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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-08-20 InSight
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Artist rendition of the InSight (Interior exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) Lander.
PIA16079:
Artist's Rendition of InSight
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-08-12 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This color image from NASA's Curiosity rover shows part of the wall of Gale Crater, the location on Mars where the rover landed. This is part of a larger, high-resolution color mosaic made from images obtained by Curiosity's Mast Camera.
PIA16052:
Wall of Gale Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-06-21 Mercury MESSENGER
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Painting Mercury
PIA16341:
Painting Mercury
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-04-24 Mercury MESSENGER
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Counting Caloris
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Counting Caloris
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-02-28 InSight
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This artist rendition is of the Interior exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) Lander. InSight proposes to place a single geophysical lander on Mars to study its deep interior.
PIA13958:
InSight, a Mars MIssion (Artist Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-01-25 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This enhanced-color image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows sand dunes trapped in an impact crater in Noachis Terra, Mars.
PIA15283:
Dunes in Noachis Terra Region of Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-08-27 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft passed over Hurricane Irene while it was just north of the Bahamas on Aug. 25, 2011. At the time, Irene was a category three hurricane making landfall in North Carolina on the morning of Aug. 27 as a category one hurricane.
PIA14741:
NASA's MISR Sees Cloud Heights at Top of Hurricane Irene
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-22 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This oblique view of the mound in Gale crater shows several different rock types of interest to the Mars Science Laboratory mission. The Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity, will use its full instrument suite to study these minerals and how they form
PIA14298:
Rock Types in Gale Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-22 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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Mars scientists have several important hypotheses about how these minerals may reflect changes in the amount of water on the surface of Mars. The Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity, will use its full suite of instruments to study these minerals.
PIA14297:
Rock Layers in Lower Mound in Gale Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-22 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This oblique view of Gale crater shows the landing site and the mound of layered rocks that NASA's Mars Science Laboratory will investigate. The landing site is in the smooth area in front of the mound.
PIA14296:
Lower Portion of Mound Inside Gale Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-22 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This oblique view of Gale crater shows the landing site and the mound of layered rocks that NASA's Mars Science Laboratory will investigate. The landing site is in the smooth area in front of the mound.
PIA14295:
Canyons on Mountain Inside Gale Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-22 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This oblique, southward-looking view of Gale crater shows the mound of layered rocks that NASA's Mars Science Laboratory will investigate. The mission's selected landing site is just north of the mound inside the crater.
PIA14294:
Context of Curiosity Landing Site in Gale Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-04-19 Aquarius
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Engineers check cables on back of Aquarius instrument in the clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.
PIA14052:
Back of Aquarius Instrument
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-04-19 Aquarius
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Engineers test Aquarius 2.5 meter reflector in the clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.
PIA14053:
Aquarius Reflector Test
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-04-19 Aquarius
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Aquarius 2.5 meter reflector is hoisted before being attached to boom in the clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.
PIA14054:
Aquarius Reflector Attachment
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-04-19 Aquarius
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Aquarius 2.5 meter composite reflector being fitted with gold foil covering in the clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.
PIA14055:
Gold Foil on Aquarius Reflector
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-04-19 Aquarius
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Aquarius reflector deployment is tested in the clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.
PIA14056:
Aquarius Deployment Test
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-04-19 Aquarius
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Aquarius instrument, including 2.5 meter reflector, in the clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.
PIA14057:
Aquarius at JPL
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-04-19 Aquarius
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Completion of the thermal blanket patterns for the Aquarius bipod after routing the flight harness from the SAC-D service platform.
PIA14059:
Thermal Blanket Check
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-04-19 Aquarius
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Engineers inspect NASA's Aquarius/SAC-D observatory at INVAP facility in Bariloche, Argentina.
PIA14058:
Aquarius/SAC-D at INVAP facility in Bariloche, Argentina
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-04-19 Aquarius
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NASA's Aquarius instrument, covered in silver foil, is shown attached to the SAC-D satellite bus at INVAP facility.
PIA14060:
Close-up View of Aquarius
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-04-19 Aquarius
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NASA's Aquarius instrument is lifted upright onto the SAC-D service platform at the INVAP high bay facility in Bariloche, Argentina.
