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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-07-05 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
 Autonomous Navigation System
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This image shows how NASA's Deep Impact's impactor targeted comet Tempel 1 as the spacecraft made its final approach in the early morning hours of July 4, 2005.
PIA02136:
A Cyber-Astronaut's Final Moves
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-02-15 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Interferometric Radar
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This radar image acquired in February 2000 by NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission shows an area in the state of Bahia in Brazil.
PIA02706:
Shaded Relief of South Africa, Northern Cape Province
Full Resolution:     TIFF (24.95 MB)     JPEG (2.451 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2002-09-13 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Interferometric Radar
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An 8-kilometer (5-mile) wide crater of possible impact origin is shown in this view of an isolated part of the Bolivian Amazon from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA03359:
Shaded Relief with Height as Color, Iturralde Structure, Bolivia
Full Resolution:     TIFF (38.9 MB)     JPEG (3.517 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2002-09-26 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Interferometric Radar
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This anaglyph, from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, is of the Iturralde Structure, Bolivia, a possible impact crater. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA03362:
Anaglyph: Shaded Relief and Height as Brightness, Iturralde Structure, Bolivia
Full Resolution:     TIFF (3.729 MB)     JPEG (366.1 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2002-09-26 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Interferometric Radar
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An 8-kilometer (5-mile) wide crater of possible impact origin is shown in this stereoscopic view of an isolated part of the Bolivian Amazon from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA03363:
Stereo Pair with ASTER Image, Iturralde Structure, Bolivia
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.168 MB)     JPEG (186.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2003-03-06 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Interferometric Radar
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This image of North America was generated with data from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA03377:
Shaded Relief with Height as Color, North America
Full Resolution:     TIFF (130.7 MB)     JPEG (56.09 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2003-03-06 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Interferometric Radar
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This anaglyph, from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, is of the Iturralde Structure, Bolivia, a possible impact crater. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA03378:
Anaglyph, North America
Full Resolution:     TIFF (94.73 MB)     JPEG (9.055 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2003-03-06 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
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This shaded relief image of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula show a subtle, but unmistakable, indication of the Chicxulub impact crater as seen by NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA03379:
Shaded Relief with Height as Color, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Full Resolution:     TIFF (395.4 MB)     JPEG (50.01 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2003-03-06 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
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This anaglyph of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula was generated from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data, and shows a subtle but distinctive indication of the Chicxulub impact crater. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA03380:
Anaglyph, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.651 MB)     JPEG (362 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2003-03-06 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
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The top picture is a shaded relief image of the northwest corner of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula generated from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data, and shows a subtle, but unmistakable, indication of the Chicxulub impact crater.
PIA03381:
Shaded Relief with Height as Color and Landsat, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-03-27 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
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NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission shows Manicouagan Crater, one of the world's largest and oldest known impact craters and perhaps the one most readily apparent to astronauts in orbit.
PIA03384:
Stereo Pair, with Topographic Height as Color, Manicouagan Crater, Quebec, Canada
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-03-27 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
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Manicouagan Crater is one of the world's largest and oldest known impact craters and perhaps the one most readily apparent to astronauts in orbit. This anaglyph is from the instrument onboard NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. 3D glasses needed.
PIA03385:
Anaglyph, Manicouagan Crater, Quebec, Canada
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-07-03 Earth Landsat
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
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St. Thomas, St. John, Tortola, and Virgin Gorda are the four main islands in this view of the U.S. Virgin Islands and British Virgin Islands, along the perimeter of the Caribbean Sea. This image is from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA03391:
SRTM Perspective with Landsat Virgin Islands, Caribbean
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-07-03 Earth Landsat
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
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St. Thomas, St. John, Tortola, and Virgin Gorda are the four main islands (lower left to upper right) of this map-view anaglyph of the U.S. Virgin Islands and British Virgin Islands from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. 3D glasses are necessary.
PIA03392:
Anaglyph with Landsat Virgin Islands, Caribbean
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-17 Earth Landsat
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
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The prominent circular feature seen here is known as the Richat Structure, in the Sahara desert of Mauritania. This anaglyph is from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA04962:
Richat Structure, Mauritania, Anaglyph, Landsat Image over SRTM Elevation
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-17 Earth Landsat
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Interferometric Radar
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This prominent circular feature, known as the Richat Structure, in the Sahara desert of Mauritania is often noted by astronauts because it forms a conspicuous bull's-eye on the otherwise rather featureless expanse of the desert.
