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More Jets On Enceladus

Like hunters sighting a clay duck flying fast in the sky, this mosaic of Cassini images was made from 'skeet shoot' narrow-angle images 1, 2, 3, and 4, all captured during the Oct. 31, 2008, flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus. The resolution of this mosaic is 12.3 meters (41 feet) per pixel and jet source VI is identified in the upper right. For more of the images in this series please go here. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
by Carolyn Porco
Cassini Imaging Team Leader
Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 04, 2008
I'm very happy to report that we've just put one more major milestone in this remarkable adventure successfully behind us.

Another bold dip over the south pole of Enceladus and another skillful setup for imaging the moon 'on the fly' have brought us another bounty of positively glorious views of one of the most fabulous places in the solar system.

On this run, we have captured, by design, jet source regions we didn't catch the first time: sources VI and VII on and near the Baghdad tiger stripe, and we repeated our imaging of II and III on Damascus.

In all, we've now seen at very high resolution (tens of meters per pixel) sources I, II, III, V, VI, and VII. And of course, as before, we note that the region of the active tiger stripes is finely-fractured throughout and littered with icy blocks.

Our next flyby of Enceladus, as you may know, is not for another year. The sun will be disappearing from the south pole throughout that time, so that by next year we will have a far dimmer view of a shrinking portion of the south polar terrain.

So, take your fill of this fabulous place now, because it will be a very, very long time before you see it like this again.

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Cassini's Imaging Trick Yields Halloween Treats From Enceladus
Pasadena CA (SPX) Oct 30, 2008
Following on the heels of the spectacularly successful 'skeet shoot' maneuver on August 11, Cassini will use the same technique to obtain high resolution images of the south polar region of Enceladus as it flies within 171 km of the icy moon on October 31.

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