PIA14061:
Aquarius Lifted onto SAC-D Service Platform
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-04-19 Aquarius
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NASA's Aquarius instrument on SAC-D sevice platform in INVAP high bay facility for mechanical integration activities.
PIA14062:
Aquarius Instrument on SAC-D Service Platform
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-04-19 Aquarius
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A 'fit check' of half the sunshade is completed to verify the clearance of NASA's Aquarius ground lug as well as the blanket interface with the service platform top deck.
PIA14063:
Aquarius Sunshade "Fit Check" of Half the Sunshade
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-04-19 Aquarius
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NASA's Aquarius instrument power interfaces are tested prior to connection with the SAC-D service platform at the INVAP facility in Bariloche, Argentina.
PIA14064:
Aquarius Instrument Electrical Interface Test
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-04-19 Aquarius
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Dr. Cristina Fernández Kirchner, the President of Argentina, visits INVAP for the inauguration of the new facilities including a tour of the high bay where NASA's Aquarius/SAC-D satellite is being tested and integrated.
PIA14065:
President of Argentina Visits Aquarius/SAC-D
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-04-19 Aquarius
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All NASA's Aquarius electrical interfaces have successfully been connected to the SAC-D service platform (S/P).
PIA14066:
Aquarius Electrical Integration with SAC-D
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-04-19 Aquarius
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After months of integration and testing at the INVAP facility (Bariloche, Argentina), NASA's Aquarius/SAC-D is removed from the service platform in preparation for shipping to Brazil.
PIA14067:
Aquarius/SAC-D Removed from Service Platform
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-04-19 Aquarius
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NASA's Aquarius/SAC-D being prepared for shipment to Brazil's National Institute for Space Research Integration and Testing Lab. At INPE, the Aquarius/SAC-D observatory will undergo its final environmental testing.
PIA14068:
Aquarius/SAC-D Observatory Being Crated for Shipment to Brazil
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-04-19 Aquarius
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After a four-year development effort, the Goddard Space Flight Center delivered NASA's Aquarius radiometer to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., for integration with the Aquarius instrument.
PIA14051:
Aquarius Radiometer in Goodard Space Flight Center Clean Room
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-04-19 Aquarius
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NASA's Aquarius Principal Investigator Gary Lagerloef photographed in front of the Aquarius/SAC-D satellite observatory as it is being readied for transportation from Brazil to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California for a June 2011 launch.
PIA14069:
Aquarius Principal Investigator with Observatory
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-04-19 Aquarius
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After months of environmental tests at Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, INPE), NASA's Aquarius/SAC-D observatory is loaded into a crate for shipment to Vandenberg Air Force Base.
PIA14070:
Aquarius/SAC-D Observatory before Departing Brazil
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-04-19 Aquarius
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NASA's Aquarius/SAC-D observatory is moved into the thermal-vacuum chamber at Brazil's National Institute for Space Research.
PIA14071:
Aquarius/SAC-D Observatory in Thermal-vacuum Test Chamber
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-04-19 Aquarius
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NASA's Aquarius instrument thermal blanketing is completed and inspected. In addition, all external surfaces of the satellite are cleaned and inspected with white light to uncover any visible debris.
PIA14072:
Aquarius Thermal Blanket Completion and Inspection
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-01-26 Aquarius
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Technicians from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., install thermal blankets on the Aquarius instrument at Brazil's National Institute for Space Research.
PIA13825:
NASA's Salt-Seeking Instrument Gets a Silvery Blanket
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-01-03 Juno
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This artist concept depicts the Juno spacecraft which will launch from Earth in 2011 and will arrive at Jupiter in 2016 to study the giant planet from an elliptical, polar orbit.
PIA13746:
Juno Mission to Jupiter (2010 Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-12 Mercury MESSENGER
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Dark Doings at Derain
PIA13488:
Dark Doings at Derain
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-07-13 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is a view of the sand dune field in Richardson Crater covered with seasonal frost. The frost is a combination of frozen carbon dioxide and some water ice that covers the dunes in the winter and spring.
PIA13268:
Sand Dune Field in Richardson Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-07-13 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This observation from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows part of the floor of a large impact crater in the southern highlands, north of the giant Hellas impact basin.
