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Enceladus Afar Target Name:   Enceladus Spacecraft:   Cassini Orbiter Instrument:   Imaging Science Subsystem - Narrow Angle Produced by:   NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Copyright:  NASA Copyright Free Policy Cross Reference:   PIA09786 Date Taken:   27 October 2007 Related Document Enceladus Download Options Name Type Width x Height Size PIA09786.jpg JPEG 981 x 609 33K PIA09786.tif TIFF 981 x 609 182K Enceladus is seen here, across the unilluminated side of Saturn's rings. A hint of the moon's active south polar region can be seen as a just slightly dark area at bottom. This view was obtained from about 1 degree above the ringplane. Enceladus is 505 kilometers (314 miles) across. The image was taken in polarized green light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on Oct. 27, 2007. The view was acquired at a distance of approximately 2.1 million kilometers (1.3 million miles) from Enceladus. Image scale is 13 kilometers (8 miles) per pixel.

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