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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-04-16 Mercury MESSENGER
 X-Ray Spectrometer (XRS)
Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)
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During NASA's MESSENGER's four-year orbital mission, the spacecraft's X-Ray Spectrometer (XRS) instrument mapped out the chemical composition of Mercury and discovered striking regions of chemical diversity.
PIA19417:
Showing Some Chemistry
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-16 Mercury MESSENGER
 X-Ray Spectrometer (XRS)
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Locations of Energetic Electron Events
PIA14343:
Locations of Energetic Electron Events
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-16 Mercury MESSENGER
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Major-element Composition of Mercury Surface Materials
PIA14341:
Major-element Composition of Mercury Surface Materials
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-05-16 Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)
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Results from NASA's NEOWISE survey find that more potentially hazardous asteroids, or PHAs, are closely aligned with the plane of our solar system than previous models suggested.
PIA15628:
The Hustle and Bustle of our Solar System
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-09-26 Titan Hubble Space Telescope
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Scientists for the first time have made images of the surface of Saturn's giant, haze-shrouded moon, Titan. Images were captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope during 14 observing runs between Oct. 4 - 18.
PIA01465:
Hubble Observes Surface of Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-07-17 Ganymede Voyager
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This photo of Ganymede, largest of Jupiter's Galilean satellites and the third from the planet, was taken shortly after midnight March 1, 1979 by NASA's Voyager 1 from a distance of 2.6 million miles (4.2 million kilometers).
PIA00351:
Ganymede at 2.6 million miles
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-07-17 Ganymede Voyager
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This color picture of Ganymede, Jupiter's largest satellite, was taken on the afternoon of March 2, 1979, by NASA's Voyager 1 from a distance of about 3.4 million kilometers (2.1 million miles).
PIA00352:
Ganymede at 3.4 million miles
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-09-13 Earth Voyager
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These six narrow-angle color images were made from the first ever 'portrait' of the solar system taken by NASA's Voyager 1, which was more than 4 billion miles from Earth and about 32 degrees above the ecliptic.
PIA00453:
Solar System Portrait - Views of 6 Planets
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-09-26 Callisto Voyager
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This false color picture of Callisto was taken by NASA's Voyager 2 on July 7, 1979 at a range of 1,094,666 kilometers (677,000 miles) and is centered on 11 degrees N and 171 degrees W.
PIA00457:
Callisto False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-03-15 Callisto Voyager
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This photo of Callisto, outermost of Jupiter's four Galilean satellites, was taken a few minutes after midnight (PST) Feb. 26, 1979 by NASA's Voyager 1.
PIA01510:
Callisto From 8,023,000 kilometers
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-03-13 Io Voyager
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This picture of Io, the innermost Galilean satellite, was taken by NASA's Voyager 1 on the morning of March 5, 1979 at a range of 377,000 kilometers (226,200 miles). The smallest features visible are about 10 kilometers (6 miles) across.
PIA01514:
Io Surface Deposits and Volcanic Craters
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-06-16 Europa Voyager
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This view of Europa captured by NASA's Voyager 1 was taken from a range of 2,869,252 kilometers (1.6 million miles) on March 2 at 2:00 PM. The color composite is made from three black and white images taken through the orange, green and violet filters.
PIA01970:
Europa from 2,869,252 Kilometers
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-07-23 Ganymede Voyager
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NASA's Voyager 1 took this picture of Jupiter's satellite Ganymede from a distance of 5 million miles (8.025 million kilometers) early on the morning of Feb. 26. Ganymede is the largest of Jupiter's 13 satellites.
PIA01987:
Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-23 Rhea Voyager
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Multiple impact craters are seen on the ancient surface of Saturn's moon Rhea in this picture taken by NASA's Voyager 1 on Nov. 12, 1980 at a range of 73,000 kilometers (45,000 miles).
PIA02270:
Rhea - Multiple Impact Craters
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-23 Rhea Voyager
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The icy, cratered surface of Saturn's moon Rhea is seen in this image taken by NASA's Voyager 1 on Nov. 12, 1980, at a range of 85,000 kilometers (52,800 miles) as the spacecraft passed over the satellite's north pole.
