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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-13 Mercury MESSENGER
MDIS - Wide Angle
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A Colorful Mood
PIA14399:
A Colorful Mood
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-12 Earth SMAP
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This image, created at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), shows the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission, specifically depicting how the scanning antenna will fly in space and the swath coverage over the Earth.
PIA14392:
SMAP Flys over Earth (Artist Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-12 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Aurorae Chaos is located at the eastern end of the chasmata forming Vallis Marineris. This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft is very close to the chasmata and at a higher elevation than the floor of the chasmata.
PIA14376:
Aurorae Chaos
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-12 Earth Terra
ASTER
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This image acquired by NASA's Terra spacecraft is of the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. Located in Katmai National Park, Alaska, the park is filled with ash flows from the 1912 eruption of Novarupta.
PIA14391:
Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, Alaska
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-12 Mercury MESSENGER
MDIS - Wide Angle
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War and Peace
PIA14398:
War and Peace
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-11 Mercury MESSENGER
MDIS - Wide Angle
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Sunlight Near the North Pole
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Sunlight Near the North Pole
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-11 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Craters are most often the site of gully formation on Mars. Mega-gullies are also found on the southwestern parts of Vallis Marineris, and in this image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft, on hills east of Argyre Planitia.
PIA14375:
Gullies
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-11 Prometheus Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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Saturn's small, potato-shaped moon Prometheus appears embedded within the planet's rings near the center of this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft while the larger moon Mimas orbits beyond the rings.
PIA12774:
Planted Potato
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-08 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The unusual shallow, scalloped depressions in this image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft are located on the margin Peneus Patera, south of Hellas Planitia. It may be that volatiles, such as ice, are involved in the formation of these depressions.
PIA14374:
Peneus Patera
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-08 Mercury MESSENGER
MDIS - Wide Angle
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A Pivotal Moment
PIA14396:
A Pivotal Moment
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-07 Mercury MESSENGER
MDIS - Narrow Angle
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Using Shadows to Measure Crater Depths
PIA14395:
Using Shadows to Measure Crater Depths
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-07 Mercury MESSENGER
MDIS - Narrow Angle
MLA
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Taking the Measure of Impact Craters on Mercury
PIA14394:
Taking the Measure of Impact Craters on Mercury
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-07 Mercury MESSENGER
MDIS - Narrow Angle
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The Crater Who Must Not be Named
PIA14393:
The Crater Who Must Not be Named
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-07 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The dark material in this image NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft of Danielson Crater are dunes at the foot of the fill material located on the southwestern end of the crater floor.
PIA14373:
Danielson Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-07 Earth Terra
ASTER
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This image of Africa's Nabro volcano in Eritrea was acquired by NASA's Terra spacecraft on July 6, 2011. Ash plumes sent into the stratosphere disrupted air traffic in Sudan, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Sudan.
PIA14390:
Africa's Nabro Volcano Spews a Fiery Brew in NASA Spacecraft Image
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-06 Earth 361x252x3
Observations from NASA satellites show that Arctic sea ice is now declining at a rate of 11.5 percent per decade, This image was created by the NASA/Goddard Scientific Visualization Studio.
PIA14385:
Declining Arctic Sea Ice: 1979-2010 Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-06 Earth OSTM/Jason-2
Altimeter
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The latest image of Pacific Ocean sea surface heights from the NASA's OSTIM/Jason-2 oceanography satellite, on June 11, 2010, shows that Pacific has switched from warm (red) to cold (blue) during the last few months.
PIA14383:
La Niña's Exit Leaves Climate Forecasts in Limbo
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-06 Mercury MESSENGER
MDIS - Wide Angle
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Heart of Darkness
PIA14389:
Heart of Darkness
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-06 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
Radio and Plasma Wave Science Instrument
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured sounds of lightning striking at Saturn on March 15, 2011, during the largest and most intense storm observed up-close at Saturn.
PIA14310:
Lightning Strikes at Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-06 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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A huge storm churning through the atmosphere in Saturn's northern hemisphere overtakes itself as it encircles the planet in this true-color view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA12826:
Catching its Tail
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-06 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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These false-color images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft chronicle a day in the life of a huge storm that developed from a small spot that appeared 12 weeks earlier in Saturn's northern mid-latitudes.
