Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Revisited
December 7th 2010 01:21
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Saturn Moon Enceladus
Since it launch a decade ago the Cassini-Huygens continues to impress us with its brilliant images and information now the spacecraft is embarking on a new mission revisiting Saturn and its moons.
The space craft has performed very well and has sent back valuable information and excellent images of Saturn and it’s moons.
Perhaps the most spectacular image so far is the observations Cassini made during this flyby over one of Saturn’s many moon.
NASA's Cassini spacecraft successfully descended near the surface of Saturn's moon on Nov. 30 2010.
Cassini's closest approach took it to within about 48 kilometers (30 miles) of the moon's northern hemisphere.
The spacecraft also captured a number of high contrasted images of the rough some- what battered south polar terrain.
A number of images showed brilliant jets of what seemed like water or a mixture of icy fine crystals that spray out from the surface of the moon.
Close up view of Enceladus show jets of debris from the surface
What is interesting is the fact that many of our solar system objects are dynamic, evolving and alive. I don't mean as in life as we know scenario. Still these objects are evolving in their own right,who knows what the future will show us as we search the mysteries of the "hidden" worlds in our solar system.
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Comment by S.L.
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Comment by CarlCan
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You are right some of the moons are very active, and much more interesting than there counterparts.
Its offical our moon has water all-be-it frozen
Located at the Moon's Southern pole.