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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-11-27 Toutatis 4096x3072x3
This computer generated image depicts a view of Earth as seen from the surface of the asteroid Toutatis on Nov 29th 1996. A 2.5 degree field-of-view synthetic computer camera was used for this simulation.
PIA00515:
Computer Generated View of Earth as seen from the Asteroid Toutatis
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-01-15 1930x2440x3
This is a montage of planetary images taken by spacecraft managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. Included are (from top to bottom) images of Mercury, Venus, Earth (and Moon), Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
PIA00545:
Solar System Montage
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-05-03 2000x2445x3
This is an updated montage of planetary images taken by spacecraft managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. Included are (from top to bottom) images of Mercury, Venus, Earth (and Moon), Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
PIA01341:
Solar System Montage (Updated)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-11-06 4206x3306x3
This solar system montage of the nine planets and four large moons of Jupiter in our solar system are set against a false-color view of the Rosette Nebula.
PIA02973:
The New Solar System
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-03-29 4500x5600x3
This is a montage of planetary images taken by spacecraft managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. Included are (from top to bottom) images of Mercury, Venus, Earth (and Moon), Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
PIA03153:
Solar System Montage - High Resolution 2001 Version
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-15 Sedna Samuel Oschin Telescope
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In this artist's visualization, the newly discovered planet-like object, dubbed 'Sedna,' is shown where it resides at the outer edges of the known solar system.
PIA05566:
Artist's Concept of Sedna
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-15 Sedna Samuel Oschin Telescope
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The artist's rendition shows the newly discovered planet-like object, dubbed 'Sedna,' in relation to other bodies in the solar system, including Earth and its Moon; Pluto; and Quaoar, a planetoid beyond Pluto.
PIA05567:
Sedna Size Comparisons (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-12-13 Europa 6060x3000x3
Scientists are all but certain that Europa has an ocean underneath its icy surface, but they do not know how thick this ice might be. This artist concept illustrates two possible cut-away views through Europa's ice shell.
PIA10131:
Thick or Thin Ice Shell on Europa? (Artist Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-12-13 Europa 637x361x3
In this image, Europa is seen in a cutaway view through two cycles of its 3.5 day orbit about the giant planet Jupiter. Like Earth, Europa is thought to have an iron core, a rocky mantle and a surface ocean of salty water. Animation available at the Photo
PIA10149:
Europa Tide Movie Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-09-24 Moon 910x521x3
How to Find Water on the Moon
PIA12236:
How to Find Water on the Moon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-01-16 3648x2736x3
A team of scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is testing whether organic molecules can be brewed in a simulated ocean vent. Pictured here is Lauren White, a member of the NASA Astrobiology Icy Worlds team.
PIA16636:
Simulating a Submarine Hydrothermal Vent
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-03-05 Europa 2550x3300x3
Based on new evidence from Jupiter's moon Europa, astronomers hypothesize that chloride salts bubble up from its global liquid ocean and reach the frozen surface where they are bombarded with sulfur from volcanoes on Jupiter's innermost large moon, Io.
PIA16826:
Taste of the Ocean on Europa's Surface (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-04-03 3648x2736x3
In a laboratory experiment at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., scientists simulate the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan. In this picture, molecules of dicyanoacetylene are seen on a special film on a sapphire window.
PIA16843:
Simulating Titan-Like Smog
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-04-04 Io 963x913x3
This map shows predicted heat flow at the surface of Jupiter's moon Io from two tidal-heating models. Red indicates areas where more heat is expected; blue where less heat is expected.
PIA16941:
Io Predicted Heat Flow Map
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-05-16 900x1518x3
This chart illustrates comparisons among the distances driven by various wheeled vehicles on the surface of Earth's moon and Mars. Of the vehicles shown, the NASA Mars rovers Opportunity and Curiosity are still active.
PIA16934:
Out-of-this-World Records
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-08-07 Europa 4096x2304x3
This artist's concept shows a simulated view from the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa. Europa's potentially rough, icy surface, tinged with reddish areas that scientists hope to learn more about.
