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Cassini spacecraft Closeup view of Saturn's moon Enceladus

nasa.gov — The image was taken with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on Aug. 11, 2008, a distance of approximately 1,567 kilometers (974 miles) above the surface of Enceladus. Image scale is approximately 18 meters (59 feet) per pixel.

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  • FallOutBoyTonto, on 08/13/2008, -0/+13Awesome!!! Thank you, I'm amazed at being able to see something so far away and it is a recent picture. :-D
  • philars, on 08/13/2008, -0/+8mmm i love enceladus. they're good with salsa and sour cream
  • inactive, on 08/13/2008, -1/+6Pictures like these are so creepily awesome, they send shivers down my spine.
  • t3rmv3locity, on 08/13/2008, -0/+4Those are Canals!!! Man Made CANALS!!!
  • Paul1245, on 08/13/2008, -0/+3Incredible. I think its the ice freezing and melting that creates the striations we see in this image. Can anyone confirm?
  • Grimdotdotdot, on 08/13/2008, -0/+2I think it looks a bit like some rock creatures from a film I saw when I was a kid. Labyrinth, maybe?
  • FallOutBoyTonto, on 08/13/2008, -0/+2LOL! Good point.
  • CATSCEO2, on 08/13/2008, -0/+1I saw something that looked Vader like, but heh.
  • sisko2k5, on 08/13/2008, -0/+1Looks like my backyard...
  • zadadka, on 08/13/2008, -0/+1Close your account if you like.
  • xekko, on 08/13/2008, -0/+1Life on another world could be lurking just a couple miles below that ice...
  • thegrantman, on 08/13/2008, -0/+1cool.
  • WELLDOITLIVE, on 08/13/2008, -0/+1Skeet skeet shoot
  • rankftw, on 08/13/2008, -0/+1yes i seen it after you mentioned it
  • inactive, on 08/13/2008, -0/+1Such a depressing landscape. So cold..so lonely.

    Let's go there!
  • quelcertoleo, on 08/13/2008, -1/+1"and it is a recent picture. :-D"

    I don't think there has been much change over there in the recent million of years. :)
  • brainflakes, on 08/13/2008, -1/+0Saturnian made, surely?
  • inactive, on 08/13/2008, -2/+1Oh it's Enceladus, I thought it was a close up of the huge ***** i took earlier this morning.
  • infiniphunk, on 08/13/2008, -6/+4Am I the only one who can see the Darth Vader mask in this picture? Look closely.

    http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2v1u1k1&s=4

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