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Image taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft showing Saturn’s rings in its full glory. The arrow is pointing at Enceladus orbiting Saturn embedded in the E ring which is created by ice grains emitted by Enceladus’ plume into space.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI
This illustration shows NASA's Cassini spacecraft diving through the plume of Saturn's moon Enceladus, in 2015.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Through cracks in the ice crust of Enceladus, icy cryovolcanic jets erupt into space. The ice grains are generated from the global ocean under the ice layer that is a few kilometers thick.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/Kevin M. Gill
