What appears to be a floating orb in the blackness of space is actually Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus. Here, intriguing south-polar jets are visible, backlit by sunlight while the moon itself glows softly in reflected Saturn-shine. Observations of the jets taken from various viewing geometries provide different insights into these remarkable features. Our Cassini spacecraft has gathered a wealth of information in the hopes of unraveling the mysteries of the subsurface ocean that lurks beneath the moon’s icy crust. This view looks toward the Saturn-facing hemisphere of Enceladus, where north is up. The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft’s narrow-angle camera on April 13. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute #nasa #space #moon #saturn #cassini #spacecraft #enceladus #jets #ice #icy #science #observe #picoftheday #instagrampic #spacepic