PIA12825:
A Day in the Life
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-06 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Wide Angle
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures a composite near-true-color view of the largest and most intense storm observed on Saturn. The storm is seen churning through the atmosphere in Saturn's northern hemisphere.
PIA12824:
Spotting Saturn's Northern Storm
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-06 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Marikh Vallis is the name given to the channels seen in this image of Noachis Terra as seen by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA14372:
Marikh Vallis
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-06 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
MOLA
THEMIS
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This computer-generated view based on multiple orbital observations shows Mars' Gale crater. NASA is considering Gale as a possible landing site for the Mars Science Laboratory mission.
PIA14291:
Oblique view of Gale Crater from the North
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-06 Earth Terra
ASTER
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Nabro volcano in the African nation of Eritrea began erupting June 12, 2011, the first-ever recorded eruption of this stratovolcano. This image was acquired by NASA's Terra spacecraft on July 5, 2011.
PIA14382:
NASA Spacecraft Capture's Nabro Volcano's Continuing Eruption
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-05 Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)
WISE Telescope
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This stellar object is called Spitzer 073425.3-465409, as seen by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer; the cloud CG4 might be imagined as a cosmic alligator eating its way across the sky.
PIA14108:
Cosmic Alligator Eats its Way through the Sky
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-05 Juno
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Workers guide an overhead crane as it lifts the Centaur upper stage at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., June 24, 2011. The Centaur is slated to launch NASA's Juno spacecraft on August 5.
PIA14381:
Juno's Atlas Receives its Centaur
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-05 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
THEMIS
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This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows a small portion of Ma'adim Vallis. This channel intersects Gusev Crater, home of the Spirit Rover.
PIA14371:
Ma'adim Vallis
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-04 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Claritas Fossae is the dissected and fractured highland between the volcanic plains of Daedalia and Solis Planums. This image is from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA14370:
Claritas Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-04 Helene Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft snapped this image of Saturn's moon Helene while completing the mission's second-closest encounter of the moon on June 18, 2011.
PIA12773:
High-Res Helene
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-01 Mercury MESSENGER
MDIS - Wide Angle
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Rays, Rays, Rays
PIA14386:
Rays, Rays, Rays
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-01 Mercury MESSENGER
MDIS - Wide Angle
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Celebrating the 4th with Tchaikovsky
PIA14387:
Celebrating the 4th with Tchaikovsky
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-01 Mercury MESSENGER
MDIS - Narrow Angle
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Behold Bernini!
PIA14388:
Behold Bernini!
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-01 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
THEMIS
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This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows a fracture north of Argyre Planitia. Note the dunes within the channel.
PIA14369:
Fracture
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-30 Spitzer Space Telescope
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This artist's concept shows how a normal spiral galaxy around our local universe (left) might have looked back in the distant universe, when astronomers think galaxies would have been filled with larger populations of hot, bright stars (right).
PIA14107:
Galaxies Near and Far (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-30 Mercury MESSENGER
MDIS - Wide Angle
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A Cratered Horizon
PIA14380:
A Cratered Horizon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-30 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
THEMIS
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The surface beneath the south polar cap as seen by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft at the highest latitude in Chasma Australe.
PIA14368:
Chasma Australe
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-30 Spitzer Space Telescope
IRAC
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NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope exposes the depths of this dusty nebula with its infrared vision, showing stellar infants that are lost behind dark clouds when viewed in visible light.
PIA14106:
Making a Spectacle of Star Formation in Orion
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-29 GRAIL
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Using a precision formation-flying technique, the twin GRAIL spacecraft maps the moon's gravity field, as depicted in this artist's rendering.
PIA14377:
GRAIL Artist's Rendition
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-29 Mercury MESSENGER
MDIS - Wide Angle
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Rivers of Craters
PIA14379:
Rivers of Craters
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-29 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
THEMIS
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The windstreaks in this image of Syrtis Major Planum indicate winds blowing from the northeast. This image is from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA14367:
Windstreaks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-28 Earth Terra
ASTER
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NASA's Terra spacecraft acquired this image of the Republic of Seychelles, an island country with an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean.
