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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-14 Carbon Mapper
 Carbon Mapper Imaging Spectrometer
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This spectral fingerprint of methane was produced from data taken during a test of the imaging spectrometer at JPL. The instrument measures hundreds of wavelengths of light reflected by Earth's surface and absorbed by gases in the atmosphere.
PIA26095:
Methane Signal From Carbon Mapper Instrument Test
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-14 Carbon Mapper
 Carbon Mapper Imaging Spectrometer
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An engineer prepares the imaging spectrometer instrument for testing in a thermal vacuum chamber at JPL. The instrument will be part of an effort led by the nonprofit Carbon Mapper organization to collect data on greenhouse gas point-source emissions.
PIA26094:
Imaging Spectrometer Vacuum Chamber Test
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-14 Carbon Mapper
 Carbon Mapper Imaging Spectrometer
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Engineers prepare the imaging spectrometer – part of an effort led by the nonprofit Carbon Mapper to monitor greenhouse gas emissions – for vibration testing at JPL.
PIA26093:
Imaging Spectrometer Vibration Test
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-14 Carbon Mapper
 Carbon Mapper Imaging Spectrometer
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The imaging spectrometer sits at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in August 2023, before shipment to Planet Labs PBC in San Francisco. The instrument will be integrated into a Tanager satellite over the next several months.
PIA26092:
Imaging Spectrometer Fully Integrated
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-14 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of the flank of Arsia Mons.
PIA26129:
Arsia Mons Flank - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-13 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Oyama Crater. Located in Arabia Terra near Mawrth Vallis, Oyama Crater is 101km (63 miles) in diameter.
PIA26128:
Oyama Crater - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-12 Jupiter Juno
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Just hours before NASA's Juno mission completed its 53rd close flyby of Jupiter on July 31, 2023, the spacecraft sped past the planet's volcanic moon Io and captured this dramatic view of both bodies in the same frame.
PIA25726:
A Portrait of Planet and Moon: NASA's Juno Mission Captures Jupiter and Io Together
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-12 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Terra Sabaea.
PIA26127:
Terra Sabae - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-11 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Channeled Scablands in Washington, formed about 19,000 years ago when glacial Lake Missoula in Montana burst through its ice dam, and a 320 m deep lake emptied in a catastrophic flood that reached the Pacific Ocean.
PIA26008:
Channeled Scablands, Washington
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-11 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows high altitude ice clouds.
PIA26126:
Ice Clouds - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-08 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small portion of Tempe Fossae. The linear features are tectonic graben.
PIA26125:
Tempe Fossae - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-07 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Proctor Crater and the large dune field on the crater floor.
PIA26124:
Proctor Crater Dunes - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-06 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
 SuperCam
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Audio of MOXIE at work on Mars was captured by the microphone on Perseverance's SuperCam instrument on May 27, 2021, the 96th day of the rover's mission. The recording is the sound of MOXIE's air compressor pumping air.
PIA26041:
The Sound of MOXIE at Work on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-06 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Terra Sirenum.
PIA26123:
Terra Sirenum - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-05 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Sirenum Fossae. The linear depressions in this VIS image are tectonic graben.
PIA26122:
Sirenum Fossae - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-04 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Terra Sirenum.
PIA26121:
Terra Sirenum - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-01 Psyche
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NASA's Psyche spacecraft will gather science at the asteroid Psyche at four orbit altitudes, as depicted in this graphic. It has been updated to reflect an October 2023 launch.
PIA26102:
Psyche Orbital Operations
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-01 Psyche
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This graphic shows the expected timeline of milestones immediately following liftoff for NASA's Psyche spacecraft if Psyche launches at the beginning of its launch period on Oct. 5, 2023.
PIA26101:
Psyche Launch Ascent Timeline
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-01 Psyche
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NASA's Psyche spacecraft takes a spiral path to the asteroid Psyche, as depicted in this graphic that shows the path from above the plane of the planets, labeled with key milestones of the prime mission.
PIA24930:
Psyche's Mission Plan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-01 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Ariadnes Colles. The term colles means hills or knobs.
PIA26090:
Ariadnes Colles - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-31 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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Composed of 53 images, this mosaic looks west toward the rim of Mars' Jezero Crater on July 8, 2023, the 847th Martian day, or sol, of NASA's Perseverance rover mission.
PIA25965:
Perseverance Rover Looks West
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-31 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Terra Sirenum.
PIA26089:
Terra Sirenum - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-30 Earth Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT)
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The mighty Yukon River and nearby lakes appear in red in this image produced using data recorded on June 18, 2023, by the international Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite as it passed over Alaska.
PIA25780:
SWOT Captures the Yukon River in Alaska
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-30 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Terra Cimmeria.
PIA26088:
Terra Cimmeria - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-29 Earth COWVR
 COWVR
TEMPEST
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A pair of weather instruments built at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California captured images of Hurricane Franklin as the Category 4 storm moved off the East Coast of the United States on Aug. 29, 2023.
PIA25870:
COWVR, TEMPEST Capture Vital Data on Hurricane Franklin
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-29 Earth COWVR
 COWVR
TEMPEST
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A pair of weather instruments built at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California captured images of Hurricane Idalia as the storm approached the Gulf Coast of Florida on Aug. 29, 2023.
