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Pasadena CA (SPX) March 7, 2006 NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this image of Saturn's moon Enceladus hanging like a single bright pearl against the golden-brown canvas of the icy rings and the faint outline of the planet at dusk - complete with faint ring shadows falling across Saturn's surface. Icy Enceladus is 505 kilometers (314 miles) across. Cassini's wide-angle camera captured the image using red, green and blue spectral filters to create this natural color view. The image was taken Jan. 17 at a distance of approximately 200,000 kilometers (100,000 miles) from Enceladus. The image scale is 10 kilometers (6 miles) per pixel. Related Links Cassini at JPL Cassini Image Team
Cassini Catches Enceladus Transit
Pasadena CA (SPX) March 5, 2006The Cassini spacecraft captured this spectacular transit of Saturn's moon Enceladus near the ring plane on March 3, and mission controllers received the image March 4. |
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