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This week’s figure shows how strike-slip motion can drive the jet activity from Enceladus’ tiger stripes. The authors modeled tidally driven fault motion and find that this can produce the observed plume activity, which has two unique peaks throughout the moon’s orbit. (1/2)

This week’s figure shows how strike-slip motion can drive the jet activity from Enceladus’ tiger stripes. The authors modeled tidally driven fault motion and find that this can produce the observed plume activity, which has two unique peaks throughout the moon’s orbit. (1/2)