Image: PIA23175-SaturnMoon-Enceladus-ArtistConcept-20200224

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Description: Saturn Moon - Enceladus - Artist Concept - February 24, 2020 PIA23175: Enceladus Global View with Plume (Artist's Rendering) https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA23175 This illustration shows Saturn's icy moon Enceladus with the plume of ice particles, water vapor and organic molecules that sprays from fractures in the moon's south polar region. A cutaway version of this graphic is also available, showing the moon's interior ocean and hydrothermal activity — both of which were discovered by NASA's Cassini mission (see PIA20013 ). This global view was created using a Cassini-derived map of Enceladus (see PIA18435 ). More information about Enceladus is available at https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/saturn-moons/enceladus/in-depth/. For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/cassini/overview/.
Title: PIA23175-SaturnMoon-Enceladus-ArtistConcept-20200224
Credit: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA23175.jpg
Author: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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