PIA13266:
Light Outcrop on Crater Floor
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-06-01 Moon Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)
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Marius Hills Constellation Region of Interest
PIA13179:
Marius Hills Constellation Region of Interest
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-05-03 Juno
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This artist's concept shows NASA's Juno spacecraft, which will launch from Earth in 2011 and arrive at Jupiter in 2016 to study the giant planet from an elliptical, polar orbit.
PIA13087:
Juno Mission to Jupiter (2009 Artist's Concept )
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-04-29 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Ius Chasma is one of several canyons that make up Valles Marineris, the largest canyon system in the Solar System as seen by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA13077:
Floor of Ius Chasma
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-04-16 Earth Terra
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On April 15, 2010, NASA's Terra spacecraft captured these images of the ongoing eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull Volcano, which continues to spew ash into the atmosphere and impact air travel worldwide.
PIA13046:
NASA Satellite Images Provide Insights Into Iceland Volcanic Plume
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-03-29 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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This mosaic, created from images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, looks straight at Saturn's moon Mimas' huge Herschel Crater revealing bright-walled craters, with floors and surroundings about 20 percent darker than the steep crater walls.
PIA12568:
Examining Herschel Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-02-17 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This is a synthesized, oblique view of a portion of the wall terraces of Mojave Crater in the Xanthe Terra region of Mars. It is a digital terrain model generated from a stereo pair of images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA12840:
Terrain Model of Mars' Mojave Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-10-06 Moon Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)
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NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter catches the edge of Mare Moscoviense.
PIA12904:
Where Moscoviense meets the Highlands
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-09-21 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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New insights into the nature of Saturn's rings are revealed in this panoramic mosaic of 15 images taken during the planet's August 2009 equinox, taken by NASA's Cassini Orbiter.
PIA11670:
Ring Scan Spilling Secrets
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-08-19 Moon Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)
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This uncalibrated image from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's shows the Apollo 14 landing site and nearby Cone crater. The trail followed by the astronauts can clearly be discerned.
PIA12897:
Trail of Discovery at Fra Mauro
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-20 Mercury MESSENGER
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Volcanism on Mercury
PIA11773:
Volcanism on Mercury
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-06 Cassiopeia A Chandra X-ray Observatory
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For the first time, a multiwavelength three-dimensional reconstruction of a supernova remnant has been created. This visualization of Cassiopeia A, or Cas A, the result of an explosion approximately 330 years ago, uses data from several NASA telescopes.
PIA11748:
Supernova Remnant in 3-D Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-30 Mercury MESSENGER
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This color context image shows equatorial regions on the side of Mercury seen during NASA's MESSENGER's departure from Mercury on October 6, 2008. Mercury's true colors are very subtle.
PIA11411:
A Close-Up View of Mercury's Colors
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-29 Mercury MESSENGER
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First Simultaneous Measurements of Sodium and Calcium in Mercury's Exosphere
PIA11402:
First Simultaneous Measurements of Sodium and Calcium in Mercury's Exosphere
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-14 Mercury MESSENGER
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Exposing Mercury's Colors
PIA11365:
Exposing Mercury's Colors
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-13 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This detailed Cassini view of the monstrous vortex at Saturn's south pole provides valuable insight about the mechanisms that power the planet's atmosphere. This image was taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on July 14, 2008.
PIA11104:
Convection in Saturn's Southern Vortex
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-06 Mercury MESSENGER
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Exploring Mercury's Newly Seen Surface and Waiting for More
PIA11244:
Exploring Mercury's Newly Seen Surface and Waiting for More
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-08-06 Mercury MESSENGER
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A Closer Look at Albedo and Color Variations on Mercury
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A Closer Look at Albedo and Color Variations on Mercury
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-07-07 Mercury MESSENGER
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Mercury's Craters from a New Perspective
PIA10938:
Mercury's Craters from a New Perspective
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-24 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Oudemans Crater
PIA10947:
Oudemans Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-03 Mercury MESSENGER
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Voilà! Mercury's Atget
PIA10934:
Voilà! Mercury's Atget
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-03-27 Mercury MESSENGER
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Appreciating Mozart in a New Light
PIA10607:
Appreciating Mozart in a New Light
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-03-14 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
 ISS - Narrow Angle
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This three-image mosaic is the highest resolution view yet obtained of Enceladus' north polar region. This image was taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on March 12, 2008.
