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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-30 Iapetus Cassini-Huygens
Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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This map of the surface of Saturn's moon Iapetus, generated from images taken by NASA's Voyager spacecraft, illustrates the imaging coverage planned during Cassini's flyby on Dec. 31, 2004.
PIA06165:
Iapetus' New Year's Flyby
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-08 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
Voyager
Imaging Science Subsystem
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This map of the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus illustrates the regions that will be imaged by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's second very close flyby on March 9, 2005.
PIA06205:
Cassini's Closest Enceladus Flyby
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-30 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
Voyager
Imaging Science Subsystem
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The southern hemisphere of Enceladus is seen in this polar stereographic map, mosaicked from the best-available NASA's Cassini and Voyager clear-filter images.
PIA07719:
Enceladus: North and South (Northern Polar Projection)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-30 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
Voyager
Imaging Science Subsystem
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The southern hemisphere of Enceladus is seen in this polar stereographic map, mosaicked from the best-available NASA's Cassini and Voyager clear-filter images.
PIA07720:
Enceladus: North and South (Southern Polar Projection)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-30 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
Voyager
Imaging Science Subsystem
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Fractures on the surface of Enceladus record a long and complex history of tectonic activity. This map is a polar stereographic projection that was mosaicked from the best-available NASA Cassini and Voyager clear-filter images.
PIA07721:
Enceladus: Global Patterns of Fracture (Northern Polar Projection)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-30 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
Voyager
Imaging Science Subsystem
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Fractures on the surface of Enceladus record a long and complex history of tectonic activity. This map is a polar stereographic projection that was mosaicked from the best-available NASA Cassini and Voyager clear-filter images.
PIA07722:
Enceladus: Global Patterns of Fracture (Southern Polar Projection)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-05 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
Voyager
ISS - Narrow Angle
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This montage of images from the NASA's Cassini and Voyager missions shows that structural evolution has occurred in Saturn's D ring (the innermost ring). The inset image reveals structure with an unprecedented level of fine detail.
PIA07714:
D Ring Revelations
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-05 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
Voyager
ISS - Narrow Angle
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This view is part of a montage of images from NASA's Cassini and Voyager missions. This image shows the region between the D ring feature named D73 and the inner edge of the C-ring.
PIA07715:
D Ring Revelations (Inset image)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-20 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
Voyager
Imaging Science Subsystem
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This map of the surface of Saturn's moon Tethys illustrates the regions that were imaged by NASA's Cassini during the spacecraft's close flyby of the moon on Sept. 24, 2005.
PIA07733:
Cassini's Close Look at Tethys
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-11 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
Voyager
Imaging Science Subsystem
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The northern and southern hemispheres of Enceladus are seen in these polar stereographic maps, mosaicked from the best-available images from NASA's Cassini and Voyager.
PIA11678:
Enceladus North Polar Map - October 2009
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-11 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
Voyager
Imaging Science Subsystem
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The northern and southern hemispheres of Enceladus are seen in these polar stereographic maps, mosaicked from the best-available images from NASA's Cassini and Voyager.
PIA11679:
Enceladus South Polar Map - October 2009
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-05-13 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
Voyager
Imaging Science Subsystem
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This global map of Saturn's moon Mimas was created using images taken during NASA's Cassini spacecraft flybys, with NASA's Voyager images filling in the gaps in Cassini's coverage.
PIA12780:
Map of Mimas - February 2010
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-05-13 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
Voyager
Imaging Science Subsystem
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The northern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Mimas is seen in these polar stereographic maps, mosaicked from the best-available NASA's Cassini and Voyager images.
PIA12781:
Mimas Northern Polar Maps - February 2010
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-05-13 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
Voyager
Imaging Science Subsystem
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The southern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Mimas is seen in these polar stereographic maps, mosaicked from the best-available NASA's Cassini and Voyager images.
