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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-04-08 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft is completely dominated by dunes in the north polar region of Mars. Sand seas on Earth are often called ergs, an Arabic name for dune fields. The dunes have very little remaining frost cover.
PIA07825:
Dune Variety
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-04-07 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft is completely dominated by dunes in the north polar region of Mars. Sand seas on Earth are often called ergs, an Arabic name for dune fields.
PIA07824:
North Polar Erg
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-04-06 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft is completely dominated by dunes in the north polar region of Mars. Sand seas on Earth are often called ergs, an Arabic name for dune fields.
PIA07822:
Northern Sand Sea
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-04-05 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the north polar sand sea on Mars, and at isolated dune fields at lower latitudes.
PIA07820:
North Polar Erg
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-04-04 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the north polar sand sea on Mars, and at isolated dune fields at lower latitudes.
PIA07819:
Isolated Northern Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-30 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows linear and barchan sand dunes in Chasma Boreale, a broad erosional trough in the martian north polar region.
PIA07507:
Dunes of the North
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-29 Mars Telecommunications Orbiter (MTO)
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This illustration depicts a concept for NASA's Mars Telecommunications Orbiter in flight around Mars.
PIA07500:
Mars Telecommunications Orbiter, Artist's Concept
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-29 Mars Telecommunications Orbiter (MTO)
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This illustration depicts a concept for operation of an optical communications system on NASA's Mars Telecommunications Orbiter.
PIA07499:
Mars Laser Communication Demonstration, Artist's Concept
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-23 Earth Terra
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Data from a portion of the imagery acquired by NASA's Terra spacecraft during 2000-2002 were combined to create this cloud-free natural-color mosaic of southwestern Europe and northwestern Morocco and Algeria.
PIA04376:
Where Europe meets Africa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-18 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This picture from the microscopic imager on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is a mosaic of a target called 'Gagarin' on a rock referred to as 'Yuri.' A circle from which the tool's wire brush has scoured dust off the rock surface is evident.
PIA07480:
Looking Closely at 'Yuri'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-18 Earth Terra
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This NASA's Terra satellite image of Mount St. Helens was captured one week after the March 8, 2005 ash and steam eruption, the latest activity since the volcano's reawakening in September 2004.
PIA07478:
Mount St. Helens
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-16 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Imaging Radar
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The island of Ireland comprises a large central lowland of limestone with a relief of hills surrounded by a discontinuous border of coastal mountains which vary greatly in geological structure as seen by NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA06672:
Ireland, Shaded Relief and Colored Height
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-14 Earth Jason-1
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Recent sea-level height data from NASA's U.S./France Jason altimetric satellite during a 10-day cycle ending February 22, 2005, showed that the central equatorial Pacific continues to exhibit an area of higher-than-normal sea surface heights.
PIA07456:
El Niño: The Weak, Getting Weaker
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-09 Earth Terra
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Actinae, or radial symmetry, is shown in this MISR Mystery Quiz #21 captured by NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA04375:
Where on Earth...? MISR Mystery Image Quiz #21:
ACTINAE
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-09 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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The six close-up views of Titan's surface shown here are composed of images acquired by NASA's Cassini spacecraft during flybys in October and December of 2004.
PIA06204:
Scrutinizing Titan's Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-09 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This map of Titan's surface brightness was assembled from images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft over the past year, both as it approached the Saturn system and during three closer flybys in July, October and December 2004.
PIA06201:
Titan's Variety
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-03 Earth QuikScat
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The SeaWinds scatterometer aboard NASA's QuikScat satellite collected the data used to create this colorful image of Cyclone Olaf churning in the South Pacific on February 16, 2005.
PIA07415:
Cyclones in the Pacific
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-02-24 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's atmosphere and its rings are shown here in a false color composite made from images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in near infrared light through filters that sense different amounts of methane gas.
