Rev 61 Enceladus (March 12 2008) Options

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The mission description PDF is now online.

Enceladus 3 Flyby

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Thank you all for the kind words of the images and the video I posted - and yes, it does bring Fritz Lang and Murnau to my mind too! :)

During the flyby Cassini took about ten color images of Enceladus (10? 11?). I composited nine of them using the raw images. Some of the following images I already posted earlier, these are new a little bit better versions done with some more care, I even bothered to erase most of the cosmic rays.
In all images filters IR3, GRN, UV3, CL -> RGB+luminance

Approach.
Dist.612000km, raw images:N00103726-29 Dist.316000km, raw images:N00103730-33

Dist.307000km, raw images:N00103734-37 Dist.225000km, raw images:N00103738-41

North pole.
Dist.91000km, raw images:N00103752-55 Upper and lower parts B&W. Dist.65000km, raw images:N00103763-66

Outbound. In these images reflected lights give a different tint on each side of the moon.
BTW: there's a bright blue-green spot near south pole. What is it? A mountain?
Dist.131000km, raw images:N00103775-78 Dist.144000km, raw images:N00103779-82

Dist.213000km, raw images:N00103793-96