Another recent flyby the poles of Enceladus has produced many more images of Saturn's now most familiar satellites. These new photos simply highlight the fine fractures (or tiger stripes) in the surface of Enceladus and with enhanced imaging, show the small collections of ice around them. Unfortunately, this is the final opportunity astronomers will have to capture images such as this in a very long time. The next flyby for the satelite is in over a year and with the sun shifting from focus on the southern pole, it is expected images will not be as clear. Hopefully this is not the last chance we will have to look at one of the bodies which could possibly support life, but for now, we will be required to wait at least a year until we get a closer look. Below are a few images taken from the NASA Cassini mission webiste from the recent flyby.
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