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| Enceladus (Cassini Photo) |
American and Italian researchers recently announced that "a vast ocean" lurks beneath "the icy surface of Saturn's little moon
Enceladus."
This was discovered using data from the "NASA-European spacecraft" Cassini. Cassini has been going strong since its launch from Cape Canaveral 17 years ago.
Enceladus himself has been around much longer than that. He
and the other Gigantes were born of the blood of castrated Uranus and culprit Gaia.
(This ill-fated "power couple" had already spawned the Titans.)
Although the Gigantes weren't all that large, they were all that strong.
However, "strong" is a relative term.
Enceladus and his kin got their own special lesson in relativity when they took on the Olympians.
Unfortunately for the Gigantes, they were no match for these mighty gods and goddesses. Once
Athena got a hold of Enceladus, there was simply no contest. She pierced him right through with a spear, and then buried him under Sicily's Mount Etna.
It is said that Enceladus is still writhing with pain, which accounts for Mount Etna's rumblings. His
fiery volcanic "breath" is in stark contrast to his namesake moon's icy exterior.
Resources
http://news.yahoo.com/vast-ocean-found-beneath-ice-saturn-moon-181143390.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enceladus_(mythology)
Copyright April 4, 2014 by Linda Van Slyke All Rights Reserved
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