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Cassini returns pictures from Monday's flyby of Enceladus
NASA/JPL PHOTO RELEASE
Posted: August 12, 2008
Cassini is beaming back its first images from Monday's close encounter with Saturn's moon Enceladus. The spacecraft came within 30 miles of the moon during the flyby that was focused on the moon's south pole where parallel stripes or fissures dubbed "tiger stripes" line the region. That area is of particular interest because geysers of water-ice and vapor jet out of the fissures and supply material to Saturn's E-ring. Scientists hope to learn more about the fissures and whether liquid water is indeed the engine powering the geysers.
Photo No. 1: This is the first skeet-shoot image taken during Cassini's very close flyby of Enceladus on Monday. It captures a region near the Cairo Sulcus on Enceladus' south polar terrain that is littered with blocks of ice. The image was taken at a distance of approximately 800 miles. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
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Photo No. 2: This is another image taken during Cassini's very close flyby of Enceladus on Monday. Cairo Sulcus is crossing the southern part of the image. The image was taken at a distance of approximately 974 miles. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
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Photo No. 3: This is another image taken during Cassini's very close flyby of Enceladus on Monday. Cairo Sulcus is shown crossing the upper left portion of the image. An unnamed fracture curves around the lower right corner. The image was taken at a distance of approximately 1,629 miles. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
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Photo No. 4: This is another image taken during Cassini's very close flyby of Enceladus on Monday. Damascus Sulcus is crossing the upper part of the image. The image was taken at a distance of approximately 2,947 miles. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
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