PIA14289:
Republic of Seychelles
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-28 Mercury MESSENGER
MDIS - Wide Angle
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A Colorful New Look
PIA14378:
A Colorful New Look
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-28 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
THEMIS
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Channels dissect the hillside of Terra Sirenum in this image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA14366:
Channels
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-27 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
THEMIS
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The channel at the top of this image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft runs between Galilaei Crater and the main channel on the northeastern side of Hydaspis Chaos.
PIA14287:
Hydaspis Chaos
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-27 Mercury MESSENGER
MDIS - Narrow Angle
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Bright and Dark Craters
PIA14362:
Bright and Dark Craters
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-27 Titan Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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Saturn's rings cut across this view of the planet's largest moon, Titan. Dark albedo features on Titan (5,150 kilometers, or 3,200 miles across) and the moon's north polar hood are visible in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA12772:
Slicing Before Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-24 Juno
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NASA's Juno spacecraft undergoes weight and balance testing at Astrotech payload processing facility, Titusville, Fla. June 16, 2011.
PIA14286:
Juno Weighs In
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-24 Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)
WISE Telescope
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This image from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer highlights several star-forming regions. There are five distinct centers of star birth in this one image alone. The largest, brightest cloud, in the upper right is known as Gum 22.
PIA14105:
Star Formation Everywhere You Look
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-24 Mercury MESSENGER
MDIS - Narrow Angle
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A Scarp Among Craters
PIA14361:
A Scarp Among Craters
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-23 Vesta Dawn
Framing Camera
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Scientists believe a large number of the meteorites that are found on Earth originate from the protoplanet Vesta. This image is from NASA's Dawn spacecraft.
PIA14284:
Possible Piece of Vesta
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-23 Vesta Dawn
VIR
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On June 8, 2011, the visible and infrared mapping spectrometer aboard NASA's Dawn spacecraft captured the instrument's first images of Vesta that are larger than a few pixels, from a distance of about 218,000 miles (351,000 kilometers).
PIA14124:
Vesta in Spectrometer View
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Framing Camera
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This frame from a movie presents a series of animations showing NASA's Dawn spacecraft traveling to and operating at the giant asteroid Vesta.
PIA14123:
Animation of Dawn's Visit to Vesta Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-23 Vesta Dawn
Framing Camera
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This image shows NASA's Dawn's view of Vesta from June 20, 2011, when the approaching spacecraft was about 117,000 miles (189,000 kilometers) away from the body.
PIA14122:
Dawn's Approach to Vesta Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-23 Mercury MESSENGER
MDIS - Wide Angle
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Ives' Impact
PIA14360:
Ives' Impact
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-23 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
THEMIS
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The dunes seen in this view from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft are located on the floor of Brashear Crater.
PIA14283:
Brashear Crater Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-22 Earth Terra
ASTER
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NASA's Terra spacecraft acquired this image of the Wallow fire in Arizona on June 21, 2011; vegetation appears in red, bare ground in shades of tan, burned areas in black and very-dark red; and smoke from the active fire front appears gray.
PIA14285:
NASA Spacecraft Monitors Continuing Burn of Arizona's Largest-Ever Wildfire
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-22 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
THEMIS
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This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows part of the mesa and valley terrain called 'chaos.' This region of chaos is near the far eastern end of Valles Marineris.
PIA14282:
Eos Chaos
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-22 Mercury MESSENGER
MDIS - Wide Angle
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In the Wink of an Eye
PIA14359:
In the Wink of an Eye
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-21 Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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A NASA Dryden Flight Research Center F/A-18 852 aircraft makes a 40-degree dive during June 2011 flight tests of a Mars landing radar. A test model of the landing radar for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission is inside a pod under the left wing.