PIA04963:
Richat Structure, Mauritania
Full Resolution:     TIFF (8.441 MB)     JPEG (507 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-17 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Interferometric Radar
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This stereoscopic shaded relief image from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission shows Africa's topography. Also shown are Madagascar, the Arabian Peninsula, and other adjacent regions. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA04964:
Africa in SRTM 3-D, Anaglyph of Shaded Relief
Full Resolution:     TIFF (123.1 MB)     JPEG (13.79 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2009-04-01 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
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Why does Fargo flood? The Red River of the North, which forms the border between North Dakota and Minnesota, has a long history of severe floods as seen in this image from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA11964:
Fargo, North Dakota, USA
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-03 Earth Landsat
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
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This image from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission shows the Pacific and Santa Monica Mountains, CA, along Malibu Coast, San Fernando Valley, downtown Los Angeles, San Gabriel and Pomona Valleys, San Gabriel Mountains, and part of the Mojave Desert.
PIA04967:
Library of Congress Model, Perspective View
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-03 Earth Landsat
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
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X-Band Radar
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This elevation anaglyph of Los Angeles and adjacent mountainous terrain was created by NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA04968:
Library of Congress Model, Anaglyph
Full Resolution:     TIFF (9.503 MB)     JPEG (858.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-14 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Radar
X-Band Radar
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New Zealand straddles the juncture of the Indo-Australian and Pacific tectonic plates, two of Earth's major crustal plates in this image from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA06662:
New Zealand, SRTM Shaded Relief and Colored Height
Full Resolution:     TIFF (13.15 MB)     JPEG (1.272 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2009-10-01 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Radar
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The topography of Savai'i and Upolu, the two large islands of the Independent State of Samoa, is well shown in this color-coded perspective view from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA11966:
Independent State of Samoa, Shaded Relief and Colored Height
Full Resolution:     TIFF (10.61 MB)     JPEG (322 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2010-01-14 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Radar
X-Band Radar
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This image, produced from instrument data aboard NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour, is a perspective view of the topography of Port-au-Prince, Haiti and Hispianola. A magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred on Haiti on January 12, 2010.
PIA12492:
Hispaniola
Full Resolution:     TIFF (99.54 MB)     JPEG (2.143 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2010-01-14 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Radar
X-Band Radar
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This image, produced from instrument data aboard NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour, is a stereoscopic view of the topography of Port-au-Prince, Haiti where a magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred on January 12, 2010. You need 3-D glasses to view this image.
PIA12493:
Southern Haiti Anaglyph
Full Resolution:     TIFF (21.62 MB)     JPEG (900.4 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2010-01-14 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Radar
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This image, produced from instrument data aboard NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour, is a perspective view of the topography of Port-au-Prince, Haiti where a magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred on January 12, 2010.
PIA12494:
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Full Resolution:     TIFF (12.41 MB)     JPEG (599.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2015-05-02 Earth ARIA
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This deformation map from NASA's ARIA project shows surface displacements around Kathmandu, the April 25, 2015, magnitude 7.8 Gorkha earthquake in Nepal.
PIA19535:
NASA's ARIA Project Maps Deformation of Earth's Surface from Nepal Quake
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-12-12 Mars Viking
 Camera 1
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This Mars view looks northeast from NASA's Viking 1 and completes the 360 panorama of the landing site. A layer of haze can be seen in the Martian sky. Large dark boulders dominate the scene.
PIA00387:
Northeast View from Viking Landing Site
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-12-30 Mars Viking
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Sand dunes and large rocks are revealed in this panorama picture of Mars, the first photograph taken by NASA's Viking 1's Camera 1 on July 23, 1976. The horizon is approximately 3 kilometers (2 miles) away.
PIA00391:
Sand Dunes And Large Rocks Revealed By Camera 1
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-01-08 Mars Viking
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NASA's Viking Lander 2 captured this image of rocks nearby a large impact crater. Most rocks appear to have vesicles, or small holes, in them.
PIA00363:
Soil Sample Site
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-12-30 Mars Viking
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First panoramic view by NASA's Viking 1 from the surface of Mars taken in 1976. Toward the right edge is an array of smooth fine-grained material which shows some hint of ripple structure and may be the beginning of a large dune field.
