Enceladus

This model of Enceladus, one of the moons of Saturn, makes use of the color map of Enceladus from December 1, 2014 The global color mosaic of Saturn's moon Enceladus was produced from images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft during its first 10 years exploring the Saturn system. The yellowish and magenta tones in the map are believed to be due to differences in the thickness of surface deposits there. In addition, many of the most recently formed fractures on Enceladus have a stronger ultraviolet signature , and they appear bluish in these maps. The famous "tiger stripe" fractures, which are the sources of the plumes venting gas and dust into space have a similar color. Researchers think this color could be due to large-grained ice exposed on the surface. Other subtle color markings are related to the moon's local and regional geologic history. Further information and high res images available at: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/photos/imagedetails/index.cfm?imageId=5122