PIA12782:
Mimas Southern Polar Maps - February 2010
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-04-28 Cassini-Huygens
Voyager
MIMI
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Data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have enabled scientists to create this map of the heliosphere, the bubble of charged particles around our sun. Charged particles stream out from our sun in a phenomenon known as solar wind.
PIA14110:
Mapping the Heliosphere
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-12-12 Europa Galileo
Hubble Space Telescope
Voyager
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This graphic shows the location of water vapor detected over Europa's south pole in observations taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in December 2012. This is the first strong evidence of water plumes erupting off Europa's surface.
PIA17660:
Water Vapor Over Europa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-10-17 Callisto Galileo
Voyager
VG Imaging Science Subsystem
Solid-State Imaging
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The images used for the base of this globe were chosen from the best image quality and moderate resolution coverage supplied by NASA's Galileo and Voyager 1 spacecraft of Jupiter's moon, Callisto.
PIA03876:
Callisto Hemispherical Globes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-02-16 Europa Galileo
Voyager
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The images used for the base of this globe were chosen from the best image quality and moderate resolution coverage supplied by NASA's Galileo and Voyager 1 spacecraft of Jupiter's moon, Europa.
PIA03526:
Europa Hemispherical Globes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-10 Ganymede Galileo
Voyager
VG Imaging Science Subsystem
VG Imaging Science Subsystem - Narrow Angle
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The images used for the base of this Ganymede globe were chosen from coverage supplied by NASA's Galileo solid-state imaging (SSI) camera and Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft.
PIA03781:
Global Map of Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-05-31 Amalthea Galileo
Voyager
Solid-State Imaging
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These images of Jupiter's moon Amalthea were taken with NASA's Galileo and Voyager spacecraft. Amalthea is almost pure water ice, hinting that it may not have formed where it now orbits.
PIA07248:
Amalthea, A Rubble-Pile Moon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-04-02 Io Galileo
Voyager
Solid-State Imaging
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This basemap of Jupiter's moon Io was produced by combining the best images from both NASA's Voyager 1 and Galileo Missions.
PIA09257:
Io in Motion Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-02-12 Ganymede Galileo
Voyager
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To present the best information in a single view of Jupiter's moon Ganymede, a global image mosaic was assembled, incorporating the best available imagery from NASA's Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft and NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA17901:
Ganymede Global Geologic Map and Global Image Mosaic
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-02-12 Ganymede Galileo
Voyager
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This is a frame from an animation of a rotating globe of Jupiter's moon Ganymede, with a geologic map superimposed over a global color mosaic, incorporating the best available imagery from NASA's Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft, and Galileo spacecraft.
PIA17902:
Rotating Globe of Ganymede Geology Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-02-26 Europa Galileo
Voyager
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This map composed of images NASA's Galileo and Voyager missions shows the hemisphere of Europa that might be affected by plume deposits. The view is centered at -65 degrees latitude, 183 degrees longitude.
PIA18030:
Source Region for Possible Europa Plumes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-09-15 Jupiter Galileo
Voyager
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This frame from an animation shows Jupiter's volcanic moon Io as seen by NASA's Voyager and Galileo spacecraft (at left) and the pattern of heat flow from 242 active volcanoes (at right).
PIA19655:
Map of Io's Volcanic Heat Flow Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-11-30 Europa Galileo
Voyager
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This triptych image shows views of Jupiter's moon Europa as taken by various NASA spacecraft, including Voyager 1, Voyager 2 and Galileo.
PIA24895:
Three Views of Europa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-08-03 Jupiter Juno
Voyager
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Data from the camera onboard NASA's Juno mission, called JunoCam, will be made available to the public for processing into their own images. Illustrated here with an image of Jupiter taken by NASA's Voyager mission.
PIA14412:
Amateurs to take a Crack at Juno Images
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-06-03 Io Voyager
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NASA's Voyager 1 image of Io showing active plume of Loki on limb. Heart-shaped feature southeast of Loki consists of fallout deposits from active plume Pele.
