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The Surface of Enceladus (Left Side: Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team; Right Side: RAW Frame; credits: NASA/JPL Space Science Institute)
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Caption NASA:"The Cassini Spacecraft surveys the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus in this image, which shows newly Created Terrain in the upper right meeting older, Cratered Terrain in the lower left.
This view is centered on terrain at about 5° South Latitude and 200° West Longitude.
The image was taken in Visible Light with the Cassini Spacecraft narrow-angle camera on Dec. 21, 2010. The view was acquired at a distance of approx. 25.000 Km (such as 15.525 miles) from Enceladus and at a Sun-Enceladus-Spacecraft, or Phase, Angle of 14°. Image scale is roughly 148 meters (486 feet) per pixel".
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