Tiger Stripes

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

Just days ago (Friday the 13th), the Cassini spacecraft did a flyby from the Saturn moon Enceladus and paid distinct attention the “tiger stripes” that are apparent inside the south polar regions. We know the tiger stripes to be giant fissures spewing jets of water vapor and organic particles hundreds of kilometers (and miles) into space. The southern hemisphere of [...]