PIA14260:
Airborne Testing for Mars Landing Radar by Dryden F/A-18
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-21 Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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A NASA Dryden Flight Research Center F/A-18 852 aircraft performs a roll during June 2011 flight tests of a Mars landing radar. A test model of the landing radar for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission is inside a pod under the aircraft's left wing.
PIA14259:
Flight Testing the Landing Radar for Mars Science Laboratory
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-21 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
THEMIS
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The orthogonal ridges in this image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft are located near the south polar cap of Mars.
PIA14281:
Linear Ridges
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-21 Mercury MESSENGER
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Exploring Mercury's Plasma Environment
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Exploring Mercury's Plasma Environment
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-21 Mercury MESSENGER
MDIS - Wide Angle
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The Terminator is Here - in Color!
PIA14357:
The Terminator is Here - in Color!
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-20 Earth Terra
ASTER
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Nabro volcano, Eritrea, in the Horn of Africa, began erupting June 12, 2011, the first-ever recorded eruption of this stratovolcano. This image was acquired by NASA's Terra spacecraft on June 19, 2011.
PIA14280:
NASA Spacecraft Captures First Recorded Eruption of Volcano in Africa's Horn
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-20 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The pristine nature of this crater and its ejecta indicate that it is younger than the outflow channel where it is located. This image is from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey.
PIA14274:
Crater Ejecta
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-20 Mars Sample Return
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This artist's concept of a proposed Mars sample return mission portrays the separation of an Earth entry vehicle, bearing a container of Martian rock samples, from the main spacecraft that would have carried it from Martian orbit nearly to Earth.
PIA14267:
Special Delivery from Mars to Earth (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-20 Mars Sample Return
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This artist's concept of a proposed Mars sample return mission portrays the capture of a collection of Martian samples by a spacecraft orbiting Mars. The samples would have been collected on Mars by a rover and lifted to orbit by an ascent vehicle.
PIA14266:
Rendezvous in Martian Orbit (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-20 Mars Sample Return
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This artist's concept of a proposed Mars sample return mission portrays the launch of an ascent vehicle. The solar panels in the foreground are part of a rover.
PIA14265:
Martian Samples Leaving Mars (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-20 Mars Sample Return
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This artist's concept of a proposed Mars sample return mission portrays a rocket-powered descent stage lowering a sample-retrieving rover and an ascent vehicle to the surface.
PIA14264:
Landing on Mars for a Short Stay (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-20 Mars Sample Return
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This artist's concept of a proposed NASA and European Space Agency collaboration on proposals for a Mars sample return mission portrays a series of six steps in the spacecraft's landing on Mars.
PIA14263:
Vehicle for Lofting a Sample Approaches Mars (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-20 Mars Sample Return
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This artist's concept of a proposed NASA and European Space Agency collaboration on proposals for a Mars sample return mission portrays a series of six steps (A through F) in the spacecraft's landing on Mars.
PIA14262:
Vehicle for Lofting a Sample Approaches Mars (Labeled Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-20 Mars Sample Return
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This artist's concept of a proposed Mars sample return mission portrays an aeroshell-encased spacecraft approaching Mars. This spacecraft would put a sample-retrieving rover and an ascent vehicle onto the surface of Mars.
PIA14261:
Mars Sample Return Spacecraft Before Arrival (Artist's Concept)
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MDIS - Wide Angle
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The Dark Side of the Crater
PIA14356:
The Dark Side of the Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-20 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft observes three of Saturn's moons set against the darkened night side of the planet. Seen here are Rhea, closest to Cassini, Enceladus to right of Rhea, and Dione, left of Rhea.
PIA12771:
Bright Moons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-17 Earth Earth Observing-1 (EO-1)
Advanced Land Imager (ALI)
Hyperion Hyperspectral Imager
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On June 14, 2011, NASA's Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) spacecraft obtained this image showing ash-rich volcanic plume billowing out of the vent, punching through a low cloud layer. The plume's grey color is a reflection of its ash content.
PIA14278:
NASA's EO-1 Spacecraft Images Chile's Volcanic Eruption
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-17 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
THEMIS
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Small channels dissect the rim of Bakhuysen Crater in Noachis Terra as seen by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey.
