Solar System Tours: Plumes of Enceladus - by ET_Exists
That was when we all saw it, the first of three “tiger stripes” that marked the south pole of Enceladus. Just then a small object the size of a pea struck the cupola directly in front of my face and caused me to jump back, but I forced myself to hold on to the restraints. Another one struck. Then another. This was when we all realized the initial sounds were ice particles emanating from the plumes and striking the Tour Bus, all being catapulted out of the moon through the stripes and into space.
The Tour Bus continued to pass over the three stripes one at a time as we gazed down into the giant fissures where the particles came from, knowing that mere seconds earlier they were liquid water that swirled around inside the icy moon. We all strained to see down into the fissures to try and see the bottom, but to no avail.
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