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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Ganymede Voyager
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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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-06-06 Ganymede Galileo
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NASA's Galileo spacecraft, now in orbit around Jupiter, returned this optical navigation image June 3, 1996, showing that the spacecraft is accurately targeted for its first flyby of the giant moon Ganymede on June 27.
PIA00273:
Optical Navigation Image of Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-07-17 Ganymede Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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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
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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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 1996-07-17 Ganymede Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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This picture of Ganymede, Jupiter's largest satellite was taken on the afternoon of March 5, 1979 by NASA's Voyager 1 from a range 145,000 km (87,000 mi).
PIA00354:
Ganymede at 87,000 miles
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-01-09 Ganymede Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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This approximate natural-color image from NASA's Voyager 2 shows Saturn, its rings, and four of its icy satellites. Three satellites Tethys, Dione, and Rhea are visible against the darkness of space.
PIA00380:
Ganymede At 150,000 Miles
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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Ridges, grooves, craters and relatively smooth areas in the Uruk Sulcus region of Jupiter's moon Ganymede are shown in this high-resolution image captured by NASA's Galileo spacecraft during its first flyby of Ganymede on June 27, 1996.
PIA00276:
Ganymede - Ridges, Grooves, Craters and Smooth Areas of Uruk Sulcus Region
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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These images demonstrate the dramatic improvement in the resolution of pictures that NASA's Galileo spacecraft returned compared to previous images of the Jupiter system.
PIA00277:
Ganymede - Comparison of Voyager and Galileo Resolution
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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A mosaic of four Galileo high-resolution images of the Uruk Sulcus region of Jupiter's moon Ganymede is shown within the context of an image of the region taken by Voyager 2 in 1979.
PIA00281:
Ganymede - Galileo Mosaic Overlayed on Voyager Data in Uruk Sulcus Region
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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View of the region of Ganymede's Uruk Sulcus placed on a lower resolution Voyager view taken 17 years prior to NASA's
Galileo spacecraft in 1996. North is to the top and the sun illuminates the surface from almost overhead in the Galileo view.
PIA00705:
Detail of Ganymede's Uruk Sulcus Region as Viewed by Galileo and Voyager
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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A mixture of terrains studded with a large impact crater is shown in this view of the Uruk Sulcus region of Jupiter's moon Ganymede taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft during its first flyby of the planet-sized moon on June 27, 1996.
PIA00280:
Ganymede - Mixture of Terrains and Large Impact Crater in Uruk Sulcus Region
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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This view of a part of the Galileo Regio region on Jupiter's moon Ganymede shows fine details of the dark terrain that makes up about half of the surface of the planet-sized moon.
PIA00278:
Ganymede - Dark Terrain in Galileo Regio
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Ganymede Galileo
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Ancient impact craters shown in this image of Jupiter's moon Ganymede taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft testify to the great age of the terrain, dating back several billion years.
PIA00279:
Ganymede - Ancient Impact Craters in Galileo Regio
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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A mosaic of four Galileo images of the Uruk Sulcus region on Ganymede (Latitude 11 N, Longitude: 170 W) is shown overlayed on the data obtained by NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1979.
PIA00493:
Uruk Sulcus Mosaic - Galileo over Voyager Data
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Ganymede Galileo
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View of Ganymede from NASA's Galileo spacecraft during its first encounter with the satellite, taken on June 26, 1996.
PIA00706:
Ganymede Global
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Ganymede Galileo
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Dramatic view of fine details in ice hills and valleys in an unnamed region on Jupiter's moon Ganymede. This image was
taken on June 28, 1996, by NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA00707:
Fine Details of the Icy Surface of Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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A mosaic of four Galileo images of the Galileo Regio region on Ganymede (Latitude 18 N, Longitude: 149 W) is shown overlayed on the data obtained by NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1979.
PIA00492:
Galileo Regio Mosaic - Galileo over Voyager Data
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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A mosaic of four NASA's Galileo spacecraft's high-resolution images of the Uruk Sulcus region of Jupiter's moon Ganymede (Latitude 11 N, Longitude: 170 W) is shown within the context of an image of the region taken by Voyager 2 in 1979.