PIA14273:
Channels in Noachis Terra
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MDIS - Wide Angle
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What Happens in Degas Stays in Degas
PIA14355:
What Happens in Degas Stays in Degas
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MDIS - Wide Angle
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A Swiftly Non-Tilting Planet
PIA14354:
A Swiftly Non-Tilting Planet
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ASTER
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The Espanola wildfire had consumed more than 4,300 acres when the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument aboard NASA's Terra spacecraft acquired this image on June 16, 2011, over Flagler County, Fla.
PIA14277:
NASA Spacecraft Spots Florida Wildfire
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-16 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
THEMIS
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Different lighting can hide or reveal different features on the surface of Mars. The lighting was perfect to reveal the details of the layering of the south polar cap in this image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey.
PIA14186:
South Polar Layers
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MDIS - Wide Angle
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Northern Plains in Color
PIA14353:
Northern Plains in Color
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MDIS - Narrow Angle
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Etched Terrain
PIA14352:
Etched Terrain
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MDIS - Wide Angle
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Targeted Color Imaging: Degas Crater
PIA14351:
Targeted Color Imaging: Degas Crater
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MDIS - Wide Angle
MLA
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A Look at Craters Hosting Polar Deposits
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A Look at Craters Hosting Polar Deposits
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MDIS - Wide Angle
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A Comparison of Flyby and Orbital Imaging
PIA14349:
A Comparison of Flyby and Orbital Imaging
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Gamma-Ray and Neutron Spectrometer (GRNS)
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K/Th in the Inner Solar System
PIA14348:
K/Th in the Inner Solar System
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Gamma-ray Spectrometer (GRS)
X-ray Spectrometer (XRS)
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Movie of Mercury's Magnetic Equator Versus Longitude
PIA14347:
Movie of Mercury's Magnetic Equator Versus Longitude
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Magnetometer (MAG)
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Movie of Mercury's Magnetic Equator Versus Longitude
PIA14346:
Movie of Mercury's Magnetic Equator Versus Longitude
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MLA
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Movie of MLA Coverage to Date
PIA14345:
Movie of MLA Coverage to Date
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MDIS - Narrow Angle
MDIS - Wide Angle
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Movie of Global Imaging Coverage to Date
PIA14344:
Movie of Global Imaging Coverage to Date
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X-Ray Spectrometer (XRS)
Gamma-Ray and Neutron Spectrometer (GRNS)
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Locations of Energetic Electron Events
PIA14343:
Locations of Energetic Electron Events
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Magnetometer (MAG)
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Mercury's Magnetic Field Lines
PIA14342:
Mercury's Magnetic Field Lines
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X-Ray Spectrometer (XRS)
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Major-element Composition of Mercury Surface Materials
PIA14341:
Major-element Composition of Mercury Surface Materials
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MDIS - Wide Angle
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Mercury's North Polar Region
PIA14340:
Mercury's North Polar Region
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-15 Spitzer Space Telescope
IRAC
MIPS
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This glowing emerald nebula seen by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is named RCW 120; this region of hot gas and glowing dust can be found in the murky clouds encircled by the tail of the constellation Scorpius.
PIA14104:
In the Blackest Night, a Green Ring Nebula
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-15 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
THEMIS
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Wind has eroded the deposit on the floor of Gale Crater in this image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey.
PIA14185:
Gale Crater
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MDIS - Narrow Angle
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Toc-crater and Fugue
PIA14339:
Toc-crater and Fugue
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ASTER
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Southern Chile's Puyehue volcano came to life on June 4, 2011, after decades of dormancy. Winds spread the ash column eastward over neighboring Argentina, leading to the evacuation of thousands of residents. This image is from NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA14272:
NASA Spacecraft Spots Fury of Disruptive Chilean Volcano
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ASTER
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The Mar. 11, 2011, Tohoku, Japan earthquake and tsunami devastated a large extent of the northeastern Japan coast, and virtually erased many villages and cities from the map. NASA's Terra spacecraft acquired this image of Sendai on Mar. 14, 2011.
PIA14271:
Tohoku Tsunami Debris, Japan
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