PIA06197:
The Dragon Storm
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-02-23 Earth Terra
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These 19 global panels show the %-year seasonal-average distribution of atmospheric aerosol amount across Africa and the Atlantic Ocean from data captured by NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA04374:
Five Years of MISR Global Aerosol Observations
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-02-11 Ring Nebula Spitzer Space Telescope
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NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope finds a delicate flower in the Ring Nebula, as shown in this image. The outer shell of this planetary nebula looks surprisingly similar to the delicate petals of a camellia blossom.
PIA07343:
Ring Beholds a Delicate Flower Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-02-08 OTS 44 Spitzer Space Telescope
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NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope set its infrared eyes on an extraordinarily low-mass brown dwarf called OTS 44 and found a swirling disc of planet-building dust shown in this artist concept.
PIA07336:
'Mini-Me' Solar System (Artist Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-02-08 OTS 44 Spitzer Space Telescope
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This artist's concept shows a brown dwarf surrounded by a swirling disc of planet-building dust. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope spotted such a disc around a surprisingly low-mass brown dwarf, or 'failed star.'
PIA07335:
Birth of an Unusual Planetary System (Artist Concept) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-26 Earth Terra
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The initial tsunami waves resulting from the undersea earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) on 26 December 2004 off the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, as seen by NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA04373:
Deep Ocean Tsunami Waves off the Sri Lankan Coast
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-25 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Dust Accumulation on Mars
PIA07301:
Dust Accumulation on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-20 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Navigation Camera
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A Year's Worth of Tracks in the Dust
PIA07268:
A Year's Worth of Tracks in the Dust
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-18 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
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The high speed of NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft causes it to appear as a long streak across the sky in the constellation Virgo during the 10-minute exposure time of this photograph taken by Mr. Palomar's 200-inch telescope.
PIA07266:
Deep Impact on Its Way
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-14 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
Terra
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This image from NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Indian Ocean coastline north of Phuket, Thailand is a major tourist destination that was in the path of the tsunami produced by a giant offshore earthquake on December 26, 2004.
PIA06671:
Tsunami Inundation, North of Phuket, Thailand
ASTER Images and SRTM Elevation Model
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-14 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Interferometric Radar
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The topography of the island nation of Sri Lanka is well shown in this color-coded shaded relief map generated with digital elevation data from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA06670:
Sri Lanka, Colored Height
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-12 Earth Terra
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The island of Phuket on the Indian Ocean coast of Thailand is a major tourist destination and was also in the path of the tsunami that washed ashore on December 26, 2004. Images were acquired by NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA07227:
New NASA Imagery Sheds Additional Perspectives on Tsunami
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-12 Earth Terra
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On 26 December 2004, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake occurred off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. These views were acquired by NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA04372:
Breaking Tsunami Waves along India's Eastern Coast Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-12 Earth Jason-1
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Displayed in blue color is the height of sea surface (shown in blue) measured by NASA's Jason satellite two hours after the initial magnitude 9 earthquake hit the region (shown in red) southwest of Sumatra on December 26, 2004.
PIA07219:
NASA/French Satellite Data Reveal New Details of Tsunami
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-11 Titan Cassini-Huygens
 ISS - Narrow Angle
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This map shows the planned imaging coverage for the Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer, onboard the European Space Agency's Huygens probe during the probe's descent toward Titan's surface. This map was made from images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06172:
Go Huygens!
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-11 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This map shows the planned imaging coverage for the Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer, onboard the European Space Agency's Huygens probe during the probe's descent toward Titan's surface. This map was made from images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06173:
Go Huygens!
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-11 Encke Spitzer Space Telescope
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This image taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the comet Encke riding along its pebbly trail of debris (long diagonal line) between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
PIA07222:
Riding a Trail of Debris
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-10 Vega Spitzer Space Telescope
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NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope recently captured these images of the star Vega, located 25 light years away in the constellation Lyra.