PIA00579:
Ganymede Uruk Sulcus High Resolution Mosaic Shown in Context
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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Ancient impact craters shown in this image of Jupiter's moon Ganymede taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft testify to the great age of the terrain, dating back several billion years.
PIA00580:
Ganymede Galileo Regio High Resolution Mosaic Shown in Context
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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These frames demonstrate the dramatic improvement in the resolution of pictures that NASA's Galileo spacecraft is returning compared to previous images of the Jupiter system.
PIA00722:
Galileo Resolutions: Ganymede and the San Francisco Bay Area
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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 1997-11-18 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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NASA's Galileo spacecraft obtained this image on Sept.6, 1996, showing part of the surface of Jupiter's moon Ganymede, where new terrain overlays older terrain.
PIA00497:
Ganymede's Nippur Sulcus
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-11-18 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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Topographic detail is seen in a stereoscopic view of this part of Jupiter's moon Ganymede. This image is a computer reconstruction from two images taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft in 1996.
PIA00498:
Stereo View of Ganymede's Galileo Regio
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-11-18 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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Topographic detail is seen in this stereoscopic view of the Galileo Regio region of Jupiter's moon Ganymede. The picture is a computer reconstruction from two images taken by NASA's Galileo during 1996.
PIA00521:
Stereo View of Ganymede's Galileo Region
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-11-18 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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An ancient dark terrain surface is cut by orthogonal sets of fractures on Jupiter's moon Ganymede. This image of northern 

Marius Regio was obtained on September 6, 1996.
PIA01056:
Ganymede Groove Lanes
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-11-18 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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On Sept. 6, 1996, NASA's Galileo spacecraft observed this circular 36 kilometer (22 mile) diameter impact crater near the north pole of Jupiter's moon Ganymede with a floor that is partially brightened.
PIA01057:
A Polar Crater on Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-11-18 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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NASA's Galileo spacecraft obtained this image on September 6, 1996 showing ridges on the edge of Ganymede's north polar cap.
PIA01058:
Bright and Dark Slopes on Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-11-18 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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NASA's Galileo spacecraft obtained this image on September 6, 1996 showing grooved terrain in the area of Nippur Sulcus on Jupiter's moon Ganymede.
PIA01059:
Grooves and Craters on Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-11-18 Ganymede Galileo
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This image taken on Sept 6, 1996 by NASA's Galileo spacecraft shows a region of grooved terrain on Jupiter's moon Ganymede has been partially covered by ejecta from an ancient impact structure known as a palimpsest.
PIA01060:
Palimpsest Secondary Craters on Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-11-18 Ganymede Galileo
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NASA's Galileo spacecraft obtained this image on September 6, 1996 showing two large, ancient impact craters, known as palimpsests, have modified this area of dark terrain on Jupiter's moon Ganymede.
PIA01061:
Secondary Craters on Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-11-18 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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NASA's Galileo spacecraft obtained this image on September 6, 1996 showing this area of dark terrain on Jupiter's moon Ganymede lies near a transitional area between dark and bright terrain.
PIA01062:
Fractures in Transitional Terrain on Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-11-20 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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Complex sets of ridges and grooves are visible in this image of the Nippur Sulcus region on Jupiter's largest moon Ganymede. NASA's Galileo spacecraft imaged this region as it passed Ganymede during its second orbit through the Jovian system.
PIA01086:
Grooved Terrain in Nippur Sulcus on Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-11-21 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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This image shows some unusual features on the surface of Jupiter's moon, Ganymede. NASA's Galileo spacecraft imaged this region as it passed Ganymede during its second orbit through the Jovian system.
PIA01087:
Geological Mysteries on Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-11-24 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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Two impact craters surrounded by an unusual ejecta blanket dominate this high resolution image of the surface of Jupiter's moon, Ganymede. NASA's Galileo spacecraft imaged this region as it passed Ganymede during its orbit through the Jovian system.
PIA01088:
Nergal Crater on Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-11-25 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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Two highly fractured craters are visible in this high resolution image of Jupiter's moon, Ganymede. NASA's Galileo spacecraft imaged this region as it passed Ganymede during its second orbit through the Jovian system.