PIA00382:
First Panoramic View From The Surface Of Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-12-30 Mars Viking
 Camera 2
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First panoramic view by NASA's Viking 1 from the surface of Mars taken in 1976. Toward the right edge is an array of smooth fine-grained material which shows some hint of ripple structure and may be the beginning of a large dune field.
PIA00383:
First Panoramic View From The Surface Of Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-12-12 Mars Viking
 Camera 2
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The patch of dark material toward the top of this picture taken by NASA's Viking 1 Lander is the debris kicked up by the impact of a protective cover ejected from the spacecraft.
PIA00384:
Debris Kicked Up By Impact of A Protective Cover from Viking Lander 1
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-01-08 Mars Viking
 Camera 2
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Photographic evidence of the successful series of commands to NASA's Viking 1 lander on Mars that unlocked the surface sampler arm is seen in this picture.
PIA00398:
Surface Sampler Arm
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-07-04 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
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This false-color image shows comet Tempel 1 as seen by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory on June 30, 2005, Universal Time. The comet was bright and condensed.
PIA02118:
X-ray Eyes on Tempel
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-12-13 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
 ChemCam
Mastcam
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Examination of a calcium sulfate vein called 'Diyogha' by the Chemical and ChemCam instrument on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover found boron, sodium and chlorine.
PIA21252:
Boron, Sodium and Chlorine in Mineral Vein 'Diyogha,' Mars
Full Resolution:     TIFF (6.453 MB)     JPEG (339.6 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2006-07-25 Earth CloudSat
 Cloud Profiling Radar (CPR)
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Hurricane Daniel intensified between July 18 and July 23rd. NASA's CloudSat satellite was able to capture and confirm this transformation in its side-view images of Hurricane Daniel.
PIA08642:
NASA's CloudSat Captures Hurricane Daniel's Transformation
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-02-13 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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A Fresh Crater Drills to Tharsis Bedrock
PIA09195:
A Fresh Crater Drills to Tharsis Bedrock
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-02-23 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Olivine in the Southern Isidis Basin
PIA09348:
Olivine in the Southern Isidis Basin
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-05-18 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Phyllosilicate and Olivine around a Fracture in Nili Fossae
PIA09933:
Phyllosilicate and Olivine around a Fracture in Nili Fossae
Full Resolution:     TIFF (9.912 MB)     JPEG (390 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2007-09-24 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Mars Gully: No Mineral Trace of Liquid Water
PIA10005:
Mars Gully: No Mineral Trace of Liquid Water
Full Resolution:     TIFF (9.88 MB)     JPEG (226.6 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-02-14 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
 CRISM
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Mono- & Polyhydrated Sulfates in Aureum Chaos
PIA10636:
Mono- & Polyhydrated Sulfates in Aureum Chaos
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-03-28 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Livonia, New York, Students Study Past Martian Water
PIA10641:
Livonia, New York, Students Study Past Martian Water
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-04-01 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Olivine & Phyllosilicates in Nili Fossae
PIA10642:
Olivine & Phyllosilicates in Nili Fossae
Full Resolution:     TIFF (8.774 MB)     JPEG (463.9 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-20 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
 CRISM
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An Olivine-Rich Crater in Tyrrhena Terra
PIA10945:
An Olivine-Rich Crater in Tyrrhena Terra
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-24 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Oudemans Crater
PIA10947:
Oudemans Crater
Full Resolution:     TIFF (7.073 MB)     JPEG (217.1 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-30 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Olivine, Phyllosilicates, and Ancient Crater Rims
PIA10949:
Olivine, Phyllosilicates, and Ancient Crater Rims
Full Resolution:     TIFF (9.538 MB)     JPEG (397.9 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2010-12-16 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
 CRISM
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This map indicates geological units in the region of Mars around a smaller area where NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has driven from early 2004 through late 2010.
PIA13704:
Geologic Setting of Opportunity Traverse and Meridiani Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-11-02 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
 CRISM
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Investigation of exposed clay minerals at thousands of Martian sites by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter suggests a long period of wet, warm conditions, mostly underground.
