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Enceladus Near Saturn
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23.03.2006 00:00
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Enceladus Near Saturn
Explanation:
Some images of Saturn appear surreal.
Earlier this year, the robot
spacecraft Cassini
now orbiting Saturn took this
surreal image
of the gas giant
Saturn
, its majestic
rings
, and its enigmatic world
Enceladus
all in one frame.
Enceladus, recently found to
emit jets
of ice from
possible underground seas
,
appears white as its surface is covered with relatively clean water-ice.
Below
Enceladus
are the rings of Saturn, seen nearly
edge on
.
Compared to Enceladus, Saturn's rings show their comparatively high density of dirt with their golden-brown color in
this natural color image
.
The planet Saturn, in the background, appears
relatively featureless
with the exception of thin ring shadows visible on the upper left.
The
terminator
between night and day is seen vertically across the face of this distant world.
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