This Cassini photograph shows jets of water vapor erupting from the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus. The jets are thought to originate in an ocean of liquid water beneath the moon's frozen crust. The latest images make it more certain that the jets erupt from deep fissures in the crust.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
More Jets on Enceladus
This Cassini photograph shows jets of water vapor erupting from the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus. The jets are thought to originate in an ocean of liquid water beneath the moon's frozen crust. The latest images make it more certain that the jets erupt from deep fissures in the crust.
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