PIA01089:
Fractured Craters on Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-11-26 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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The dark-floored crater, Khensu, is the target of this image of Ganymede. The solid state imaging camera on NASA's Galileo spacecraft imaged this region as it passed Ganymede during its second orbit through the Jovian system.
PIA01090:
Khensu Crater on Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-12-01 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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Complex tectonism is evident in these images of Ganymede's surface. The solid state imaging camera on NASA's Galileo spacecraft imaged this region as it passed Ganymede during its second orbit through the Jovian system.
PIA01091:
Complex Tectonism on Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-12-16 Ganymede Galileo
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NASA's Voyager images were used to create a global view of Ganymede. The cut-out reveals the interior structure of this icy moon.
PIA00519:
Ganymede G1 & G2 Encounters - Interior of Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-01-21 Ganymede Galileo
Photopolarimeter-Radiometer
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This infrared image of Jupiter's moon Ganymede, showing heat radiation from its surface at a wavelength of 27 microns, provides the best view yet of pre-dawn temperatures on Ganymede. This image was taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA01145:
Pre-Dawn Temperatures on Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-01-21 Ganymede Galileo
Photopolarimeter-Radiometer
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This infrared image of Jupiter's moon Ganymede, showing heat radiation from its surface at a wavelength of about 60 microns, provides best view yet of nighttime temperatures on this hemisphere of Ganymede. Image captured by NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA01146:
Nighttime Temperatures on Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-03-26 Ganymede Galileo
Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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NASA's Galileo has eyes that can see more than ours can. By looking at what we call the infrared wavelengths, types and sizes of material on the surface of Jupiter's moon, Ganymede, can be determined.
PIA00500:
NIMS Ganymede Surface Map
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-03-26 Ganymede Galileo
Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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NASA's Galileo spacecraft acquired this global mosaic (right) during Galileo's third orbit on Nov. 4, 1996. The lighter bluish area in the upper latitudes is the Asgard multi-ring structure with crater Burr to the north and Tornasuk to the east.
PIA00844:
NIMS Callisto Global Mosaic
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-03-26 Ganymede Galileo
Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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The left image is an airbrush map of the surface of Ganymede from NASA's Voyager data. The small square shows the location of Antum crater, target of the image from NASA's Galileo spacecraft on the right.
PIA00854:
Antum Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-03-26 Ganymede Galileo
Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This image of the crater, Melkart, on Jupiter's moon, Ganymede, was taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft. The crater is illuminated by the Sun from the left.
PIA00878:
NIMS Observes Melkart Crater on Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-04-02 Ganymede Galileo
Photopolarimeter-Radiometer
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This map shows the temperatures for most of the surface of Ganymede made from data taken by on Jun. 26, 1996 as NASA's Galileo approached the sunlit side of the moon.
PIA01232:
Temperature Map of Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-06-04 Ganymede Voyager
VG ISS - Wide Angle
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This mosaic of NASA's Voyager 2 images taken July 9, 1979, shows a prominent rayed crater on Jupiter's icy moon, Ganymede.
PIA00334:
Crater Rays on Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-07-15 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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This image from NASA's Galileo spacecraft shows two impact craters that are superimposed on Memphis Facula, a large bright circular feature in the otherwise generally dark terrain in Galileo Regio on Jupiter's moon, Ganymede.
PIA01607:
Dark-floored Impact Craters on Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-07-15 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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During NASA's Galileo spacecraft's second orbit, images were obtained within the northern polar cap of Jupiter's moon, Ganymede, across a north-south trending boundary between the grooved terrain of Philae Sulcus and the dark terrain of Galileo Regio.
PIA01608:
High Latitude "Bright" and "Dark" Terrains on Ganymede
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This image captured by NASA's Galileo spacecraft shows an oblique view of two fresh impact craters in bright grooved terrain near the north pole of Jupiter's moon, Ganymede.
PIA01609:
Fresh Impact Craters on Ganymede
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Solid-State Imaging
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This image from NASA's Galileo spacecraft shows a chain of craters named Enki Catena on Jupiter's moon, Ganymede. This chain of 13 craters probably formed by a comet which was pulled into pieces by Jupiter's gravity as it passed too close to the planet.
