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Crescent Enceladus (MULTISPECTRUM-2; credits: Lunexit)
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Caption NASA:"The Cassini Spacecraft observes the wrinkled surface of Enceladus.
The geologically active South Polar Region is visible at bottom.
This view looks toward the Saturn-facing side of Enceladus (about 504 Km, or 313 miles across). Lit terrain is on the moon's Leading Hemisphere. North is up and rotated 16° to the right.
The image was taken in visible green light with the Cassini Spacecraft narrow-angle camera on June 2, 2008. The view was obtained at a distance of approx. 285.000 Km (such as about 177.000 miles) from Enceladus and at a Sun-Enceladus-Spacecraft, or Phase, Angle of 108°.
Image scale is roughly 2 Km (a little more than 1 mile) per pixel".
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