Station Cassini has transferred to the Earth a picture on which it is possible to see the north pole of Enceladus in width of 504 kilometers, is informed on site NASA.

At the north pole of Saturn's moon, you can see a lot of craters, which indicates that it has not been updated for quite a long time. At the same time, the southern pole of Enceladus is distinguished by geological activity, the most noticeable in the area of ??cracks, which are known as "tiger stripes".

Cassini took a picture on November 27, but NASA published it just now.

The space station Cassini-Huygens, worth more than three billion dollars, was launched into space in 1997 to study Saturn and its satellite Titan.

Cassini is named after the Italian scientist Jean Domenico Cassini, who proved that the ring of Saturn consists of two parts, separated by a dark strip (Cassini division) also assuming that the rings of Saturn consist of parts of various sizes.

Cassini-Huygens - one of the most ambitious space stations ever launched into space.

It is filled with a huge number of instruments and cameras for accurate measurements and high quality images in different atmospheric conditions and color spectrum. The space station consists of the Cassini orbital station (built by NASA) and the probe Huygens (European Space Agency).

Cassini's mission is a joint project of NASA, ESA (European Space Agency) and the Italian Space Agency.

One of the achievements of NASA scientists exploring photos with Cassini is the detection of liquid water in the depths of Titan. Also earlier, NASA published unprecedentedly clear photos of Saturn's rings.