New Images Reveal Surprising Landscape On Enceladus

Geo Beats 2015-10-19

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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.

New, high-resolution images of one of Saturn’s moons have 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 crisscrossed by a spidery network of gossamer-thin cracks that slice through the craters.” 
He then adds that these cracks are common on the lunar b

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