionis pass behind the plume Oct. 24, 2007, as seen in this image.
PIA10354:
Stellar Data on Plume Animation Icon
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The plumes of water and other ice vapors jetting from the surface of Enceladus are one of the most exciting astronomical discoveries of the 21st century. This perspective view was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA10352:
Tiger Stripes on Enceladus - Fracture Zones and Plumes Sources
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The topography of planetary surfaces tells us much about the geologic history and forces involved, and volcanically active Enceladus is no exception. This view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the oldest most heavily cratered terrains on the surface.
PIA10351:
Ancient Cratered Terrains on Enceladus - A Complex Deformation History
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During its July 2005 flyby of Enceladus, NASA's Cassini spacecraft acquired one very high-resolution image of the geologically young and active south polar region. This is our highest resolution view of Enceladus.
PIA10350:
South Polar Terrains of Enceladus - Highest Resolution View
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This three-image mosaic is the highest resolution view yet obtained of Enceladus' north polar region. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on March 12, 2008.
PIA08409:
The North Polar Region of Enceladus
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 Radar Mapper
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This map of the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus, generated from images taken by NASA's Cassini and Voyager spacecraft, illustrates the imaging coverage planned for Cassini's very close flyby of the geologically active moon on March 12, 2008.
PIA08408:
Close Brush with Enceladus
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On Jan. 17, 2008, NASA's Cassini spacecraft spied two of Saturn's small moons, Atlas and Epimetheus, that skirt the edges of the planet's rings.
PIA09836:
Ring Rocks
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A color portrait of Saturn's sunlight-scattering rings hosts a group of several moons including Eceladus, Pandora, and Mimas, captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Dec. 22, 2007.
PIA09824:
Field of Moons
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This colorful view, taken from edge-on with the ringplane by NASA's Cassini oribter on July 24, 2007, contains four of Saturn's attendant moons, brilliant Enceladus, irregular Hyperion, Epimetheus below the rings and between Tethys and Enceladus.
PIA08394:
Moon Patrol
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Just before Rhea slipped behind Saturn, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured the moon in its disappearing act. Along with the partly obscured Rhea are Tethys, at right, and Enceladus, left of Tethys.
PIA09795:
Obscure Moon
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Saturn and Dione regard Enceladus, the object their gravitational tug-of-war in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Nov. 8, 2007.
PIA09798:
Key Players
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft spies Enceladus and Epimetheus near the limb of Saturn. Geologically active Enceladus is 505 kilometers across; smaller, more irregularly shaped Epimetheus is 116 kilometers across.
PIA09791:
Off Saturn's Shoulder
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Enceladus is seen here, across the unilluminated side of Saturn's rings. This image was taken in polarized green light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Oct. 27, 2007.
PIA09786:
Enceladus Afar
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From a low angle above Saturn's rings, NASA's Cassini spacecraft's view of an icy moon is partly obscured. The view looks toward Enceladus across the unilluminated side of the rings from less than a degree above the ringplane.
PIA09775:
Enceladus in Hiding
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The leading hemisphere of Enceladus displays a remarkably fresh-looking surface in this recent view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. At this resolution, only a few craters can be made out in this wrinkled region of the geologically active moon's surface.
PIA09770:
A Fresh Face
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft returns another dazzling postcard from its journey with this view of cloud-streaked Saturn and two of its moons, Enceladus and Mimas. This image was taken on Sept. 25, 2007.
PIA09767:
No Postage Required
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Icy sentinels Tethys and Enceladus stand guard on Saturn's doorstep, defying the distant Sun in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Sept. 20, 2007.
PIA09762:
Cold Kingdom
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With Enceladus nearly in front of the Sun from NASA's Cassini's viewpoint, its icy jets become clearly visible against the background. This view is roughly perpendicular to the direction of the linear 'tiger stripe' fractures from which the jets emanate.
PIA09761:
Icy Jets Aglow
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Saturn's incredible rings dwarf its moons in sheer scale. But all of their material, if compacted into a single body, would make a moon smaller than Enceladus, captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft next to the planet's banded globe.
PIA09757:
Ice Spread Thin
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft snapped this Saturn portrait from the distance of Iapetus, just before beginning its close encounter with the two-toned moon on Sept. 9, 2007.
PIA09753:
Snapshot from Afar
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While on final approach for its Sept. 2007 close encounter with Saturn's moon Iapetus, NASA's Cassini spacecraft spun around to take in a sweeping view of the Saturn System.
PIA08387:
The View from Iapetus
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Views like this help identify the source locations for individual jets spurting ice particles, water vapor and trace organic compounds from the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus. This false-color view was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08386:
Jet Blue
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This map of the south polar region of Saturn's moon Enceladus shows the correlation between jet sources identified in NASA's Cassini imaging data and hot spots on the surface located by the composite infrared spectrometer instrument.
PIA08385:
Enceladus Jet Sources
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Saturn sits with its attendants in the icy depths of the outer Solar System in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA09732:
Kingdom of Saturn
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Two icy moons meet on the sky in a 'mutual event' recorded by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The great brightness of Enceladus is rather obvious in comparison to Dione behind it.
PIA09729:
Enceladus and Dione
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Three of Saturn's diverse family of moons are captured in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Titan hovers above the thin line of the rings. Epimetheus is a mere speck at far left. Enceladus sits in front of the ringplane from Cassini's view.
PIA09016:
Trio Near the Rings
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Rhea and Enceladus float across the field of view as bright clouds roll through the gas giant Saturn's skies in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA09005:
Spellbinding Saturn
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This nearly equatorial view shows cratered regions on Enceladus in the central part of its leading hemisphere and high northern latitudes. This image was taken in polarized green light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera.
PIA09003:
Scars on an Active World
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Enceladus appears as a rather bland orb in this far-off snapshot, but the dark markings, called sulci, long, roughly parallel fractures from which a spray of icy particles escapes into the void, are seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08980:
Exciting Orb
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Peeking over the crescent of Saturn's moon Enceladus, NASA's Cassini spacecraft views the towering plume of ice particles erupting from the moon's south polar region
PIA08954:
Icy Emanations
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Plumes of water vapor and other gases escape at high velocity from the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus, as shown in this artist concept.
PIA09209:
Shear Heating on Enceladus
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Blazing like an icy torch, the plume of Saturn's moon Enceladus shines in scattered sunlight as the moon casts a shadow onto Saturn's E ring as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08921:
Casting a Shadow
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Sunlight makes visible the faint band called the E ring as two of Saturn's moons, Enceladus and Tethys, meet in the sky. Enceladus' brilliant plume of ice erupting from its south pole as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08919:
Moons in the Night
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The high northern latitudes on Saturn's moon Enceladus show little detail from NASA's Cassini's distant vantage point, nearly 50 degrees above the moon's equator.
PIA08915:
Astral Pearl
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