Enceladus

Enceladus Makes NASA Cry





NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

Top: The fourth skeet-shoot footprint taken during Cassini's very close flyby of Enceladus on Aug. 11, 2008. Cairo Sulcus is shown crossing the upper left portion of the image. An unnamed fracture curves around the lower right corner. Click

Bottom: The seventh skeet-shoot image taken during Cassini's very close flyby of Enceladus on Aug. 11, 2008. Damascus Sulcus is crossing the upper part of the image. Click.



Images of Enceladus make the Cassini-Huygens team operating the Enceladus flyby cry, to be more precise. :-) And how can we blame them? If you read their fabulous blog from this thriller of a space exploration project you'll easy learn what an achievement it is to get these sharp images of Enceladus, the geysir moon of Saturn. The Cassini-Hygens spacecraft is speeding around the moon and still they manage to get sharp images! I'm glad the traffic control cameras aren't as advanced as these instruments....;-)

Enceladus Geography