Gallery: They're Here: The First Shots of Cassini's Enceladus Flyby

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    Enceladus' rugged, icy surface.
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    Taken during the fly by maneuvers, Enceladus and Saturn's rings.
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    Cassini captured droplets of moisture as it soared through geysers at the moon's south pole.
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    Enceladus, taken on April 3 at about 516,011 miles away.
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    Enceladus in repose.
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