On last weekend’s close flyby of Saturn’s moon, the Cassini robot photographed these giant plumes of ice venting on the sunlit edge. They suggest the existence of underground oceans on the ice world. Cassini also has a video of the auroras on Saturn’s poles, similar to those of earth.
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Saturn’s shadow stretches out across its rings on Jan. 19, 2007. This natural-color view, taken from about 764,000 miles (1.2 million kilometer) away by the Cassini spacecraft was released Thursday. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute.
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