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Enceladus - Raw

Raw view of Enceladus during the E10 flyby
Published: May 19, 2010

This raw, unprocessed image of Enceladus was taken on May 18, 2010, by the Cassini spacecraft, which was approximately 75,000 kilometers (46,500 miles) away at the time.

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