Enceladus Images

The Cassini probe made flybys of Saturn's moon Enceladus on the 9th and 31st October 2008. 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. The region of the active tiger stripes is finely-fractured throughout and littered with icy blocks.

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Science & Technology

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• Enceladus
• Cassini

[2bsirius]

Why would anyone need metaphysics when something this beautiful exists in the natural world? Thanks for posting this.

[HemiHead66]

Why do the pictures look like they're altered. And why is everything always in Black and White.

[KarbineKyle]

COOL! You can see the geyser plumes. Enceladus is very smooth in that region, due to that activity. NASA should send a far away but interesting mission to Neptune's 1 major moon, Triton! If you look at the Voyager 2 images, you'll see the equatorial region has a "cantaloupe-like" terrain. Not all of Triton has been mapped, but the south pole has Nitrogen geysers erupting everywhere! It's geologically active! It's also the largest moon with a retrograde orbit and it's the coldest planetary body.

[causalityofbeing]

Your absolutely right about NASA. Those bastards have been lying all along. Just another government run organization. I know they have been known to alter photos. I'm sure some of these are altered as well. But what an incredible moon. Space is mind boggling.

[HemiHead66]

I don't know, maybe it's me. Stop the video at 0:22 on the clock, and look at the very bottom in the center. Then look right above it a tad to the right. You've got 2 big areas out of focus while everything around it is clear. I know NASA is hiding shit because X employees have talked about it. They've got videos on You Tube. I don't know if they did it here, it just looks funny to me. I know if they ever found anything out there, they sure as hell wouldn't tell us about it.

[causalityofbeing]

Those images look incredible. What makes you think that they are altered?

[Grak70]

water

[2bsirius]

Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy investigating principles of reality transcending those of any particular science. My point was that the work of science can seem magnificent enough...No transcendence required.

[geht12345]

You obviously have no clue what metaphysics actually means and is. Don't be afraid to think the Men of the Infinite are of help, though.

[MewFushisDad]

What is being ejected in the eruptions? Does it have a hot core or is it the gravitational pull of Saturn that generates the heat within Enceladus?

[randyhelzerman]

excellent points 2bsirius :-)