PIA07218:
Tiny Particles, So Far Away
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-07 Iapetus Cassini-Huygens
 ISS - Narrow Angle
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A spectacular landslide within the low-brightness region of Iapetus's surface known as Cassini Regio is visible in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06171:
Giant Landslide on Iapetus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-06 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 Spaceborne Imaging Radar
C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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The Alpine fault runs parallel to, and just inland of, much of the west coast of New Zealand's South Island. This view was created from the near-global digital elevation model produced by NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA06661:
Alpine Fault, New Zealand, SRTM Shaded Relief and Colored Height
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-06 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 Spaceborne Imaging Radar
C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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The Davenport Ranges of central Australia have been inferred to be among the oldest persisting landforms on Earth as seen by NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA06663:
Davenport Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia, SRTM Shaded Relief and Colored Height
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-06 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 Spaceborne Imaging Radar
C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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Australia is the only continent without any current volcanic activity, but it hosts one of the world's largest extinct volcanoes, the Tweed Volcano as seen by NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA06664:
Tweed Extinct Volcano, Australia, Stereo Pair of SRTM Shaded Relief and Colored Height
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-06 Earth Landsat
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 Spaceborne Imaging Radar
C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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Bora Bora, Tahaa, and Raiatea (top to bottom) are Polynesian Islands about 220 kilometers (135 miles) west-northwest of Tahiti in the South Pacific. This image from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA06660:
Bora Bora, Tahaa, and Raiatea, French Polynesia, Landsat and SIR-C Images Compared to SRTM Shaded Relief and Colored Height
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One crucial step in NASA's Mars sample return mission would be to launch the collected sample away from the surface of Mars. This artist's concept depicts a Mars ascent vehicle for starting a sample of Mars rocks on their trip to Earth.
PIA07187:
Illustration of Launching Samples Home from Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-28 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows an eroded, rounded hill in the Deuteronilus Colles region of Mars. The plains surrounding the hill have been pitted and modified by erosion.
PIA07153:
Hill In Deuteronilus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-27 Titan Cassini-Huygens
 ISS - Narrow Angle
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The European Space Agency's Huygens probe appears shining as it coasts away from NASA's Cassini spacecraft in this close-up of an image taken on Dec. 26, 2004.
PIA07001:
Close-Up of Huygens Probe
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-27 Titan Cassini-Huygens
 ISS - Narrow Angle
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The European Space Agency's Huygens probe appears shining as it coasts away from Cassini in this image taken on Dec. 26, 2004, just two days after the probe successfully detached from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06999:
Huygens Probe Shines for Cassini's Cameras #1
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-27 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows dark, windblown sand dunes on the floor of Herschel Crater on Mars. The surfaces of the dunes have grooves eroded into them. This indicates that the sand is not loose, like it is in typical sand.
PIA07152:
Dunes of Herschel
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-25 Titan Cassini-Huygens
 ISS - Wide Angle
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft snapped this image of the European Space Agency's Huygens probe about 12 hours after its release from the orbiter.
PIA06998:
Cassini Snaps Image of ESA's Huygens Probe
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-24 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
 ISS - Wide Angle
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From its station nearly 1.2 billion kilometers (746 million miles) from Earth, NASA's Cassini spacecraft sends holiday greetings to Earth with this lovely color portrait of Saturn and two of its moons.
PIA06164:
Cassini's Holiday Greetings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-24 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
 ISS - Narrow Angle
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Saturn, more bland in appearance than Jupiter to the naked eye, puts on a dramatic display in this contrast-enhanced image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06546:
Nope, Not Jupiter!
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-21 Mars Volcanic Emission Life Scout (MARVEL)
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This artist's rendition depicts a concept for a Mars orbiter that would scrutinize the martian atmosphere for chemical traces of life or environments supportive of life that might be present anywhere on the planet. 3D glasses are necessary.