PIA02273:
Rhea - Icy Cratered Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-25 Callisto Voyager
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This picture of a multi-ring basin on Callisto was taken by NASA's Voyager 1 on the morning of March 6, 1979, from a distance of about 200,000 km.
PIA02277:
Callisto Basin
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-02-22 Spitzer Space Telescope
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This chart shows, on the top row, artist conceptions of the seven planets of TRAPPIST-1 with their orbital periods, distances from their star, radii and masses as compared to those of Earth. The bottom row shows data about Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
PIA21425:
TRAPPIST-1 Statistics Table
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-02-22 Spitzer Space Telescope
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All seven planets discovered in orbit around the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 could easily fit inside the orbit of Mercury, the innermost planet of our solar system.
PIA21428:
TRAPPIST-1 Comparison to Solar System and Jovian Moons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-02-22 Spitzer Space Telescope
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This illustration shows the seven TRAPPIST-1 planets as they might look as viewed from Earth using a fictional, incredibly powerful telescope. The sizes and relative positions are correctly to scale.
PIA21429:
Transit Illustration of TRAPPIST-1
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-02-05 Spitzer Space Telescope
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This chart shows artist concepts of the seven planets of TRAPPIST-1 with their orbital periods, distances from their star, radii, masses, densities and surface gravity as compared to those of Earth. These numbers are current as of February 2018.
PIA22094:
TRAPPIST-1 Planet Lineup - Updated Feb. 2018
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-02-05 Spitzer Space Telescope
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All seven planets discovered in orbit around the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 could easily fit inside the orbit of Mercury, the innermost planet of our solar system. In fact, they would have room to spare.
PIA22096:
TRAPPIST-1 Compared to Jovian Moons and Inner Solar System - Updated Feb. 2018
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-06-04 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This NASA Mars Odyssey image is of the ridged plains of Lunae Planum in the northern hemisphere of Mars. Wrinkle ridges, a very common landform on Mars, Mercury, Venus, and the Moon, are found mostly along the eastern side of the image.
PIA03793:
Wrinkle Ridges and Young Fresh Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-04-30 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey released on April 28, 2004 shows an area with many craters of different sizes and types on the martian surface.
PIA05842:
MSIP: Crater Formation
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-04-30 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey released on April 29, 2004 shows crater walls on the martian surface at Hale Crater.
PIA05843:
MSIP: Hale Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-12-01 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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This image shows rough ice in the southern part of Saturn's moon Enceladus. It was created using synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) data acquired by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Nov. 6, 2011.
PIA15170:
Enceladus Sparkle Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-11-18 Ganymede Galileo
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Circular rims of these craters located at a high northern latitude on Jupiter's moon Ganymede are seen in this image taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft on September 6, 1996.
PIA00496:
Ice-frosted crater tops on Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-05-08 Io Galileo
 Solid-State Imaging
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In this family portrait the four largest moons of Jupiter are shown to scale in increasing distance from Jupiter are (left to right) Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. This image was taken by NASA's Galileo in November, 1997.
PIA01400:
The Galilean Satellites
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-11-29 Callisto Galileo
 Solid-State Imaging
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The heavily cratered portion of the surface of Jupiter's moon Callisto, seen in this image recorded by NASA's Galileo spacecraft, resembles most of Callisto that's been seen in high resolution.
PIA02593:
Opposite Side of Callisto from Valhalla Impact
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-15 Sedna Samuel Oschin Telescope
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This image shows the location of the newly discovered planet-like object, dubbed 'Sedna,' in relation to the rest of the solar system in 2004.
PIA05565:
Sedna Orbit Animation Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-03-27 HD 189733b Hubble Space Telescope
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A team of astronomers has made the first detection ever of an organic molecule in the atmosphere of a Jupiter-sized planet orbiting another star. The breakthrough was made with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
PIA10363:
Astronomers Detect First Organic Molecule on an Exoplanet (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-11-30 Mercury MESSENGER
 Neutron Spectrometer
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Neutron Spectrometer Measurements
PIA16526:
Neutron Spectrometer Measurements
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-01-13 Comet NEOWISE
 NEOWISE Telescope
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This frame from a movie shows the progression of NASA's NEOWISE survey in the mission's first year following its restart in December 2013. Each dot represents an asteroid or comet that the mission observed.