PIA14764:
Clay Minerals in Craters and Escarpments on Mars
Full Resolution:     TIFF (12.02 MB)     JPEG (262.6 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2015-06-08 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
 CRISM
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Researchers have found deposits of impact glass preserved in Martian craters, including Alga Crater, shown here. The detection is based on data from the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars CRISM on NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA19673:
Spectral Signals Indicating Impact Glass on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-12-13 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
 CRISM
High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE)
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Clay at Nili Fossae
PIA09093:
Clay at Nili Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-03-08 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
 CRISM
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This false-color image NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows that fractures and possible layers are visible in the light-toned rock exposure containing the carbonates. The location is inside an unnamed crater on the uplifted rim of Huygens crater.
PIA13800:
Fractures in Carbonate-Bearing Rocks at Mars' Huygens Basin
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-10 Iapetus Cassini-Huygens
 Composite Infrared Spectrometer
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This plot shows how daytime temperatures at low latitudes on the dark material on Saturn's moon Iapetus vary with time of day.
PIA07006:
Iapetus Temperature Variation Map
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-09-24 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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The Context Camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter discovers new dark spots on Mars that, upon closer examination, turn out to be brand new impact craters.
PIA12215:
New Impact Craters on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-06-29 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This mosaic of images of the region around NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the relative locations of several craters, including Endeavour, in the Meridiani Planum region of Mars.
PIA13196:
Opportunity Amid Mars Craters
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-02-14 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This picture of a heart-shaped feature in Arabia Terra on Mars was taken on May 23, 2010, by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. A small impact crater near the tip of the heart is responsible for the formation of the bright, heart-shaped feature.
PIA13798:
Heart-Shaped Feature in Arabia Terra
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-02-14 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This wide-view picture of a heart-shaped feature in Arabia Terra on Mars was taken on May 23, 2010, by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. A small impact crater near the tip of the heart is responsible for the formation of the bright, heart-shaped feature
PIA13799:
Heart-Shaped Feature in Arabia Terra (Wide View)
Full Resolution:     TIFF (206.5 kB)     JPEG (25.93 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2012-08-08 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This image from an animation is from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) showing the landing effects of the descent stage, the rover lander, the back shell and parachute, and the heat shield, all found on the left side of the image.
PIA16014:
Before and After Curiosity's Touchdown Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-08-08 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This still image from an animation shows the effects of weights from the entry vehicle of NASA's Curiosity rover hitting the surface of Mars.
PIA16016:
Ballasts Hitting the Surface, Close-Up Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-08-08 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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Ballasts Hitting the Surface, Close-Up (with arrows)
PIA16015:
Ballasts Hitting the Surface, Close-Up (with arrows) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-22 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This April 6, 2014, image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter was taken as a follow-up to discovery of a possible 2012 impact scar in images from the orbiter's Mars Color Imager. It reveals two craters within the darkened area (center of rectangle).
PIA18382:
Fresh Mars Crater Confirmed Within Impact Scar
Full Resolution:     TIFF (4.313 MB)     JPEG (1.148 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-22 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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These images from the Context Camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter were taken before and after an apparent impact scar appeared in the area in March 2012. Comparing the images confirms that fresh craters appeared during the interval.
PIA18383:
Before-and-After Views Confirm Fresh Craters
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.05 MB)     JPEG (153.2 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2016-10-21 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows one of two spots that likely appeared in connection with the Oct. 19, 2016, arrival of ESA's Schiaparelli test lander. An animation is available at the Photojournal.
PIA21130:
Signs of Schiaparelli Test Lander Seen From Orbit Animation Icon
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.057 MB)     JPEG (162.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2022-01-26 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter used its Context Camera to capture this image of Bosporos Planum, a location on Mars. The white specks are salt deposits found within a dry channel.
PIA25047:
MRO's View of Salt Deposits in Bosporos Planum
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.511 MB)     JPEG (680.2 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2022-10-27 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This meteoroid impact crater on Mars was discovered using the black-and-white Context Camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The Context Camera took these before-and-after images of the impact in a region of Mars called Amazonis Planitia.
PIA25584:
Context Camera Views an Impact Crater in Amazonis Planitia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-10-27 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This meteoroid impact crater on Mars was captured using the black-and-white Context Camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO).
PIA25587:
Context Camera Views a Mars Impact Crater in Tempe Terra
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-10-16 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Mars Color Imager (MARCI)
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Map of Context Camera's North Polar Coverage During Checkout
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Map of Context Camera's North Polar Coverage During Checkout
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-04-13 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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First Context Camera Image of Mars
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First Context Camera Image of Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-12-05 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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HiRISE
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These images from the NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show several impact scars on Mars made by pieces of the NASA Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft that the spacecraft shed just before entering the Martian atmosphere.
