The fountains of Enceladus

halfmute · Post by **halfmute** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 6:51 pm

"During a recent pass, Cassini was programmed to look back toward the Sun where Enceladus would appear as a thin crescent."

Actually, it is the SUN that appears as a "thin crescent" here, not Enceladus!

Aqua · Post by **Aqua** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 7:56 pm

The sun can only appear as a cresent duing a conjunction with a planet or moon in the foreground.

FieryIce · Post by **FieryIce** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 2:04 pm

Even better image of Enceladus fountains:

PIA07759: Fountains of Enceladus - Image #2
PIA07760: Spray Above Enceladus