Icy Saturn Moon's 'Tiger Stripes' More Extensive Than Thought

This image shows a high-resolution heat map of the south polar region of Saturn's moon Enceladus, made with data obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft during a flyby on Aug. 13, 2010. (Image credit: NASA/JPL/GSFC/SWRI/SSI)

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