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The Fountains of Enceladus

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the photo-goodness dept.

EccentricAnomaly writes "Cassini has observed fountain-like plumes from the warm fractures near Enceladus' south pole. This confirms what had been suspected from an image taken last January. And seems to point to these cryo-volcanoes as being the primary source of Saturn's E-ring. There are also more images available from Cassini's raw images archive."

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  1. Nothing for you to see here. by Tackhead · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Nothing for you to see here. Please remember wipe that crap off the lens from the last time you flew along.

  2. Re:LP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Stuff that matters, huh?

  3. Enchiladas by game+kid · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I guess that makes Homer a spoony bard then.

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