PIA00010:
Io with Loki Plume on Bright Limb
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Jupiter Voyager
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This computer generated map of Jupiter was made from 10 color images of Jupiter taken Feb. 1, 1979, by NASA's Voyager 1, during a single, 10 hour rotation of the planet.
PIA00011:
Cylindrical Projection of Jupiter
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Io Voyager
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These photos of the four Galilean satellites of Jupiter were taken by NASA's Voyager 1 during its approach to the planet in early March 1979. Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto are shown in their correct relative sizes.
PIA00012:
Galilean Satellites
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-08-29 Earth Voyager
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This picture of a crescent-shaped Earth and Moon, the first of its kind ever taken by a spacecraft, was recorded Sept. 18, 1977, by NASA's Voyager 1 when it was 7.25 million miles (11.66 million kilometers) from Earth.
PIA00013:
Crescent Earth and Moon
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-02-01 Jupiter Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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This dramatic view of Jupiter's Great Red Spot and its surroundings was obtained by NASA's Voyager 1 on Feb. 25, 1979. The colorful, wavy cloud pattern to the left of the Red Spot is a region of extraordinarily complex end variable wave motion.
PIA00014:
Jupiter Great Red Spot
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Jupiter Voyager
VG Imaging Science Subsystem
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This large brown oval, photographed on Mar. 2, 1979 by NASA's Voyager 1. Features of this sort are not rare on Jupiter and have an average lifetime of one to two years. Above the feature is the pale orange North Temperate Belt.
PIA00015:
Large Brown Oval
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-08-09 Europa Voyager
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This picture of Europa, the smallest Galilean satellite, was taken in the afternoon of March 4, 1979, from a distance of about 2 million kilometers (1.2 million miles) by NASA's Voyager 1.
PIA00016:
Europa - Full Disk
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Jupiter Voyager
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This view of the region just to the Southeast of the Great Red Spot was taken by NASA's Voyager 1 on March 4, 1979 at a distance of 1,100,000 miles (1,800,000 km).
PIA00017:
Cloud Layers Southeast of the Great Red Spot
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Jupiter Voyager
Imaging Science Subsystem
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This view of the Great Red Spot is seen in greatly exaggerated color. The colors do not represent the true hues seen in the Jovian atmosphere but have been produced by special computer processing to enhance subtle variations in both color and shading.
PIA00018:
Exaggerated Color View of the Great Red Spot
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Jupiter Voyager
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This color view of the region just to the East of the Great Red Spot was taken by NASA's Voyager 1 on March 4, 1979 at a distance of 1,000,000 miles (1,800,000 km).
PIA00019:
Cloud Layers East of the Great Red Spot
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Jupiter Voyager
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This view from NASA's Voyager 1 in 1979 is of the region just to the east of the Red Spot, seen in greatly exaggerated color.
PIA00020:
Exaggerated Color East of the Great Red Spot
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-08-31 Io Voyager
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This photograph of Jupiter's satellite Io taken by NASA's Voyager 1 shows what appears to be a volcanic caldera that is venting gasses (the bright blue patch at left center).
PIA00021:
Volcanic Caldera on Io
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-08-01 Jupiter Voyager
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This photo of Jupiter's Great Red Spot was taken by Voyager 1 in early March 1979.
PIA00022:
Jupiter Great Red Spot Mosaic
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Io Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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This full-disk image of Jupiter's satellite Io was made from several frames taken by NASA's Voyager 1 on Mar. 4, 1979, as the spacecraft neared the satellite.
PIA00023:
Io - Full Disk
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Saturn Voyager
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Saturn and two of its moons, Tethys (above) and Dione, were photographed by NASA's Voyager 1 on November 3, 1980, from 13 million kilometers (8 million miles).
PIA00024:
Saturn With Tethys and Dione
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Saturn Voyager
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This false-color image of Saturn's southern hemisphere taken by NASA's Voyager 1 on Nov. 6, 1980, shows the unique red oval cloud feature located at 55 degrees south latitude.