PIA17043:
Simulated View from Europa's Surface (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-08-07 550x474x3
This graphic shows a possible robotic lander for a future mission to Jupiter's moon Europa.
PIA17042:
A Possible Lander with Tools for Europa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-03-06 Asteroid 1024x768x3
This graphic depicts the passage of asteroid 2014 EC past Earth on March 6, 2014. The asteroid's closest approach is a distance equivalent to about one-sixth of the distance between Earth and the moon. The indicated times are in Universal Time.
PIA17957:
Asteroid 2014 EC Flyby of Earth on March 6, 2014
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-03-05 Asteroid 1024x768x3
This graphic depicts the passage of asteroid 2014 DX110 past Earth on March 5, 2014. The asteroid's closest approach was at a distance equivalent to about nine-tenths of the distance between Earth and the moon.
PIA17955:
Asteroid 2014 DX110 Flyby of Earth on March 5, 2014
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-03-29 Kuiper Belt 2100x1995x3
These artist's concepts show some of the best known objects found outside Neptune's orbit. Included are Pluto and fellow plutinos, Kuiper Belt Objects, and an Oort Cloud object.
PIA17308:
Transneptunian Object Sizes (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-04-11 Eris 3000x2400x3
An artist's concept of the dwarf planet Eris and its moon Dysnomia. The sun is the small star in the distance.
PIA17307:
Eris and Dysnomia (Artist Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-04-10 Exoplanet 4200x2363x3
Researchers have detected the first 'exomoon' candidate -- a moon orbiting a planet that lies outside our solar system. Using a technique called 'microlensing,' they observed what could be either a moon and a planet -- or a planet and a star.
PIA17998:
Moon or Planet? The 'Exomoon Hunt' Continues (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-01 Ganymede 3300x2550x3
This artist's concept of Jupiter's moon Ganymede, the largest moon in the solar system, illustrates the 'club sandwich' model of its interior oceans. Scientists suspect Ganymede has a massive ocean under an icy crust.
PIA18005:
Possible "Moonwich" of Ice and Oceans on Ganymede (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-05-04 Mars 720x412x3
This graphic depicts the relative shapes and distances from Mars for five active orbiter missions plus the planet's two natural satellites. It illustrates the potential for intersections of the spacecraft orbits.
PIA19396:
Diverse Orbits Around Mars (Graphic)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-10-22 1226x689x3
Artists concept of NASA's Asteroid Redirect Robotic (ARM) Mission capturing an asteroid boulder before redirecting it to a astronaut-accessible orbit around Earth's moon.
PIA19349:
NASA's Asteroid Redirect Robotic Mission (Artist Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-02-08 Europa 3900x1784x3
This artist's rendering illustrates a conceptual design for a potential future mission to land a robotic probe on the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa.
PIA21048:
Europa Lander Mission Concept (Artist's Rendering)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-12-22 Asteroid Arecibo Observatory
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These radar images of near-Earth asteroid 3200 Phaethon were generated by astronomers at the National Science Foundation's Arecibo Observatory on Dec. 17, 2017.
PIA22185:
Arecibo Observatory Radar Imagery of Phaethon Asteroid
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-07-12 Asteroid 1041x586x3
Artist's illustration of the trajectory of asteroid 2017 YE5 through the solar system. At its closest approach to Earth, the asteroid came to within 16 times the distance between Earth and the moon.
PIA22560:
Trajectory of Asteroid 2017 YE5 (Artist's Concept) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-09-25 3342x1762x3
A prototype of the transforming robot Shapeshifter is tested in the robotics yard at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Shapeshifter is made of smaller robots that can morph into rolling spheres, flying drones, swimming submersibles, and more.
PIA23433:
Shapeshifter Prototype Rolls and Flies
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-09-25 875x700x3
An illustration of an early concept of Shapeshifter imagines the robots on Saturn's moon Titan. In the picture, the Shapeshifter breaks into smaller pieces that can investigate a methane waterfall from the sky.