PIA08409:
The North Polar Region of Enceladus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-02-27 Mercury MESSENGER
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Craters in Caloris
PIA10603:
Craters in Caloris
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-30 Mercury MESSENGER
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The Great Caloris Basin on Mercury
PIA10383:
The Great Caloris Basin on Mercury
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-24 Mercury MESSENGER
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On January 14, 2008, NASA's MESSENGER flew by Mercury and snapped images of a large portion of the surface that had not been previously seen by spacecraft including numerous craters.
PIA10191:
Counting Mercury's Craters
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-17 Mercury MESSENGER
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Shortly following NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft's closest approach to Mercury on January 14, 2008, the spacecraft's Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) instrument acquired this image as part of a mosaic that covers much of the sunlit portion of the hemisphere.
PIA10177:
MESSENGER Reveals Mercury's Geological History
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-16 Mercury MESSENGER
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During its flyby of Mercury, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft acquired high-resolution images of the planet's surface. This image was obtained on January 14, 2008.
PIA10173:
Mercury's Cratered Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-12-11 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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'Low-flying' View of Terrain in Candor Chasma
PIA10135:
'Low-flying' View of Terrain in Candor Chasma
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-10-09 Jupiter New Horizons
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This is a composite of several images taken in several colors by the New Horizons Multispectral Visual Imaging Camera, or MVIC.
PIA10098:
Atmospheric Structure
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-05-01 Jupiter New Horizons
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Jupiter's Moons: Family Portrait
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Jupiter's Moons: Family Portrait
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-04-11 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Interior Layered Deposits in Juventae Chasma
PIA09655:
Interior Layered Deposits in Juventae Chasma
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-03-21 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Light Outcrop on Crater Floor
PIA09633:
Light Outcrop on Crater Floor
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-03-21 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Sand Dune Field in Richardson Crater
PIA09631:
Sand Dune Field in Richardson Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-02-21 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Floor of Ius Chasma
PIA09605:
Floor of Ius Chasma
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-01-24 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
 HiRISE
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Mojave Crater Floor and Central Uplift
PIA09571:
Mojave Crater Floor and Central Uplift
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-01-09 Earth QuikScat
 SeaWinds Scatterometer
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A ferry carrying more than 600 passengers sank in the Java Sea between the island of Java and Borneo just before midnight on December 29, 2006, during high winds and rough seas. Data is from NASA's QuikScat satellite.
PIA09110:
QuikScat Shows Rough Seas/Atmospheric Conditions at Time of Two Java Sea Disasters
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-11-01 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
 ISS - Narrow Angle
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These side-by-side views of a star seen through Saturn's densely populated B ring show marked contrast between the region. Images were taken in visible light with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera on Sept. 26, 2006.
PIA08300:
The B Ring Variations
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-09-12 Titan Cassini-Huygens
 Radar Mapper
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This image from NASA's Cassini radar instrument shows an impact crater with a diameter of 30 kilometers (19 miles) on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan.
PIA08737:
Crater Studies on Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-06-28 Polydeuces Cassini-Huygens
 ISS - Narrow Angle
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This magnified view shows tiny Polydeuces, a moon that was discovered by NASA's Cassini spacecraft and is a mere 3 kilometers (2 miles) across. Along with much larger Helene, Polydeuces orbits Saturn at the same distance as large, icy Dione.
PIA08209:
New Moon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-22 Iapetus Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's yin-yang moon Iapetus is seen in these two views showing the moon's dark leading hemisphere. This image was taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on April 8, 2006.
PIA08164:
From Dark to Bright and Red to White
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-01-15 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows layers exposed by erosion on a slope in the martian south polar region. Both polar caps on Mars are underlain by a complex stratigraphy of layered material.
PIA03673:
South Polar Terrain
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-10-17 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the landing ellipse, in hopes of spotting the Mars Polar Lander in December 1999, and, perhaps, to provide additional insight as to its fate. The lander was not found here.