PIA01610:
Anatomy of a Torn Comet
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-07-15 Ganymede Galileo
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This image from NASA's Galileo spacecraft show the dark ray crater Kittu on Jupiter's moon, Ganymede. Kittu is seen in approximately true color, as imaged with the Galileo camera's violet, one micrometer, and near infrared filters.
PIA01611:
Kittu Dark Ray Crater
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This image captured by NASA's Galileo spacecraft shows dark terrain of Nicholson Regio on Jupiter's moon, Ganymede. On the left is a crater that has been torn apart by tectonic forces.
PIA01612:
A Tumultuous Past for Ganymede's Dark Terrain
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View of Nicholson Regio on Jupiter's moon, Ganymede, showing heavily fractured dark terrain and a lane of smooth bright terrain. North is to the top of this image from NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA01613:
Fractures in Nicholson Regio
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NASA's Galileo imaging camera targeted an area in Sippar Sulcus on Jupiter's moon, Ganymede. Images obtained in 1979 by NASA's Voyager spacecraft showed that the area contained curvilinear and arcuate scarps or cliffs.
PIA01614:
"Calderas" on Ganymede?
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A swath of grooved terrain named Erech Sulcus cuts north-south across the ancient dark terrain of Marius Regio. Mosaic images were taken by the Solid State Imaging (SSI) system on NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA01615:
Swaths of Grooved Terrain on Ganymede
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View of a boundary between bright and dark terrain at the southern border of Galileo Regio on Jupiter's moon, Ganymede. Image was taken by the Solid State Imaging (SSI) system on NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA01616:
Highly Fractured Dark and Bright Terrain
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This image from NASA's Galileo spacecraft shows a highly fractured lane of grooved terrain, Lagash Sulcus, which runs through an area of heavily cratered dark terrain within Marius Regio on Jupiter's moon Ganymede.
PIA01617:
Marius Regio, Ganymede
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View of the Marius Regio and Nippur Sulcus area of Jupiter's moon, Ganymede showing the dark and bright grooved terrain which is typical of this satellite. Image taken by the Solid State Imaging (SSI) system on NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA01618:
Regional View of Ganymede
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View of the Tiamat Sulcus region on Jupiter's moon, Ganymede, imaged just after local sunrise. The illumination from such a low sun angle highlights the grooved topography of Tiamat. Image from NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA01619:
Morning in Tiamat Sulcus
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This image is a computer-generated perspective view of ridges in the Uruk Sulcus region of Jupiter's moon, Ganymede. Image was taken on September 6, 1996 by the Solid State Imaging (SSI) system on NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA01620:
Perspective View of Bright Ridges in Uruk Sulcus
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-07-15 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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When NASA's two Voyager spacecraft passed through the Jupiter system in 1979, they captured many high resolution images of the Galilean satellites. One primary objective of NASA's Galileo mission was to acquire images of areas that Voyager could not see.
PIA01606:
Completing a Global Map of Ganymede
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Solid-State Imaging
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Natural color view of Ganymede from NASA's Galileo spacecraft during its first encounter with the satellite. The dark areas are the older, more heavily cratered regions and the light areas are younger, tectonically deformed regions.
PIA00716:
Ganymede Color Global
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-10-30 Jupiter Voyager
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Jupiter and its four planet-size moons, called the Galilean satellites, were photographed in early March, 1980, by NASA's Voyager 1 and assembled into this collage. They are not to scale but are in their relative positions
PIA01481:
Jupiter System Montage
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-01-18 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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NASA's Galileo spacecraft took this global view of Jupiter's moon, Ganymede's trailing side in March, 1988. The colors are enhanced to emphasize color differences.
PIA01666:
Ganymede's Trailing Hemisphere
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VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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This color reconstruction of part of the northern hemisphere of Ganymede was made from pictures taken by NASA's Voyager at a range of 313,000 kilometers (194,000 miles).
PIA00356:
Ganymede's Northern Hemisphere
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NASA's Voyager captured this color picture of Ganymede in the region 30 S 180 W shows features as small as 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) across.