PIA00025:
Saturn - False Color of Southern Hemisphere
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Saturn Voyager
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Two brown ovals, at right, some 10,000 km (6,000 miles) across, were found at approximately 40` and 60` latitude in Saturn's northern hemisphere by NASA's Voyager 1. The photo was taken on November 7, 1980.
PIA00026:
Saturn - Brown Ovals in Northern Hemisphere
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-08-30 Saturn Voyager
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A view of Saturn's clouds extending from 40` to 60` N latitude shows a ribbon-like wave structure in the south with small convective features marking a westward jet in the north. This image was obtained on November 10, 1980 by NASA's Voyager 1.
PIA00027:
Saturn -- Ribbon-like Wave Structure in Atmosphere
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-09-26 Dione Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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Many impact craters -- the record of the collision of cosmic debris -- are shown in this mosaic from NASA's Voyager 1 of Saturn's moon Dione.
PIA00028:
Dione Mosaic
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-09-26 Jupiter Voyager
Imaging Science Subsystem
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NASA'S Voyager 1 took this picture of the planet Jupiter on Jan. 6, 1979, the first in its three-month-long, close-up investigation of the largest planet.
PIA00029:
First Close-up Image of Jupiter from Voyager 1
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Saturn Voyager
VG Imaging Science Subsystem
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NASA's Voyager 2 took this 'true color' photograph of Saturn on July 21, 1981. The moons Rhea and Dione appear as blue dots to the south and southeast of Saturn, respectively.
PIA00030:
Saturn With Rhea and Dione (True Color)
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-08-01 Uranus Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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These two images of Uranus, one in true color and the other in false color, were compiled from images returned in 1986, by the narrow-angle camera of NASA's Voyager 2.
PIA00032:
Uranus in True and False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 U Rings Voyager
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This false-color view of the rings of Uranus was made from images taken by NASA's Voyager 2 on Jan. 21, 1986. All nine known rings are visible here; the somewhat fainter, pastel lines seen between them are contributed by the computer enhancement.
PIA00033:
Uranus Rings in False Color
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This image of Oberon, Uranus' outermost moon, was captured by NASA's Voyager 2 on Jan. 24, 1986. Clearly visible are several large impact craters in Oberon's icy surface surrounded by bright rays.
PIA00034:
Oberon at Voyager Closest Approach
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 U Rings Voyager
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On Jan. 23, 1986, NASA's Voyager 2 discovered a tenth ring orbiting Uranus. The tenth ring is about midway between the bright, outermost epsilon ring and the next ring down, called delta.
PIA00035:
Uranus' Tenth Ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Titania Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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This high-resolution color composite of Titania was made from NASA's Voyager 2 images taken Jan. 24, 1986, as the spacecraft neared its closest approach to Uranus. A large, trenchlike feature is seen near the terminator.
PIA00036:
Titania High-Resolution Color Composite
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-06-02 Ariel Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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This picture is part of NASA's Voyager 2 imaging sequence of Ariel, a moon of Uranus taken on January 24, 1986. The complexity of Ariel's surface indicates that a variety of geologic processes have occurred.
PIA00037:
Ariel at Voyager Closest Approach
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This image of Miranda, obtained by NASA's Voyager 2 on approach in 1986, shows an unusual 'chevron' figure and regions of distinctly differing terrain on the Uranian moon.
PIA00038:
Miranda - 'Chevron' Grooves
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Titania Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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On Jan. 24, 1986, NASA's Voyager 2 returned the highest-resolution picture of Titania, Uranus' largest satellite. Abundant impact craters of many sizes pockmark the ancient surface; most prominent features are fault valleys that stretch across Titania.
PIA00039:
Titania - Highest Resolution Voyager Picture
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-31 Umbriel Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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The southern hemisphere of Umbriel displays heavy cratering in this NASA Voyager 2 image, taken Jan. 24, 1986. This frame is the most detailed image of Umbriel, the darkest of Uranus' larger moons.
