Scientists using mission
data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft have identified 101 distinct geysers
erupting on Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus. Their analysis suggests it is possible
for liquid water to reach from the moon’s underground sea all the way to its
Surface.
Source and further reading:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2014-246
This animation shows a 3-D model of 98 geysers whose source locations and tilts were found in a Cassini imaging survey of Enceladus' south polar terrain by the method of triangulation.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute / SOURCE: corina marinescu
Source and further reading:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2014-246
This animation shows a 3-D model of 98 geysers whose source locations and tilts were found in a Cassini imaging survey of Enceladus' south polar terrain by the method of triangulation.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute / SOURCE: corina marinescu
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