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Enceladus: Ice And Atmosphere

Posted on Sunday, December 27, 2015
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Enceladus: Ice And Atmosphere
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

Uploader comment: NASA's Cassini spacecraft paused during its final close flyby of Enceladus to focus on the icy moon's craggy, dimly lit limb, with the planet Saturn beyond. Layers can be seen in the high hazes of Saturn's upper atmosphere, in the gradient that separates the planet from space.


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