Saturn's Moon Enceladus close up

My friend Peter sent me a link to an amazing collection of photos beamed back from a tiny icy moon orbiting Saturn. If you like photos from outer space you will really enjoy these images!

The Moon is called Enceladus and NASA's Cassini orbiter has recently had some very close approaches - as close as 15 miles from the surface.

Astronomers around the world will be very busy the next few years deciphering what all this data means.

Enceladus is an active Moon, it emits internal heat that helps to keep its surface active. They call this "cryovolcanism" where ice particles are ejected out into Saturnian orbit.

Cassini has another close flyby of Enceladus scheduled for tomorrow, Halloween!

Enceladus Up Close:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/10/enceladus_up_close.html