PIA07086:
Concept for Mars Volcanic Emission Life Scout (3-D) (Artist Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-21 Mars Volcanic Emission Life Scout (MARVEL)
 Mars Volcanic Emission Life Scout (MARVEL)
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This artist's rendition depicts a concept for NASA's Mars orbiter that would scrutinize the martian atmosphere for chemical traces of life or environments supportive of life that might be present anywhere on the planet.
PIA07085:
Concept for Mars Volcanic Emission Life Scout
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-14 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Radar
X-Band Radar
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New Zealand straddles the juncture of the Indo-Australian and Pacific tectonic plates, two of Earth's major crustal plates in this image from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA06662:
New Zealand, SRTM Shaded Relief and Colored Height
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-13 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Clouds add drama to the sky above 'Endurance Crater' in this mosaic of frames taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity on Nov. 17, 2004. The view spans an arc from east on the left to the southwest on the right.
PIA07106:
Clouds over 'Endurance' on Sol 291
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-13 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Clouds add drama to the sky above 'Endurance Crater' in this mosaic of frames taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity on Nov. 16, 2004. The view spans an arc from east on the left to the southwest on the right.
PIA07105:
Clouds over 'Endurance' on Sol 290
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-13 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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Seasonal Trend in Water Vapor Seen from Orbit
PIA07102:
Seasonal Trend in Water Vapor Seen from Orbit
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-09 Earth QuikScat
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This image, produced from data collected on December 1, 2004, by the SeaWinds scatterometer instrument onboard NASA's QuikScat mission reveals the details of the surface winds and rain in Typhoon Nanmadol as it moves westward.
PIA07100:
Typhoon Nanmadol
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-09 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Radar
X-Band Radar
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NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission shows Australia, the world's smallest, flattest, and (after Antarctica) driest continent, but at 7.7 million square kilometers (3.0 million square miles) it is also the sixth largest country.
PIA06665:
Australia, Shaded Relief and Colored Height
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-09 Spitzer Space Telescope
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NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope recently captured these infrared images of six older stars with known planets. The yellow, fuzzy blobs are stars circled by disks of dust, or 'debris disks,' like the one that surrounds our own Sun.
PIA07098:
Is There Anybody Home?
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-08 Iapetus Cassini-Huygens
 ISS - Narrow Angle
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These spectacular Cassini images of Saturn's moon Iapetus show an enticing world of contrasts. These are the sharpest views of Iapetus captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft so far.
PIA06145:
Waning Iapetus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-29 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a relatively young impact crater on the floor of the outflow channel system of Mangala Valles on Mars. The impact ejecta blanket in this case is quite bouldery. Some windblown sediment has partially filled the crater.
PIA07094:
Bouldery Impact Ejecta
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-22 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows Saturn's moon Rhea, which is about half the size of Earth's moon. At 1,528 kilometers (949 miles) across, it is the second-largest moon orbiting Saturn.
PIA06525:
A Real Shiner
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-19 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image released on Nov 19, 2004 from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey shows collapse pits are found in graben located in Tractus Catena on Mars. These features are related to subsidence after magma chamber evacuation of Alba Patera.
PIA07070:
Tractus Catena Collapse Pits
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-19 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
 ISS - Narrow Angle
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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a tiny Mimas, dwarfed by a huge white storm and dark waves on the edge of a cloud band in Saturn's atmosphere.
PIA06524:
Dwarfed by Storms
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-18 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image released on Nov 18, 2004 from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey shows Mars' Alba Patera region has both lava tube collapse pits (running generally east/west) and subsidence related collapse within structural grabens.
PIA07069:
Alba Patera Collapse Pits
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-17 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Clouds above the rim of 'Endurance Crater' in this image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity can remind the viewer that Mars, our celestial neighbor, is subject to weather. On Earth, clouds like these would be referred to as cirrus clouds.
PIA07059:
Clouds Over 'Endurance'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-17 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Clouds above the rim of 'Endurance Crater' in this image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity can remind the viewer that Mars, our celestial neighbor, is subject to weather. On Earth, clouds like these would be referred to as cirrus clouds.