PIA19101:
One Year of NEOWISE Observations Mapped Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-05 Asteroid NEOWISE
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This frame from a movie shows the progression of NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) investigation for the mission's first two years following its restart in December 2013. Green circles represent near-Earth objects.
PIA20546:
Two Years of NEOWISE Observations Mapped Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-06-05 Asteroid NEOWISE
 NEOWISE Telescope
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This frame from an animation shows NASA's NEOWISE's third year of survey data with the spacecraft discovering 97 previously unknown celestial objects in the last year.
PIA21653:
Three Years of NEOWISE Data Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-04-15 NEOCam
 NEOCam Sensor
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The NEOCam chip is the first megapixel sensor capable of detecting infrared wavelengths at temperatures achievable in deep space without refrigerators or cryogens.
PIA16955:
NEOCam Sensor
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-11 Pluto New Horizons
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An unusual geological feature resembling a giant spider sprawls across Pluto's icy landscape in this enhanced color image was obtained by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft on July 14, 2015.
PIA20641:
The Icy 'Spider' on Pluto
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-30 Mercury MESSENGER
 MESSENGER Magnetometer (MAG)
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Mercury's Magnetic Field
PIA10395:
Mercury's Magnetic Field
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-19 Mercury MESSENGER
 MLA
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On January 14, 2008, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft's Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA) became the first instrument to measure the distance between a spacecraft and the surface of Mercury.
PIA10183:
First Results from the Mercury Laser Altimeter
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-30 Mercury MESSENGER
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A close-up of the Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA) profile of Mercury acquired during NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft's first Mercury flyby on January 14, 2008.
PIA10381:
Topographic Close-up
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-30 Mercury MESSENGER
 MLA
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First Laser Altimetry for Mercury
PIA10394:
First Laser Altimetry for Mercury
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-03-31 Mercury MESSENGER
 MLA
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Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA) Images Mercury from 4 Million Kilometers
PIA10608:
Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA) Images Mercury from 4 Million Kilometers
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-03-30 Mercury MESSENGER
 MLA
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First Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA) Results from Orbit
PIA14078:
First Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA) Results from Orbit
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-05-24 Mercury MESSENGER
 MLA
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Altimetry Is Defining Mercury's Shape
PIA14279:
Altimetry Is Defining Mercury's Shape
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-16 Mercury MESSENGER
 MLA
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Movie of MLA Coverage to Date
PIA14345:
Movie of MLA Coverage to Date
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-03-21 Mercury MESSENGER
 MLA
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Mercury's Topography from MLA
PIA15529:
Mercury's Topography from MLA
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-03-21 Mercury MESSENGER
 MLA
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Tilted Craters in Caloris
PIA15531:
Tilted Craters in Caloris
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-03-22 Mercury MESSENGER
 MLA
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Perspective View of Mercury's Topography
PIA15534:
Perspective View of Mercury's Topography
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-03-22 Mercury MESSENGER
 MLA
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Highs and Lows of Goethe
PIA15536:
Highs and Lows of Goethe
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-11-29 Mercury MESSENGER
 MLA
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Polar Topography
PIA16516:
Polar Topography
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-11-29 Mercury MESSENGER
 MLA
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MLA Surface Reflectance
PIA16518:
MLA Surface Reflectance
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-11-29 Mercury MESSENGER
 MLA
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MLA Montage
PIA16522:
MLA Montage
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-11-29 Mercury MESSENGER
 MLA
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Modeling Ice Stability
PIA16521:
Modeling Ice Stability
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-11-30 Mercury MESSENGER
 MLA
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Maximum Surface Temperature near the North Pole
PIA16525:
Maximum Surface Temperature near the North Pole
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-11-30 Mercury MESSENGER
 MLA
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MLA Reflectivity near the North Pole
PIA16527:
MLA Reflectivity near the North Pole
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-12-03 MESSENGER
 MLA
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NASA's Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA) is shown ranging to Mercury's surface from orbit. In this image, yellow flashes represent near-infrared laser pulses that can reflect off terrain in shadow as well as in sunlight.
