This changed in 2004 when the Cassini space probe began orbiting Saturn and discovered a strange occurrence in the planet’s magnetic field near its sixth largest moon. In a targeted flyby, Cassini found four massive fissures centered on Enceladus’ south pole. Plumes of water vapor and ice grains gush from cracks on the moon’s surface, revealing that Enceladus was active. Camera imagining in 2005 provided more details that the south polar region was a youthful and complex terrain with water jets continuously erupting at 800 miles per hour. A fraction of the material from the eruptions makes their way to Saturn’s E Ring, while the rest fall back down like snow, giving the moon its bright white surface. A surface that at first glance would look like a dream come true for Scarface or college seniors at their last frat party.
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