PIA23434:
Illustration of Shapeshifter on Titan's Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-09-25 1920x1440x3
An illustration of the small robots that form Shapeshifter. Dubbed 'cobots,' they each have a propeller for flying and can combine to form a sphere, rolling on the ground to save energy.
PIA23435:
Transforming Cobots (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-03-10 6720x4480x3
A shoebox-sized wheeled robot explores the rugged terrain on the surface of the Mars Yard at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory during recent tests of the A-PUFFER project.
PIA23793:
A-PUFFER Robot Explores a Rocky Terrain
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-06-16 Mars 2500x2569x3
This illustration shows an astronaut on Mars, as viewed through the window of a spacecraft.
PIA23900:
NASA Astronaut Stands on Mars (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-11-09 Europa 1600x900x3
This illustration of Jupiter's moon Europa shows how the icy surface may glow on its nightside, the side facing away from the Sun. Variations in the glow and the color of the glow itself could reveal information about the composition of ice on Europa's su
PIA24028:
Night on Europa (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-11-13 Europa 3840x2160x3
This illustration of Jupiter's icy moon Europa depicts a cryovolcanic eruption in which brine from within the icy shell could blast into space. A new model proposing this process may also shed light on plumes on other icy bodies.
PIA24029:
Briny Plumes on Europa (Illustration)
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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 2021-04-07 Earth WATSON
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During 2019 field tests near Greenland's Summit Station,the WATSON instrument is put through its paces to seek out signs of life, or biosignatures, 360 feet (110 meters) down a borehole.
PIA24169:
WATSON's Field Test in Greenland
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-04-07 Earth WATSON
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The tether attached to the top of WATSON and the drill also acts as the power cable and data feed. Care must be taken to ensure a tight connection between the tether and instrument, else the instrument could be lost in the ice.
PIA24170:
Preparing WATSON for Borehole Descent
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-04-07 Earth WATSON
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WATSON produced this fluorescence map of a borehole in Greenland's ice. The left panel shows nebulous blobs of biosignatures, and the right panel shows a colorized version, grouping together similar organic chemicals.
PIA24140:
Fluorescence Map of a Greenland Borehole
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-05-25 Europa 700x665x3
This illustration depicts scientists' findings about what the interior of Jupiter's moon Europa may look like.
PIA24477:
Europa: Potential Volcanoes on the Seafloor
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-02-01 Moon Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm)
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The Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm) project – led by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California – is planned to perform a robot-controlled lunar surface experiment with imagery in the coming years.
PIA24567:
NASA Integrates Gear Motors for Robotic Arm on Future Lunar Missions
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-04-06 Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC)
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The Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) technology demonstration's flight laser transceiver is shown at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California in April 2021.
PIA24569:
DSOC's Flight Laser Transceiver
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-04-06 Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC)
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The Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) technology demonstration's flight laser transceiver can be easily identified on NASA's Psyche spacecraft, seen in this December 2021 photograph.
PIA24570:
DSOC Flight Laser Transceiver Integrated with NASA's Psyche Spacecraft
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-05-17 Mars 3840x2160x3
This graphic shows Venus, Earth and its Moon, and Mars.
PIA25285:
Venus, Earth and Its Moon, and Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-06-14 7504x5003x3
Actor Chris Evans receives a boarding pass to the Moon from Suzanne Dodd, director of the Interplanetary Network Directorate at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The pair are seen in the Space Flight Operations Facility at JPL on June 6, 2022.
PIA25311:
Chris Evans Gets a Boarding Pass for NASA's Artemis I Mission
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Actor Chris Evans, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover Surface Mission Manager Jessica Samuels, and NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn are seen in front of the rover model at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California on June 6, 2022.
PIA25312:
Chris Evans Visits JPL, Perseverance Model
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-06-28 19088x12500x3
In the Sensing With Independent Micro-Swimmers (SWIM) concept, illustrated here, dozens of small robots would descend through the icy shell of a distant moon via a cryobot to the ocean below.
PIA25313:
SWIM Exploring a Subsurface Ocean (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-06-28 8242x12513x3
This illustration shows the NASA cryobot concept called Probe using Radioisotopes for Icy Moons Exploration (PRIME) deploying tiny wedge-shaped robots into the ocean miles below a lander on the frozen surface of an ocean world.