PIA03044:
Mars Polar Lander NOT Found
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-10-13 M33 Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX)
 GALEX Telescope
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This image from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows M33, the Triangulum Galaxy, is a perennial favorite of amateur and professional astronomers alike, due to its orientation and relative proximity to us.
PIA03033:
Anatomy of a Triangulum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-20 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows sharp detail of a scarp at the head of Chasma Boreale, a large trough cut by erosion into the martian north polar cap and the layered material beneath the ice cap.
PIA04296:
Scarp at Head of Chasma Boreale
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-04-13 Titan Cassini-Huygens
 Imaging Science Subsystem
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This map of Titan's surface illustrates the regions that will be imaged by NASA's Cassini during the spacecraft's close flyby of the smog-enshrouded moon on April 16, 2005.
PIA06218:
Cassini's April 16 Flyby of Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-16 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
 ISS - Narrow Angle
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This false-color image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a close-up look at Saturn's moon Enceladus.
PIA06209:
Deep Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-07 Iapetus Cassini-Huygens
 ISS - Narrow Angle
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On New Year's Eve 2004, NASA's Cassini spacecraft flew past Saturn's intriguing moon Iapetus, capturing the four visible light images that were put together to form this global view.
PIA06166:
Encountering Iapetus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-08-30 Earth Aqua
 AIRS
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This image shows Hurricane Frances in August 2004 as captured by instruments onboard two different NASA satellites: the AIRS infrared instrument onboard Aqua, and the SeaWinds scatterometer onboard QuikSCAT.
PIA00435:
Hurricane Frances as Observed by NASA's Spaceborne Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) and SeaWinds Scatterometer
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-25 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
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A 'Pot of Gold' Rich with Nuggets (Sol 163-2)
PIA06320:
A 'Pot of Gold' Rich with Nuggets (Sol 163-2)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-25 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Moessbauer Spectrometer
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Spirit, Too, Finds Hematite
PIA06314:
Spirit, Too, Finds Hematite
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-25 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
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A 'Pot of Gold' Rich with Nuggets (Sol 163)
PIA06313:
A 'Pot of Gold' Rich with Nuggets (Sol 163)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-25 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
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A 'Pot of Gold' Rich with Nuggets
PIA06312:
A 'Pot of Gold' Rich with Nuggets
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-05-10 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Panoramic Camera
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took this panoramic camera image mosaic of the 'Columbia Hills' May 7, 2004. Spirit spent the next 37 sols or more approaching the base of the highest peak seen in this image.
PIA05875:
A Closer Look at the 'Columbia Hills'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-16 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Navigation Camera
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows drifts that appear to be lighter in color than the dark material deposited on the back wall of the crater. They might be covered by a thin deposit of martian dust.
PIA05573:
Drifts of Dust or Something Else?
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-15 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Panoramic Camera
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The rim and interior of a crater nicknamed 'Bonneville' dominate this red-hued, 180-degree, false-color mosaic of images taken by the panoramic camera of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit on March 12, 2004.
PIA05570:
"Bonneville in Color"
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-02 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the shapes of the vugs, or small cavities, located on the region dubbed 'El Capitan.' The region is part of the rock outcrop at Meridiani Planum, Mars.
PIA05493:
Vugs Provide Clues to Martian Past
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-26 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Panoramic Camera
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's shows peak-like formations on the martian terrain at Gusev Crater. Seen are particles made of dust, sand and coarse sand, with their sizes approximating flour, sugar, and ball bearings, respectively.
PIA05453:
Are They Telltale Ripples?
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-02 Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Panoramic Camera
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This image taken at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory shows the panoramic camera used onboard both NASA Mars Exploration Rovers.
PIA05187:
Multihued Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-10-22 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows
PIA04807:
Impact Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-08-28 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
 THEMIS
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NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft captured this image in August 2003, showing a large outflow channel, split and diverted around an obstacle just north of Memnonia Fossae on Mars.
PIA04705:
Outflow Channel
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-03-27 Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)
 Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)
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This panoramic view of the entire sky reveals the distribution of galaxies beyond our Milky Way galaxy, which astronomers call extended sources, as observed by Two Micron All-Sky Survey.
PIA04252:
Extended Source/Galaxy All Sky 1
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