New Images Reveal Surprising Landscape On Saturn's Moon

Geo Beats 2015-10-18

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NASA has released new, close-up images of Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, which were recently taken by the Cassini spacecraft. Instead of the craters that were expected around the north pole, they show a varied landscape including thin cracks which are commonly found elsewhere on the lunar body.

New, high-resolution images of one of Saturn’s moons has revealed a surprising landscape.
Instead of the mass of craters that were expected based on previous low-resolution photos, the area around Enceladus’s northern pole appears to be more varied. 
A member of the team responsible for the imaging is quoted in NASA’s press release as saying, “The northern regions are crisscro

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