Enceladus up close

[carl_sagan]

Saturn's tiny, icy moon Enceladus has recently been visited by NASA's Cassini orbiter on several very close approaches - once coming within a mere 25 kilometers (15 miles) of the surface. Scientists are learning a great deal about this curious little moon. Only about 500 kilometers wide (310 miles), it is very active, emitting internal heat,

Comments

[telarus]

Beautiful!

[carl_sagan]

Indeed. it is immensely inspiring to see a celestial body simply floating in space. Makes me wish I had a marble big enough to knock it about!

[makingthematrix]

Amazing.
I would rather have this on my 'Friends' list than a dozen of self-congratulatory posts by pox_gigantica. Care to add me?

[carl_sagan]

will do ASAP.