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Approaching the plumes

Approaching the plumes
Approaching the plumes This four-frame animation is composed of images captured by Cassini as it approached for its close flyby of Enceladus on 21 November 2009. The brightest plumes in this animation are along Damascus sulcus. Plumes along Baghdad sulcus are also visible at the beginning of the animation. NASA / JPL-Caltech / SSI / Gordan Ugarkovic