PIA00357:
Bright Halo Impact Crater on Ganymede
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This color picture as acquired by NASA's Voyager 1 during its approach to Ganymede on Monday afternoon Mar. 5, 1979. This picture is of a region in the northern hemisphere near the terminator.
PIA01515:
Bright Ray Craters in Ganymede's Northern Hemisphere
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This color picture as acquired by NASA's Voyager 1 during its approach to Ganymede on Monday afternoon, Mar. 5, 1979. This image shows detail on the surface with a resolution of four and a half km.
PIA01516:
Cratering and Grooved Terrain on Ganymede
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This color picture as acquired by NASA's Voyager 1 during its approach to Ganymede on Monday afternoon Mar. 5, 1979. This picture is near the equator of Ganymede.
PIA01517:
Ganymede's Equatorial Region
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NASA's Voyager 2 took this picture of Ganymede in 1980 as the spacecraft was nearing its encounter with the ice giant.
PIA01520:
Ganymede's Varied Terrain
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This picture was taken on March 4, 1979 at 2:30 A.M. PST by NASA's Voyager 1 from a distance of 2.6 million kilometers (1.6 million miles). Ganymede is Jupiter's largest satellite with a radius of about 2600 kilometers, about 1.5 times that of our Moon.
PIA00353:
Ganymede Full Disk
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NASA's Voyager 2 color photo of Ganymede, the largest Galilean satellite, was taken on July 7, 1979, from a range of 1.2 million kilometers.
PIA01972:
Ganymede
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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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This image captured by NASA's Galileo spacecraft shows crater Neith, an unusual impact structure about 160 km (100 miles) in diameter, situated on Jupiter's largest satellite, Ganymede.
PIA01658:
Dome Crater Neith on Jupiter's Satellite Ganymede
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This image from NASA's Galileo spacecraft shows a mosaic of Buto Facula, a so-called 'palimpsest' situated in Marius Regio on Jupiter's largest satellite Ganymede. Palimpsests are bright, nearly circular patches, believed to be remnant impact features.
PIA01659:
Buto Facula - A Palimpsest on Ganymede
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This image shows a Galileo high-resolution mosaic of craters Gula (top) and Achelous (bottom), projected on a lower-resolution background of image data that were obtained in the late 70s by the NASA Voyager spacecraft.
PIA01660:
Pedestal Craters Gula and Achelous on Ganymede
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These images from NASA's Galileo spacecraft show a comparison of the surfaces of the three icy Galilean satellites, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto, scaled to a common resolution of 150 meters per picture element (pixel).
PIA01656:
Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto: Surface Comparison at High Spatial Resolution
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This picture of Ganymede captured by NASA's Voyager 1 was taken on the afternoon of March 5, from a range of 272,000 kilometers.
PIA02233:
Ganymede - high resolution
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This view of Ganymede was taken by NASA's Voyager 1 on the afternoon of March 5 from a range of 267,000 kilometers (167,000 miles).
PIA02252:
Ganymede
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NASA's Voyager 2 took this picture of Ganymede on 5 March 1979. It was taken with the narrow-angle camera from a range of 270,000 kilometers.
PIA02286:
Ganymede Varied Terrain
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This picture of Ganymede, Jupiter's largest satellite, was taken by NASA's Voyager 1 on the afternoon of March 5, 1979 from a range of 253,000 kilometers (151,800 miles).
PIA02278:
Ganymede
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On the afternoon of March 5, 1979, NASA's Voyager 1 took this picture of Ganymede, Jupiter's largest satellite, from a range of 246,000 km (158,400 mi).
PIA02279:
Ganymede
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Two close-up photos of Ganymede, largest of Jupiter's 13 moons, were obtained on July 8 by NASA's Voyager 2 from 86,000 miles (top) and 192,000 miles.
PIA02282:
Ganymede - Close Up Photos
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RIGHT: This picture shows part of the surface of Ganymede as viewed from a range-of 120,000 km by NASA's Voyager 2 on July 9th. In the foreground is typical grooved terrain as seen by Voyager 1.
PIA02281:
Ganymede - Surface
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Cutaway views of the possible internal structures of the Galilean satellites. Ganymede at lower left, Callisto at lower right, Io on upper left, and Europa on upper right in a combined biew from NASA's Galileo and Voyager spacecraft.