PIA16529:
How MLA Works
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-12-03 MESSENGER
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This frame from an animation from NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft depicts the illumination of the topography near Prokofiev crater, showing the small proportion of sunlight that reaches Prokofiev's floor and rim.
PIA16530:
A Solar Day at Prokofiev Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-04-09 Mercury MESSENGER
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Northern Topography
PIA16951:
Northern Topography
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-07-17 Mercury MESSENGER
 MLA
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Digital Elevation Model of Mercury's Northern Hemisphere
PIA17385:
Digital Elevation Model of Mercury's Northern Hemisphere
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-07-23 Mercury MESSENGER
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Peaking into the Shadows. This image from NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft features Laxness, a crater on Mercury's northern plains named for Halldör Laxness, a twentieth-century Icelandic writer.
PIA18626:
Peaking into the Shadows
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-08-15 Mercury MESSENGER
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Simple Shapes
PIA18678:
Simple Shapes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-04-16 Mercury MESSENGER
 MLA
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Measurements from NASA's MESSENGER's MLA instrument during the spacecraft's greater than four-year orbital mission have mapped the topography of Mercury's northern hemisphere in great detail.
PIA19420:
The Ups and Downs of Mercury's Topography
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-16 Mercury MESSENGER
 MDIS - Wide Angle
MLA
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A Look at Craters Hosting Polar Deposits
PIA14350:
A Look at Craters Hosting Polar Deposits
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-08-23 Mercury MESSENGER
 MDIS - Wide Angle
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Lowlands in Mercury's North
PIA16388:
Lowlands in Mercury's North
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-15 Mercury MESSENGER
 MDIS - Wide Angle
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On January 14, 2008, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft observed about half of the hemisphere missed by Mariner 10.
PIA10172:
MESSENGER's First Look at Mercury's Previously Unseen Side
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-10-12 Mercury MESSENGER
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This image from NASA' MESSENGER spacecraft shows a portion of Mercury's southern hemisphere. The bright rayed crater near the limb is Debussy. Also visible is Matabei, a small crater distinguishable by its unique dark rays.
PIA15051:
Mercury in Limb-o
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-02-17 Mercury MESSENGER
 MDIS - Wide Angle
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This spectacular color mosaic shows the eastern limb of Mercury as seen by NASA's MESSENGER as the spacecraft departed the planet following the mission's first Mercury flyby in January 2008.
PIA12842:
Spectacular Color . . . with Better Yet to Come
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-02 Earth MESSENGER
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NASA's Mercury-bound MESSENGER spacecraft captured several stunning images of Earth during a gravity assist swingby of its home planet on Aug. 2, 2005.
PIA10120:
Earth Departure Movie Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-02 Earth MESSENGER
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NASA's Mercury-bound MESSENGER spacecraft captured several stunning images of Earth during a gravity assist swingby of its home planet on Aug. 2, 2005.
PIA10121:
Galapagos Islands Image
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-06-05 Venus MESSENGER
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After acquiring hundreds of high-resolution images during close approach to Venus, NASA's MESSENGER turned its wide-angle camera back to the planet and acquired a departure sequence.
PIA10125:
MESSENGER Bids Farewell to Venus Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-02 Earth MESSENGER
 MDIS - Wide Angle
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NASA's MESSENGER's Earth flyby on Aug. 2, 2005, not only adjusted the spacecraft's path to Mercury - the gravity assist maneuver allowed the spacecraft team to test several MESSENGER science instruments by observing its home planet.
PIA10122:
Twins Image
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-11-24 Venus MESSENGER
 MDIS - Wide Angle
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On Oct. 24, 2006, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft came within 2,990 kilometers (1,860 miles) of Venus during its second planetary encounter.
PIA10123:
Approaching Venus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-06-05 Venus MESSENGER
 MDIS - Wide Angle
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NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft snapped a series of images as it approached Venus on June 5. The planet is enshrouded by a global layer of clouds that obscures its surface to the MESSENGER Dual Imaging System (MDIS) cameras.
