# @nasa on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C5d1e14ubVA
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/14298525-nasa-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-04-07T16:00:15.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

The ice must flow 🪱
 
Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus shines bright in this image captured by our Cassini spacecraft as it transited past the moon from a distance of around 112,100 kilometers (69,700 miles). Enceladus is the most reflective world in the solar system, with a water-ice surface that averages temperatures around -330ºF (-201ºC).
 
Beneath the icy surface lies a vast ocean of salty water, which sprays jets of icy particles between the moon’s cracks that make up one of Saturn’s iconic rings. With hydrothermal vents, a salt ocean, and hydrocarbons, Enceladus has reshaped our understanding and search for where life may exist in our solar system and universe.
 
Image description: Enceladus’ half-lit white surface starkly contrasts the blackness of space. Cracks and bumps meander across the surface in shades of blue and white.
 
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
 
#NASA #Space #SolarSystem #Enceladus #Saturn #Ice #Icy

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ice, nasa, space, icy, saturn, enceladus, solarsystem

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