PIA25314:
Cryobot for Ocean Worlds Exploration (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-05 Moon Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm)
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A JPL engineer examines the 3D-printed titanium scoop of NASA's Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm) robotic arm system. The arm is designed to function in frigid temperatures that would stymie current spacecraft.
PIA25316:
Testing NASA's Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-05 Moon Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm)
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NASA's COLDArm combines several new technologies that allow it to operate in temperatures as cold as minus 280 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 173 degrees Celsius) without the use of energy-consuming heaters required by robotic arms on current spacecraft.
PIA25317:
NASA's COLDArm at Lunar Regolith Simulant Test Bed
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-05 Moon Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm)
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The 3D-printed titanium scoop of the Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm) robotic arm system is poised above a test bed filled with material to simulate lunar regolith (broken rocks and dust) at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
PIA25318:
Close-Up on COLDArm's Titanium 3D-Printed Scoop
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-12-20 Moon Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm)
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Engineers and technicians prepare NASA's COLDArm robotic arm system for testing in a thermal vacuum chamber at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California in November 2023.
PIA26162:
NASA's COLDArm in Thermal Vacuum Testing
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-05-01 Earth 2001 Mars Odyssey
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NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft took this portrait of the Earth and its companion Moon. It was taken at a distance of 3,563,735 kilometers (more than 2 million miles) on April 19, 2001 as the 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft left the Earth.
PIA00559:
The Earth and Moon As Seen by 2001 Mars Odyssey's Thermal Emission Imaging System
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-21 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This lunar-like scene, imaged by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft, occurs along the southeastern rim of the Isidis Planitia basin, an ancient impact crater some 1200 km across.
PIA03761:
Isidis Rim
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-21 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The so-called 'Face on Mars' can be seen slightly above center and to the right in this NASA Mars Odyssey image. This 3-km long knob was first imaged by NASA's Viking spacecraft in the 1970's and to some resembled a face carved into the rocks of Mars.
PIA03768:
The So-Called "Face on Mars"
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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 2002-06-04 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This NASA Mars Odyssey image shows a close-up view of the ridged plains in Hesperia Planum, a classic locality for Martian surfaces that formed in the 'middle ages' of the planet's history.
PIA03797:
Hesperia Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-06-17 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows a classic example of a Martian impact crater with a central peak. Central peaks are common in large, fresh craters on both Mars and the Moon.
PIA03829:
Impact Crater with Peak
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-06-26 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft is within a region called Lunae Planum, west of NASA's Viking 1 landing site, that marks the transition between the Tharsis rise, a giant volcanic complex, and the northern lowland plains.
PIA03835:
Lunae Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-07-08 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This crater within part of Amazonis Planitia was captured by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft and displays a number of common features exhibited by Martian craters.
PIA03843:
Amazonis Planitia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-07-22 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This NASA Mars Odyssey image of NASA's Viking 1 landing site was taken to commemorate the anniversaries of NASA's Apollo 11 landing on the Moon and Viking 1 landing on Mars -- July 20, 1969 and July 20, 1976, respectively.
PIA03901:
1st Manned Lunar Landing and 1st Robotic Mars Landing Commemorative Release: Viking 1 Landing Site in Chryse Planitia - Infrared Image
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-07-22 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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NASA's Viking 1 landing site is shown in this commemorative image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft to celebrate the July 20, 1969 and 1976 anniversaries of NASA's Apollo 11 and Viking 1 landings on the Moon and Mars, respectively.
PIA03902:
1st Manned Lunar Landing and 1st Robotic Mars Landing Commemorative Release: Viking 1 Landing Site in Chryse Planitia - Visible Image
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-11-15 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This canyon system imaged here by NASA's Mars Odyssey was named Valles Marineris in honor of its discoverer, NASA's Mariner 9 spacecraft. The image covers a portion of the canyon system called Melas Chasma.