PIA07058:
Clouds Over Crater Rim
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-17 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image released on Nov 17, 2004 from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey shows collapse pits are found on the flank of Arsia Mons on Mars and are related to lava tube collapse.
PIA07068:
Arsia Mons Collapse Pits in IR
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-16 Earth Jason-1
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NASA's U.S./France Jason altimetric satellite during a 10-day cycle ending November 15, 2004 showed that the central equatorial Pacific continued to exhibit an area of higher-than-normal sea surface heights.
PIA05078:
El Nino: Pumping Up or Fizzling Out?
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This image released on Nov 16, 2004 from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey shows collapse pits are found on the flank of Ascraeus Mons on Mars. The pits and channels are all related to lava tube formation and emptying.
PIA07056:
Ascraeus Mons Collapse Pits
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This image released on Nov 15, 2004 from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey shows collapse pits are found in the southern hemisphere of Mars. They are likely lava tube collapse pits related to flows from Hadriaca Patera.
PIA07055:
Lava Tube Collapse Pits
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This image released on Nov 12, 2004 from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey shows collapse pits are found within graben surrounding Alba Patera on Mars. Alba Patera is an old volcano that has subsided after its magma chamber was evacuated.
PIA07054:
Alba Patera Collapse Pits
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This image released on Nov 11, 2004 from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey shows collapse pits found within the extensive lava flows of the Tharsis region on Mars. They are related to lava tubes, likely coming from Ascraeus Mons.
PIA07053:
Tharsis Collapse Pits
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This image released on Nov 11, 2004 from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey shows the Noctis Labyrinthus region of Mars. These collapse pits are forming along structural fractures that are allowing the release of volatiles from the subsurface.
PIA07042:
Sulci Collapse Pits
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-10 Earth Terra
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Heavy rainfall in southern Africa between December 2003 and April 2004 provided central Zambia with floodwaters needed to support the diverse uses of water within the Kafue Flats area as seen by NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA04371:
Floodwaters Renew Zambia's Kafue Wetland
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This image released on Nov 9, 2004 from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey shows collapse pits in an area of 'sulci' ridges east of Olympus Mons on Mars. Graben cut the ridges, and one graben hosts the collapse pits.
PIA07038:
Sulci Collapse Pits
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This image released on Nov 8, 2004 from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey shows collapse pits in the floor of Bernard Crater on Mars. These collapse pits were likely formed by the release of volatiles from the materials deposited in the crater floor.
PIA07037:
Collapse Pits in Bernard Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-05 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This close-up of Saturn's atmosphere shows turbulent activity on the ragged edge of the equatorial cloud band, as captured in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06514:
Shredding a Cloud
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 ISS - Narrow Angle
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This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows Titan, Saturn's largest moon (5,150 kilometers, or 3,200 miles, across), with a streak-like cloud near its south pole.
PIA06510:
Titan's Polar Streak
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-30 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows shallow tributary valleys in the Ismenius Lacus fretted terrain region of Mars. These valleys exhibit a variety of typical fretted terrain valley wall and floor textures, and a lineated, pitted material.
PIA06976:
Fretted Terrain Valleys
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This image released on Oct 29, 2004 from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey shows the Martian north polar cap. Streamers of dust moving downslope over the darker trough sides showing the laminar flow regime coming off the cap.
PIA07013:
North Polar Cap
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Mimas, seen here beyond Saturn's rings, is a major sculptor of Saturn's rings. The image was taken in visible light by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow angle camera on Sept. 7, 2004.
PIA06509:
Influence of Mimas
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This graph, produced using preliminary altimetry data from NASA's Cassini radar instrument, shows relative surface heights on Titan. This region of Titan is remarkably flat.