PIA00040:
Umbriel at Closest Approach
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Ariel Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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On Jan. 24, 1986, NASA's Voyager 2 obtained this color picture of the Uranian moon, Ariel. Most of the visible surface consists of relatively intensely cratered terrain transected by fault scarps and fault-bounded valleys (graben).
PIA00041:
Ariel - Highest Resolution Color Picture
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-08-30 Miranda Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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This color composite of the Uranian satellite Miranda was taken by NASA's Voyager 2 on January 24, 1986. Miranda, just 480 km (300 mi) across, is the smallest of Uranus' five major satellites
PIA00042:
Miranda - Highest Resolution Color Picture
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This mosaic of Miranda was obtained by NASA's Voyager 2 during its close flyby of the Uranian moon. Miranda exhibits varied geologic provinces where ridges and valleys of one province are cut off against the boundary of the next province.
PIA00043:
Miranda - High Resolution Mosaic
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VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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This image of Miranda, Uranus' moon, was acquired by NASA's Voyager 2 on Jan. 24, 1986. Miranda displays a dramatically varied surface. Well shown are numerous ridges and valleys -- a topography that was probably produced by compressional tectonics.
PIA00044:
Miranda High Resolution of Large Fault
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Neptune Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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These images taken by NASA's Voyager 2 show changes in the clouds around Neptune's Great Dark Spot (GDS) over a four and one-half-day period. From top to bottom the images show successive rotations of the planet an interval of about 18 hours.
PIA00045:
Neptune - Changes in Great Dark Spot
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Neptune Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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During August 16 and 17, 1989, the Voyager 2 narrow-angle camera was used to photograph Neptune almost continuously, recording approximately two and one-half rotations of the planet.
PIA00046:
Neptune Full Disk
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The bright cirrus-like clouds of Neptune change rapidly, often forming and dissipating over periods of several to tens of hours as seen in this sequence spanning two rotations of Neptune (about 36 hours) by NASA's Voyager 2.
PIA00047:
Neptune - Changes in Great Dark Spot
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VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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This image of clouds in Neptune's atmosphere is the first that tests the accuracy of the weather forecast that was made eight days earlier to select targets for NASA's Voyager narrow angle camera.
PIA00048:
Neptune - Great Dark Spot and Scooter
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VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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This photograph of Neptune was reconstructed from two images taken by NASA's Voyager 2. At the north (top) is the Great Dark Spot.
PIA00049:
Neptune - Great Dark Spot, Scooter, Dark Spot 2
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Neptune Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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This photograph of Neptune's southern hemisphere was taken by the narrow-angle camera on NASA's Voyager 2 when the spacecraft was 4.2 million km (2.6 million miles) from the planet.
PIA00050:
Neptune's Southern Hemisphere
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Neptune Voyager
VG ISS - Wide Angle
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In this false color image of Neptune, objects that are deep in the atmosphere are blue, while those at higher altitudes are white. The image was taken by Voyager 2's wide-angle camera through an orange filter and two different methane filters.
PIA00051:
Neptune in False Color
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VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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This photograph shows the last face on view of the Great Dark Spot that NASA's Voyager made with its narrow angle camera.
PIA00052:
Neptune Great Dark Spot in High Resolution
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 N Rings Voyager
VG ISS - Wide Angle
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In this image from NASA's Voyager wide-angle image taken on Aug. 23 1989, the two main rings of Neptune can be clearly seen. In the lower part of the frame the originally announced ring arc, consisting of three distinct features, is visible.
PIA00053:
Neptune Rings and 1989N2
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Nereid, the last satellite of Neptune to be discovered before NASA's Voyager's discoveries in 1989, was first seen by Gerard Kuiper in 1949.
PIA00054:
Nereid
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NASA's Voyager 2 took this image of Neptune's irregularly-shaped satellite 1989N1 from a range of 870,000 kilometers (540,000 miles).
