Get more done with Windows Mobile
Latest Photo Galleries:
- Images: Astronomers discover 'young' supernova
- Photos: Cracking open the Atari 2600
- Images: Mars is getting a new visitor
- Photos: Where the building is the network
- Images: Microsoft telescope puts universe on your desktop
- Photos: Microsoft previews 2008 Xbox games
- Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week
- Images: Satellites follow killer cyclone
- Images: How to make your car run on tequila (sort of)
- Images: A visit to 'negawatt' central
First images from Saturn moon close encounter
del.icio.us
Digg thisThis gallery has been updated with the photo on this page. The gallery was originally published on March 13, 2008, at 10:48 a.m.
Flying at 32,000mph, the Cassini spacecraft on Wednesday successfully collected samples from geysers that are spewing ice water from Saturn's moon Enceladus. Scientists are poring over the findings to see if they can find evidence of a water ocean or organics on the moon.
The spacecraft flew within 30 miles of the moon at its closest approach and was 120 miles above the moon's surface when it flew through the geyser plume.
This processed image of the northern polar region is made up of three photos. This region is covered in craters and much older than the south polar region where the geysers are. Ali Baba and Aladin (center) are two of the largest known craters on Enceladus. Samarkand Sulci is a younger region filled with tectonic fractures, ridges and "ridged terrain," according to NASA. Click to enlarge this image.
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
More Galleries
TalkBack
No discussion exists, click here to start it.
