images

Enceladus' icy blasts

by

Nasa/JPL/SSI/Novapix

Reference

a-sat05-22010

Date

2007-01-05

Blasts of icy particles photographed by Cassini spacecraft show that the south pole of Enceladus supplies most of the material for Saturn's "E" Ring. This enhanced and colorized image shows the enormous extent of the fainter, larger-scale component of the plume.