PIA00055:
1989N1
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-09-26 Triton Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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NASA's Voyager 2 acquired this black and white image of Triton, Neptune's largest satellite, during the night of Aug. 24-25, 1989. Triton's limb cuts obliquely across the middle of the image. The field of view is about 1,000 km (600 miles) across.
PIA00056:
Triton - Detail of Dark and Light Material
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This false color photograph of Neptune was made from Voyager 2 images taken through three filters: blue, green, and a filter that passes light at a wavelength that is absorbed by methane gas.
PIA00057:
Neptune False Color Image of Haze
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NASA's Voyager 2 captured this high resolution color image, taken 2 hours before closest approach, providing obvious evidence of vertical relief in Neptune's bright cloud streaks.
PIA00058:
Neptune Clouds Showing Vertical Relief
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VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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This image from NASA's Voyager 2 of the south polar terrain of Triton, was taken on Aug. 25, 1989 revealing about 50 dark plumes or 'wind streaks' on the icy surface.
PIA00059:
Triton South Polar Terrain
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VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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This image of the south polar terrain of Triton, taken NASA's Voyager 2 on Aug. 25, 1989 reveals about 50 dark plumes or 'wind streaks' on the icy surface.
PIA00060:
Triton - False Color of 'Cantaloupe' Terrain
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This is one of the most detailed views of the surface of Triton taken by NASA's Voyager 2 on its flyby of the large satellite of Neptune early in the morning of Aug. 25, 1989. The picture was stored on the tape recorder and relayed to Earth later.
PIA00061:
Triton High Resolution View of Northern Hemisphere
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This image of Neptune's satellite 1989N1 was obtained by NASA's Voyager 2 on Aug. 25, 1989 from a range of 146,000 kilometers (91,000 miles).
PIA00062:
1989N1 Surface Detail
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VG ISS - Wide Angle
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This image of the blue-hued Neptune was taken by NASA's Voyager 2; small trails of similar clouds trending east to west and large scale structure east of the Great Dark Spot all suggest that waves are present in the atmosphere and play a large role.
PIA00063:
Neptune - True Color of Clouds
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VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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This bulls-eye view of Neptune's small dark spot (D2) was obtained by NASA' s Voyager 2's narrow-angle camera on Aug. 24, 1989, when Voyager 2 was within 1.1 million km (680,000 miles) of the planet.
PIA00064:
Neptune's Dark Spot (D2) at High Resolution
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-09-26 Jupiter Voyager
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This mosaic of Jupiter's Great Red Spot taken by NASA's Voyager 1, shows the area around the northern boundary where a white cloud is seen which extends to east of the region.
PIA00065:
Jupiter's Great Red Spot Region
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-08-12 Callisto Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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Callisto was revealed by NASA's Voyager cameras to be a heavily cratered and hence geologically inactive world.
PIA00080:
Callisto Mosaic
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VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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The hemisphere of Ganymede that faces away from the Sun displays a great variety of terrain in this mosaic from NASA's Voyager 2.
PIA00081:
Ganymede Mosaic
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VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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This image of the Uranian moon, Miranda, was taken Jan 24, 1986 by NASA's Voyager 2. This image reveals a bewildering variety of fractures, grooves and craters, as well as features of different albedos (reflectancea).
PIA00140:
Miranda Fractures, Grooves and Craters
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VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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Miranda reveals a complex geologic history in this view, acquired by NASA's Voyager 2 on Jan. 24, 1986, around its close approach to the Uranian moon. At least three terrain types of different age and geologic style are evident.
PIA00141:
Miranda's Geologic History (Variety of Terrain)
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VG ISS - Wide Angle
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This image captured by NASA's Voyager 2 in 1986 revealed a continuous distribution of small particles throughout the Uranus ring system. This unique geometry, the highest phase angle at which Voyager imaged the rings, allowed us to see lanes of fine dust.
