Encleadus' Ice Geysers

This artist's rendering shows the notable bright surface of icy Enceladus.

In the foreground, an ice geyser can be seen projecting a jet of vapor into space. Enceladus is considered by some as the source of the E ring (which can be very faintly seen along Saturn's equatorial plane); icy geysers may be responsible for sustaining the E ring's supply of micrometer-sized particles. By David Seal