PIA06989:
Topography on Titan
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This image released on Oct 28, 2004 from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey shows the Martian north polar cap. Streamers of dust moving downslope over the darker trough sides showing the laminar flow regime coming off the cap.
PIA07012:
North Polar Cap
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-27 Earth Terra
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Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe are shown in this MISR Mystery Quiz #20 captured by NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA04370:
Where on Earth...? MISR Mystery Image Quiz # 20:
Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe
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This image released on Oct 27, 2004 from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey shows the Martian north polar cap. Streamers of dust moving downslope over the darker trough sides showing the laminar flow regime coming off the cap.
PIA07011:
North Polar Cap
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-27 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Imaging Science Subsystem
Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph
Visual and Infrared Spectrometer
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This frame from a computer animation shows the planned observations by NASA's Cassini spacecraft spanning roughly a two-day period surrounding its first very close approach to Titan.
PIA06119:
Titan Flyby Animation Animation Icon
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These three pictures were created from a sequence of images acquired by NASA's Cassini's imaging science subsystem on Oct. 25, 2004, 38 hours before its closest approach to Titan.
PIA06125:
Revealing Titan's Surface
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This image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveals Titan's bright 'continent-sized' terrain known as Xanadu.
PIA06107:
Eyes on Xanadu
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This image released on Oct 26, 2004 from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey shows the Martian north polar cap. Streamers of dust moving downslope over the darker trough sides showing the laminar flow regime coming off the cap.
PIA07010:
North Polar Cap
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This image released on Oct 25, 2004 from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey shows the Martian north polar cap. Streamers of dust moving downslope over the darker trough sides showing the laminar flow regime coming off the cap.
PIA06969:
North Polar Cap
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Wavy bands in Saturn's high atmosphere lazily circle the south polar region in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA06503:
South Pole in Ultraviolet
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This false-color image taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows a globular cluster previously hidden in the dusty plane of our Milky Way galaxy. Globular clusters are compact bundles of old stars that date back to the birth of our galaxy.
PIA06928:
Spitzer Digs Up Galactic Fossil
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows vast alluvial fan blossoms across the desolate landscape between two mountain ranges that form the southern border of the Taklimakan Desert in China's XinJiang Province.
PIA12070:
Alluvial Fan, China
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This image released on Oct 8, 2004 from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey shows the full length of Valles Marineris on Mars, the largest canyon in the solar system. If this canyon were on Earth, it would stretch from New York to Los Angeles.
PIA06926:
Valles Marineris Mosaic
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows large, light-toned, ripple-like windblown bedforms in a portion of the giant flood channel complex, Maja Valles. Ripples such as these are very common on Mars.
PIA06925:
Bedforms in Maja Valles
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'Cahokia' Panorama
PIA06917:
'Cahokia' Panorama
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This image released on Oct 7, 2004 from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey shows an area on Mars in Candor Chasma. A landslide can be seen on the top slopes. The bottom part of the image shows part of layered deposits that can be found in Candor Chasma.
PIA06924:
Candor Chasma
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This image released on Oct 6, 2004 from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey shows an area on Mars in Candor Chasma. Layered surfaces and wind etched surfaces are present in this area.
PIA06911:
Candor Chasma
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This image released on Oct 5, 2004 from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey shows an area on Mars in Candor Chasma. The imaged area is close to the depression that connects Candor and Melas Chasmas together.
PIA06906:
Layered Candor Chasma
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This image released on Oct 4, 2004 from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey shows an area on Mars in Candor Chasma. The Chasma walls, chaotic canyon floor and slopes of the ridge formation are visible. Wind etched surfaces and gullies are present there.
PIA06904:
Chaotic Candor Chasma
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-02 Earth Terra
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In the Arabian Sea, sunlight and nutrients has fueled a startling occurrence of colorful phytoplankton and bacterial assemblages, which is captured in these natural color images from NASA's Terra spacecraft October 2, 2004.
PIA04369:
Red Plankton in the Arabian Sea
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