PIA00142:
Uranus Ring System
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VG ISS - Wide Angle
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This view of pale blue-green Uranus was recorded by NASA's Voyager 2 on Jan 25, 1986, as the spacecraft left the planet behind. The thin crescent of Uranus is seen here between the spacecraft, the planet and the Sun.
PIA00143:
Uranus - Final Image
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Jupiter Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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NASA's Voyager 1 took this photo of Jupiter and two of its satellites (Io, left, and Europa) on Feb. 13, 1979. Io is above Jupiter's Great Red Spot; Europa is above Jupiter's clouds. The poles are dark and reddish.
PIA00144:
Jupiter with Satellites Io and Europa
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VG ISS - Wide Angle
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This NASA Voyager 1 image was taken of Jupiter's darkside on March 5, 1979 when the spacecraft was in Jupiter's shadow, about 6 hours after closest approach to the planet at a distance of 320,000 miles.
PIA00204:
Lights In The Night
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VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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NASA's Voyager 1 took this photo of Jupiter Feb. 1, 1979. Voyager scientists saw that different colors in clouds around the Great Red Spot imply that the clouds swirl around the spot at varying altitudes.
PIA00235:
Jupiter with Satellite Io
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This global color mosaic of Triton, taken in 1989 by NASA's Voyager 2 shows Triton, the largest satellite of Neptune. Triton has the coldest surface known anywhere in the solar system; it is so cold that most of Triton's nitrogen is condensed as frost.
PIA00317:
Global Color Mosaic of Triton
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-06-04 Io Voyager
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NASA's Voyager 1 computer color mosaics, shown in approximately natural color and in Lambertian equal-area projections, show the Eastern (left) and Western (right) hemispheres of Io.
PIA00318:
Io Shown in Lambertian Equal Area Projection and in Approximately Natural Color
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Io's volcanic plains are shown in NASA's Voyager 1 image mosaic which covers the area roughly from latitude 60 deg N. to latitude 60 deg S. and longitude 100-345. Numerous volcanic calderas, lava flows, and volcanic eruption plumes are visible here.
PIA00319:
Global Mercator Mosaic
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-06-04 Io Voyager
Imaging Science Subsystem
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A huge area of Io's volcanic plains is shown in this archival image mosaic from NASA's Voyager 1. Numerous volcanic calderas and lava flows are visible here. Loki Patera, an active lava lake, is the large shield-shaped black feature.
PIA00320:
Loki Patera
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Io's volcanic plains are shown in this image mosaic from NASA's Voyager 1. Also visible are numerous volcanic calderas and lava flows. Ra Patera with its multihued lava flows is below and right of the mosaic's center.
PIA00321:
Io, the Ra Patera, Mazda Catena, and Gibil Patera Area
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The eruption of Pele on Jupiter's moon Io. The volcanic plume rises 300 kilometers above the surface in an umbrella-like shape. This image is from NASA's Voyager 1.
PIA00323:
Eruption of Pele
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-06-04 Io Voyager
Imaging Science Subsystem
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Io's volcanic plains are shown in this archival image from NASA's Voyager 1, which spans an area about 1030 km (640 miles) from left to right. Numerous volcanic calderas and lava flows are visible.
PIA00324:
Volcanic Plains of Io Near Galai Patera
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-06-04 Europa Voyager
VG Imaging Science Subsystem
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This archival image taken by NASA's Voyager 2, is of Europa, the smallest Galilean satellite. The bright areas are probably ice deposits, whereas the darkened areas may be the rocky surface or areas with a more patchy distribution of ice.
PIA00325:
Europa Crescent
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-06-04 Io Voyager
Imaging Science Subsystem
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This archival image mosaic from NASA's Voyager 1 shows Io's south polar region. The South Pole is near the terminator (line between daylight and night) at right center. Haemus Mons, a 10-km high (32,000 foot) mountain is at bottom.
PIA00327:
Io, the South Polar Region
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