Cassini gets close up to Enceladus


The Cassini spacecraft has returned some remarkable new close-up images of the Saturnian moon Enceladus.
They were captured during a flyby on 11 August, with the probe passing above the icy terrain at a distance of just 50km at closest approach.
The pictures show previously unseen detail in the so-called tiger stripes that mark the south pole of Enceladus.

Full article on BBC News

The Cassini-Huygens mission's official website on NASA

Images and videos from Enceladus flyby

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