PIA01082:
Possible Internal Structures of the Galilean Satellites
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Impact craters dominate the surface down to the smallest features visible on the dark terrain of the Nicholson Regio region of Jupiter's moon Ganymede in this image taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA02571:
Ganymede Dark Terrain at High Resolution
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The area of Nicholson Regio and Arbela Sulcus illustrates many of the diverse terrain types on Jupiter's moon Ganymede, as seen in this image taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA02572:
Region of Ganymede with Mix of Terrains
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This view of the Nicholson Regio/Arbela Sulcus region on Jupiter's moon Ganymede, taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft, shows the stark contrast between the smooth bright terrain and the surrounding highly fractured dark terrain.
PIA02573:
Regional View of Bright and Dark Terrain
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This frame compares a high-resolution view of Arbela Sulcus on Jupiter's moon Ganymede (top) with the gray band Thynia Linea on another Jovian moon, Europa (bottom), shown to the same scale. Both images are from NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA02574:
Ganymede Feature Resembling Europa
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This image, taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft, shows a same-scale comparison between Arbela Sulcus on Jupiter's moon Ganymede (left) and an unnamed band on another Jovian moon, Europa (right).
PIA02575:
Comparison of Ganymede and Europa features
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This view of Arbela Sulcus, a 24-kilometer-wide (15-mile-wide) region of furrows and ridges on Jupiter's moon Ganymede, shows its relationship to the dark terrain surrounding it. NASA's Galileo spacecraft took these pictures during its flyby of Ganymede.
PIA02576:
Perspective view of Arbela Sulcus, Ganymede
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The ancient, dark terrain of Nicholson Regio shows many large impact craters, and zones of fractures oriented generally parallel to the boundary between the dark and bright regions of Jupiter's moon Ganymede. Image taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA02577:
Bright-Dark Terrain Boundary, Ganymede
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The boundary between the bright terrain of Harpagia Sulcus and dark terrain of Nicholson Regio areas of Jupiter's moon Ganymede springs out when viewed through red/blue 3-D glasses, in this image taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft as it flew by Ganymede.
PIA02578:
Bright-Dark Terrain Boundary in stereo
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These images, taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft on its May 20, 2000, flyby of Jupiter's moon Ganymede, illustrate the boundary and different elevations between the dark, ancient terrain of Nicholson Regio and bright, younger terrain of Harpagia Sulcus.
PIA02579:
Bright-dark boundary and topographical model
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The shallow, scalloped depression in the center of this picture from NASA's Galileo spacecraft is a caldera-like feature 5 to 20 kilometers (3 to 12 miles) wide on Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede.
PIA02580:
Caldera-like depression on Ganymede
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The highest-resolution images ever obtained of Jupiter's moon Ganymede show that even smooth-looking terrain has been deformed at a fine scale. The high-resolution image taken of the bright Harpagia Sulcus area by NASA's Galileo spacecraft during a flyby.
PIA02581:
Not-so-smooth Bright Terrain of Harpagia Sulcus
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NASA's Galileo spacecraft took this image of dark terrain within Nicholson Regio, near the border with Harpagia Sulcus on Jupiter's moon Ganymede. The ancient, heavily cratered dark terrain is faulted by a series of scarps.
PIA02582:
Stair-step Scarps in Dark Terrain on Ganymede
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A simulated flyover of an area on Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede, based on images taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft, takes the viewer over rugged, ancient terrain that is interrupted by a bright icy swath of more recent surfacing.
PIA02583:
Arbela Sulcus Flyover Movie Animation Icon
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The solar system's largest moon, Ganymede, is captured here alongside the planet Jupiter in a color picture taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Dec. 3, 2000.
PIA02862:
Ganymede and Jupiter
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These two frames, derived from images of Jupiter's moon Ganymede by NASA's Galileo and Voyager spacecraft, show bright terrain types and topography within an area called Sippar Sulcus in Ganymede's southern hemisphere.
PIA03214:
Sippar Sulcus, Ganymede
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