PIA10124:
Approaching Venus Image #2
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-18 Mercury MESSENGER
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As NASA's MESSENGER neared Mercury on January 14, 2008, the spacecraft's Wide Angle Camera on the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) took this image of the planet's full crescent.
PIA10179:
An Overview of Mercury as MESSENGER Approached
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-19 Mercury MESSENGER
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Just nine minutes after NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft passed 200 kilometers (124 miles) above the surface of Mercury, its closest distance to the planet during the January 14, 2008, flyby, the Wide Angle Camera (WAC) snapped this image.
PIA10184:
MESSENGER's First Image after Closest Approach
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This visible-infrared image shows an incoming view of Mercury, about 80 minutes before NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft's closest pass of the planet on January 14, 2008, from a distance of about 27,000 kilometers (17,000 miles).
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Mercury - in Color!
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On January 13, 2008, beginning 30 hours before NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft's closest approach to Mercury, the Wide Angle Camera, part of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS), began snapping images as it approached the planet.
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MESSENGER Approaches Mercury Animation Icon
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During NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft's flyby of Mercury on January 14, 2008, part of the planned sequence of observations included taking images of the same portion of Mercury's surface from five different viewing angles.
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MESSENGER's Different Views
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On January 14, 2008, NASA's MESSENGER became the first spacecraft to see the side of Mercury shown in this image -- the historic first look at the previously unseen side.
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A Closer Look at the Previously Unseen Side
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Mercury Shows its True Colors
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Mercury Shows its True Colors
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This false-color image of Mercury captured by NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft shows the great Caloris impact basin, visible here as a large, circular, orange feature in the center of the picture.
PIA10359:
Caloris Basin - in Color!
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Exploring Mercury's Surface with MESSENGER's Color Images
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Exploring Mercury's Surface with MESSENGER's Color Images
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MESSENGER Encounters the Innermost Planet
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MESSENGER Encounters the Innermost Planet
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Mercury as Never Seen Before
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Mercury as Never Seen Before
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MESSENGER Gathers Unprecedented Data about Mercury's Surface
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MESSENGER Gathers Unprecedented Data about Mercury's Surface
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The First Image After Closest Approach
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The First Image After Closest Approach Animation Icon
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What a Difference a Week Can Make
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What a Difference a Week Can Make
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Mercury's
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Mercury's "True" Color is in the Eye of the Beholder
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Exposing Mercury's Colors
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Exposing Mercury's Colors
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Volcanic Plains on Mercury
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Volcanic Plains on Mercury
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MESSENGER's Enhanced Coverage of Mercury's Surface
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MESSENGER's Enhanced Coverage of Mercury's Surface
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Mercury in Color!
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Mercury in Color!
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This color context image shows equatorial regions on the side of Mercury seen during NASA's MESSENGER's departure from Mercury on October 6, 2008. Mercury's true colors are very subtle.
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A Close-Up View of Mercury's Colors
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A Color Movie of Mercury's Surface
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A Color Movie of Mercury's Surface Animation Icon
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A Close-Up View of Mercury's Colors
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A Close-Up View of Mercury's Colors
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Five of Five: The Last Scene in a High-resolution Color Mosaic
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Five of Five: The Last Scene in a High-resolution Color Mosaic
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This image from NASA's MESSENGER is one of many from the latest vulcanoid search are currently being transmitted to Earth. Vulcanoids are small rocky bodies that have been postulated to exist but not yet been detected.
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A View of Venus while Searching for Vulcanoids
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In mid-February, before and after MESSENGER's latest perihelion (closest approach to the Sun), an imaging campaign was conducted to search for vulcanoids, small rocky bodies that have been postulated to exist in orbits between Mercury and the Sun.
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Searching for Vulcanoids
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Shown here are color views of the plains near Rudaki crater.
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Rudaki Plains in Color
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NASA's MESSENGER shows the thin crescent of Mercury during approach forming the right portion of the globe and the fuller departure view showing Caloris basin forming the left side and majority of the view.
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A Global View of Mercury's Surface
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On Mercury, NASA's MESSENGER shows the smooth floor of Titian is a brighter orange color than the surrounding area, likely due to being filled with volcanic material. Ejecta from Titian appears blue.
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Colors Reveal What Lies Beneath
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