PIA04003:
Mariner 9 Anniversary/Landslides on Mars (Released 13 November 2002)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-09-08 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft captured this image in September 2003, showing heavily cratered southern highlands of Mars. Elliptical craters with 'butterfly' ejecta patterns make up roughly 5% of the total crater population of Mars.
PIA04729:
Butterfly Ejecta
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-03 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image, part of an images as art series from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey released on Feb 3, 2004 shows a branching valley with nearby crater bringing to mind many calm landscape pictures showing a moonrise behind a tree.
PIA05366:
THEMIS Images as Art #2
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-04-27 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey released on April 27, 2004 shows lava flows on the martian surface at Elysium Mons.
PIA05821:
MSIP: Elysium Mons Lava Flow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-08-12 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image released on August 12, 2004 from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey shows Tartarus Montes. The small hills and ridges in this image are the montes (mountains) of the Tartarus region of Mars.
PIA06821:
The Naming of Things: Tartarus Montes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-08-20 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image released on August 20, 2004 from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey shows Hecate Tholus on Mars. Tholus is a small dome-shaped mountain or hill.
PIA06827:
Hecate Tholus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-08-23 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image released on August 23, 2004 from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey shows Apollinaris Patera, the remains of a caldera located on the top of an old volcano near Gusev Crater on Mars. Patera is an irregular crater, or a complex one with scalloped edges.
PIA06828:
Apollinaris Patera
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-08-24 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image released on August 24, 2004 from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey shows Acheron Catera, a line of craters found on the flanks of Alba Patera -- a very old volcano on Mars.
PIA06829:
Acheron Catena
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-08-31 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image released on August 31, 2004 from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey shows Lycus Sulci, a lowlying area of ridges and valleys found to the northwest of Olympus Mons on Mars. Sulci are subparallel furrow and ridges.
PIA06844:
Lycus Sulci
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-03 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image, part of THEMIS art month, taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey features a portion of Mars' landscape looking like a flock of birds, or murmuration.
PIA07419:
THEMIS Images as Art #49
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-07 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a crater on Mars is located in Lunae Planum and contains a remnant central peak, typical of craters this size.
PIA07437:
Central Peak Crater in Lunae Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-08 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a crater on Mars located in Elysium Planitia containing a well-preserved central peak, in contrast with the slumped crater walls.
PIA07442:
Central Peak in Elysium Planitia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-09 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a substantial central peak on the floor of a larger crater in Isidis Planitia on Mars.
PIA07451:
Isidis Planitia Central Peak
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-10 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Deuteronlius Mensae on Mars which contains a central peak in the middle of an older, flat-floored crater, infilled by sediment.
PIA07452:
Deuteronlius Mensae Central Peak
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-11 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Kasei Vallis which contains a feature type on Mars called a Mensa, from the Latin word for 'table.' A Mensa is a flat-topped prominence with cliff-like edges.
PIA07455:
Mensa in Kasei Vallis
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-14 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Eos Chasma which contains a feature type on Mars called a Mensa, from the Latin word for 'table.' A Mensa is a flat-topped prominence with cliff-like edges.
PIA07484:
Eos Chasma Mensa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-15 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Olympus Mons which contains a a feature type on Mars called a Mensa, from the Latin word for 'table.' A Mensa is a flat-topped prominence with cliff-like edges.
PIA07485:
Olympus Mons Mensa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-16 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey shows chaos on Shabatana Vallis which contains a feature type on Mars called Chaos, typically interpreted to be a collapse terrain; it is the blocky landscape after the transport and removal of subsurface support.
PIA07486:
Shabatana Vallis Chaos
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-17 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Hydraotes Chaos, the large chaos terrain just east of Valles Marineris on Mars. Chaos is the blocky landscape after the transport and removal of subsurface support.
PIA07487:
Hydraotes Chaos
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-18 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey shows chaos on Candor Chasma on Mars. Chaos is typically interpreted to be a collapse terrain; it is the blocky landscape after the transport and removal of subsurface support.
PIA07488:
Candor Chasma Chaos
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-07-24 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows part of Zephyria Planum.
