That white spot is Enceladus, Saturn’s ice-spewing moon, pictured around the dark side of the ringed planet. It takes a while for your eyes to work out what’s going on here, but once they do… wow. [Ciclops]
That white spot is Enceladus, Saturn’s ice-spewing moon, pictured around the dark side of the ringed planet. It takes a while for your eyes to work out what’s going on here, but once they do… wow. [Ciclops]
The Corrector
Thursday, August 26, 2010 at 8:37 AMThat’s no moon… It’s a planet!
Roland
Thursday, August 26, 2010 at 11:13 AMGonna fill us in for those that can’t see what’s to WOW about?
tim
Thursday, August 26, 2010 at 4:23 PMGiven that the article says the picture is taken from the dark side of the planet, I’m gonna guess that its actually the moon that is illuminating the edge of the planet? anyone else have a more accurate answer?