PIA16456:
Impact Scars from MSL Cruise Stage and Two Balance Weights
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-05-15 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This set of images from cameras on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter documents the appearance of a new cluster of impact craters on Mars. The orbiter has imaged at least 248 fresh craters, or crater clusters, on Mars.
PIA16928:
Fresh Cluster of Impact Craters on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-06-24 Mars Mars Express (MEX)
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This view of Stokes Crater is a mosaic of images taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and ESA's Mars Express showing at least one of the nine craters in the northern lowlands of Mars with exposures of hydrated minerals detected from orbit.
PIA13214:
Hydrated Minerals Exposed at Stokes, Northern Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-03-26 Asteroid Deep Space Network
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These images of asteroid Apophis were recorded by radio antennas at the Deep Space Network's Goldstone complex in California and the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia.
PIA24168:
Radar Observations of Asteroid 99942 Apophis
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-04-05 Asteroid Deep Space Network
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On March 21, 2021, the large asteroid 2001 FO32 made a close approach with our planet, passing at a distance of about 1.25 million miles (2 million kilometers) — or 5 1/4 times the distance from Earth to the Moon.
PIA24561:
Goldstone Radar Observations of Asteroid 2001 FO32
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-06-29 Asteroid Deep Space Network (DSN)
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This collage and animation represent NASA radar observations of near-Earth asteroid 7335 1989 JA on May 26, 2022, one day before it made its closest approach with Earth.
PIA25251:
Radar Observations of Near-Earth Asteroid 7335 1989 JA
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-02-17 Asteroid Deep Space Network (DSN)
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This collage represents NASA radar observations of near-Earth asteroid 2011 AG5 on Feb. 4, 2023, one day after its close approach to Earth brought it about 1.1 million miles (1.8 million kilometers) from our planet.
PIA25259:
Radar Observations of Elongated Near-Earth Asteroid 2011 AG5
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-04-26 Asteroid Deep Space Network (DSN)
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This collage represents a selection of NASA radar observations of near-Earth asteroid 2006 HV5 on April 25, 2023, less than one day before its close approach with our planet at a distance of about 1.5 million miles (2.4 million kilometers).
PIA25834:
NASA's Planetary Radar Images Asteroid 2006 HV5
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-04 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This black and white image, taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's lander in 2004, shows a view of Gusev Crater as the lander descends to Mars. Numerous small impact craters can be seen on the surface of the planet.
PIA04984:
Spirit's Descent to Mars-1706m
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This black and white image, taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's lander in 2004, shows a view of Gusev Crater as the lander descends to Mars. Numerous small impact craters can be seen on the surface of the planet.
PIA04985:
Spirit's Descent to Mars-1983m
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-04 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This black and white image, taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's lander in 2004, shows a view of Gusev Crater as the lander descends to Mars. Numerous small impact craters can be seen on the surface of the planet.
PIA04986:
Spirit's Descent to Mars-1433m
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-23 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
Panoramic Camera
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Spirit Lightens the Load
PIA05131:
Spirit Lightens the Load
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-12-11 Earth Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT)
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NASA's EMIT produced its first global maps of hematite, goethite, and kaolinite in Earth's dry regions using data from the year ending November 2023.
PIA26116:
NASA's EMIT Mission Produces Maps of Arid Region Surface Minerals
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-03-28 Pluto Hubble Space Telescope
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The never-before-seen surface of the distant planet Pluto is resolved in these NASA Hubble Space Telescope pictures, taken with the European Space Agency's Faint Object Camera (FOC) aboard Hubble.
PIA00825:
The Surface of Pluto
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-03-28 Pluto Hubble Space Telescope
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This image-based surface map of Pluto was assembled by computer image processing software from four separate images of Pluto's disk taken with the European Space Agency's Faint Object Camera aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
PIA00826:
Map of Pluto's Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-13 Vesta Dawn
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This image from the framing camera aboard NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows surface details beginning to resolve as the spacecraft closes in on the giant asteroid Vesta on June 1, 2011, from a distance of about 300,000 miles (483,000 kilometers).
PIA14121:
Vesta's Surface Comes into View Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-23 Vesta Dawn
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Scientists believe a large number of the meteorites that are found on Earth originate from the protoplanet Vesta. This image is from NASA's Dawn spacecraft.
