
NASA Cassini spacecraft captures this scene showing the bright crescent of Saturn moon Enceladus at top right. The center of the image reveals plumes of water ice spew out from fractures known as tiger stripes near the south pole of the moon.
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PIA11683
Date Created
February 23, 2010
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JPL
Media Type
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