Picture of the Day - Enceladus and G Ring

As Enceladus spews water ice from its south polar region, Cassini also shows Saturn's faint G ring before the moon.



The E ring is too diffuse to be seen here, but the G ring can just barely be seen in this image. The G ring is actually closer to Cassini here even though the ring appears to be behind Enceladus. The most brightly lit terrain seen on the moon here (on the left of the moon) is illuminated by the sun and is on the leading hemisphere of Enceladus (504 kilometers, 313 miles acros [...]

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