PIA14284:
Possible Piece of Vesta
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-18 Vesta Dawn
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This 3D image of the asteroid Vesta was taken on July 9, 2011 by the framing camera instrument aboard NASA's Dawn spacecraft. You need 3D glasses to view this image.
PIA14314:
Anaglyph Image of Vesta's South Polar Region
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-18 Vesta Dawn
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This enhanced image, taken by the framing camera instrument aboard NASA's Dawn spacecraft on July 9, 2011, views the south polar region of this giant asteroid.
PIA14315:
An Enhanced View of Vesta's South Polar Region
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-08-24 Vesta Dawn
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft obtained this false-color image (right) of an impact crater in asteroid Vesta's equatorial region with its framing camera on July 25, 2011. The view on the left is from the camera's clear filter.
PIA14680:
False-Color Image of an Impact Crater on Vesta
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-09-09 Vesta Dawn
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This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows dark material at impact craters, up to 12.5 miles-wide (20 kilometer-wide) and sets of worm-like tracks in the north-south direction.
PIA14696:
Worm-like Markings on Vesta's Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-09-16 Vesta Dawn
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This image mosaic of Vesta's south pole is generated from dozens of individual images from the framing camera aboard NASA's Dawn spacecraft. This view is centered on the asteroid's south pole, which is surrounded by several large impact craters.
PIA14704:
Map of Vesta's South Pole
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-09-16 Vesta Dawn
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In this image, obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft from above the surface of the giant asteroid Vesta, topography in the area surrounding the south pole area shows impact craters, ridges and grooves. You need 3D glasses to view this image.
PIA14706:
Vesta's Surface in 3-D: Details of Wave-Like Terrain in the South Pole
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-09-16 Vesta Dawn
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This image of the giant asteroid Vesta obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows numerous impact craters illustrate the asteroid's violent youth. You need 3D glasses to view this image.
PIA14707:
Vesta's Surface in 3-D: An Ancient, Cratered Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-09-16 Vesta Dawn
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This false-color image obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a crater on the giant asteroid Vesta. The reddish coloring below the crater points to material that was hurled from Vesta's interior during an impact or originated from the impactor itself.
PIA14709:
False-Color Image Shows Proof of an Impact
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-09-16 Vesta Dawn
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The terrain model of Vesta's southern hemisphere shows a big circular structure, its rim rising above the interior of the structure. This false-color map of the giant asteroid Vesta is from the framing camera aboard NASA's Dawn spacecraft.
PIA14711:
A False-Color Topography of Vesta's South Pole
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-09-17 Vesta Dawn
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft obtained this image with its framing camera on Aug. 26, 2011. The detail in this image shows impacts of all sizes, grooves, scarps and smooth areas.
PIA14717:
Impacts and Grooves on Vesta
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-09-18 Vesta Dawn
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft obtained this image with its framing camera on Aug. 20, 2011. This image was taken through the camera's clear filter. The image has a resolution of about 260 meters per pixel.
PIA14718:
Troughs Covered by Impacts
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-09-19 Vesta Dawn
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft obtained this image with its framing camera on Aug. 20, 2011. This image was taken through the camera's clear filter. The image has a resolution of about 260 meters per pixel.
PIA14719:
An Impact Structure Resembling a Snowman
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-09-23 Vesta Dawn
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft obtained this image of the giant asteroid Vesta with its framing camera on Aug. 14 2011. This image was taken through the camera's clear filter. The image has a resolution of about 260 meters per pixel.
PIA14779:
Dense Region of Impact Craters
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-09-29 Vesta Dawn
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This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows dark colored mountains (top of the image) in the northern region of asteroid Vesta. The origin of such mountains is currently being investigated.
PIA14793:
Mountains and Bright and Dark Material on Vesta
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-09-30 Vesta Dawn
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Slumping features and landslides can be clearly seen near the base of the largest scarp in this image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft. Some of the hummocky terrain near the scarps is probably due to landsliding.
PIA14794:
Scarps, Hummocky Terrain and Impacts at Vesta's South Pole
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-10-02 Vesta Dawn
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft obtained these images with its framing camera on Aug.17 and Sept.17, 2011. The left hand image shows scarps, mostly near the bottom. The right hand image is a close up, higher resolution view of a large part of the raised mound.
PIA14796:
Two Different Resolution Images of Vesta's South Polar Region
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