PIA09443:
Changing Winds
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-10-04 Phobos 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Colors in this image of the Martian moon Phobos indicate a range of surface temperatures detected by observing the moon on Sept. 29, 2017, with the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) camera on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter.
PIA21858:
Martian Moon Phobos in Thermal Infrared Image
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-10-04 Phobos 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This frame from an animation was taken in visible-wavelength light as the THEMIS camera on NASA's Mars Odyssey scanned across the Martian moon Phobos on Sept. 29, 2017.
PIA21859:
Series of Images from THEMIS Scanning Phobos
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-10-04 Phobos 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image of Phobos is one product of the first pointing at the Martian moon by the THEMIS camera on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter. The Sept. 29, 2017, observation also provided information about temperatures on different areas of Phobos.
PIA22056:
Martian Moon Phobos Observed by NASA's Odyssey
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-10-04 Phobos 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image combines two products from the first pointing at the Martian moon Phobos by the THEMIS camera on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter, on Sept. 29, 2017.
PIA22057:
Temperature Gradient on Martian Moon Phobos
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-02-22 Phobos 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Phobos and Deimos, the moons of Mars, are seen in this image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter. The distance to Deimos from Odyssey during the observation was about 12,222 miles (19,670 kilometers).
PIA22248:
Mars Odyssey Observes Martian Moons Animation Icon
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Colors in this image of the Martian moon Phobos indicate a range of surface temperatures detected by observing the moon on February 15, 2018, with NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter.
PIA22249:
Mars Odyssey Observes Phobos
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Colors in this image of the Martian moon Deimos indicate a range of surface temperatures detected by observing the moon on February 15, 2018, with NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter.
PIA22250:
Mars Odyssey Observes Deimos
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-05-09 Phobos 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Taken on April 24, 2019, this image shows the Martian moon Phobos, as viewed by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter using its infrared camera, THEMIS.
PIA23204:
Odyssey Views Phobos: April 24, 2019
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-05-09 Phobos 2001 Mars Odyssey
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These three views of the Martian moon Phobos were taken by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter using its infrared camera, THEMIS.
PIA23205:
Odyssey's Three Views of Phobos
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-05-09 Phobos 2001 Mars Odyssey
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These are two views of the same observation of the Martian moon Phobos taken in both infrared and visible light by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter using its THEMIS camera. The image was taken on April 24, 2019.
PIA23206:
Phobos: Comparing Infrared and Visible Light Views
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-05-09 Phobos 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This movie shows the Martian moon Phobos as viewed in visible light by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter on April 24, 2019.
PIA23207:
Odyssey Views Phobos in Visible Light: April 24, 2019
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-05-09 Phobos 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Each of the three panels is a series of images taken on different dates. Deimos, Mars' other moon, can also be seen in the second panel.
PIA23208:
Odyssey's Three Views of Phobos in Visible Light
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-06-08 Phobos 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Six views of the Martian moon Phobos captured by NASA's Odyssey orbiter as of March 2020. The orbiter's THEMIS camera is used to measure temperature variations that suggest what kind of material the moon is made of.
PIA23893:
Odyssey's Six Views of Phobos
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-10-12 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of the floor of Becquerel Crater, including a large layered deposit. Becquerel Crater is located in Arabia Terra and is 165km (102 miles) in diameter.
PIA24217:
Becquerel Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-28 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This unusual view of the horizon of Mars was captured by NASA's Odyssey orbiter using its THEMIS camera, in an operation that took engineers three months to plan.
PIA26203:
Odyssey's THEMIS Views the Horizon of Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-04-21 Moon Apollo
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Buzz Aldrin took this iconic image of a bootprint on the Moon during the Apollo 11 moonwalk on July 20, 1969.
PIA24439:
Apollo Footprint
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-04-13 ASTERIA
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This image from a series of images is from a single observation of a star by the ASTERIA spacecraft.
PIA22413:
Astrophysics CubeSat Demonstrates Big Potential in a Small Package Animation Icon
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