PIA25569:
COWVR, TEMPEST Capture Vital Data on Hurricane Idalia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-29 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Sirenum Fossae. The linear depressions in this VIS image are tectonic graben.
PIA26087:
Sirenum Fossae - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-28 Asteroid Psyche
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Members of NASA's Psyche mission pose at JPL in April 2022.
PIA25140:
Psyche Mission Team at JPL
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-28 Asteroid Psyche
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Psyche undergoes vibration testing at JPL in March 2022 to ensure the spacecraft can withstand the jostling of launch.
PIA25139:
Psyche Undergoes Vibration Testing
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-28 Asteroid Psyche
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This artist's concept depicts NASA's Psyche spacecraft with its large solar arrays fully deployed and one of its four Hall-effect thrusters firing (visible via its blue glow) atop the spacecraft's body.
PIA25138:
Psyche Spacecraft en Route to the Asteroid Belt (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-28 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of the floor of Kaiser Crater. Kaiser Crater is 207 km (129 miles) in diameter and is located in Noachis Terra west of Hellas Planitia.
PIA26086:
Kaiser Crater Dunes - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-25 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Terra Cimmeria. Soffen Crater is at the top of the image, and is 58 km (36 miles) in diameter.
PIA26085:
Soffen Crater - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-24 Carbon Mapper Coalition
 Carbon Mapper Imaging Spectrometer
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Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in April 2023 examine the imaging spectrometer that will ride aboard the first of two satellites to be launched by the Carbon Mapper Coalition.
PIA25869:
JPL Engineers Work on Carbon Mapper Imaging Spectrometer
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-24 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Terra Sirenum. The linear features at the bottom of the image are tectonic features called graben.
PIA26084:
Terra Sirenum - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-23 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Terra Sirenum. The linear features at the top of the image are tectonic features called graben.
PIA26083:
Terra Sirenum - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-22 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Terra Cimmeria.
PIA26082:
Terra Cimmeria - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-21 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Ariadnes Colles. The term colles means hills or knobs.
PIA26081:
Ariadnes Colles - False Color
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.998 MB)     JPEG (109.2 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-18 Earth Aqua
 AIRS
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NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) captured Hurricane Hilary on the morning of Aug. 18, 2023, when it was a Category 4 storm roughly 470 miles (760 kilometers) south of Baja California.
PIA25779:
Hurricane Hilary Captured by NASA's AIRS
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-18 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
 HiRISE
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This image acquired on July 11, 2023 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the southern wall of Coprates Chasma, in the equatorial canyon system of Valles Marineris.
PIA25985:
Diverse Minerals in Coprates Chasma
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-18 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
 HiRISE
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This image acquired on April 9, 2023 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows that while surface ice deposits are mostly limited to the polar caps, patterns of slow, viscous flow abound in many non-polar regions of Mars.
PIA25984:
Icy Flows
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-18 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
 HiRISE
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This image acquired on May 23, 2023 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the transition from a regular channel to an inverted channel in Arabia Terra.
PIA25983:
From Low to High Channels
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-18 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
 HiRISE
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This image acquired on May 24, 2023 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows many of the Valles Marineris canyons, called chasmata, have kilometer-high, light-toned layered mounds made up of sulfate materials.
PIA25982:
Light-Toned Materials along the Floor and Walls of Ius Chasma
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-18 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of the floor of Kaiser Crater.
PIA26060:
Kaiser Crater - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-17 Earth Terra
 ASTER
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows areas of deforestation, surrounded by bright green areas of tropical vegetation, in southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. The image was acquired September 12, 2019.
PIA26007:
Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-17 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of the floor of Kaiser Crater.
PIA26059:
Kaiser Crater - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-16 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
 Mastcam-Z
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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured this video of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter's 54th flight on Aug. 3, 2023.
PIA25970:
Perseverance Rover Watches Ingenuity Mars Helicopter's 54th Flight
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-16 Lunar Trailblazer
 Lunar Thermal Mapper (LTM)
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NASA's Lunar Trailblazer sits in a clean room at Lockheed Martin Space in Littleton, Colorado, shortly after being integrated with its second and final science instrument, the Lunar Thermal Mapper.
PIA25837:
Lunar Trailblazer Spacecraft Nears Completion
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-16 Lunar Trailblazer
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NASA's Lunar Trailblazer is shown here during thermal vacuum chamber (TVAC) testing at Lockheed Martin Space in Littleton, Colorado, in June 2023.
PIA25836:
NASA's Lunar Trailblazer Gets a Taste of Space
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-16 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of the floor of Kaiser Crater.
PIA26058:
Kaiser Crater - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-15 Europa Europa Clipper
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NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft boasts its new 10-foot (3-meter) high-gain antenna, after its Aug. 14, 2023 installation, in High Bay 1 of the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
PIA25958:
Powerful Antenna Installed On Europa Clipper
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-15 Europa Europa Clipper
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Engineers and technicians install Europa Clipper's high-gain antenna in the main clean room at JPL.
PIA25957:
Europa Clipper's High-Gain Antenna Installed
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-15 Europa Europa Clipper
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Engineers and technicians use a crane to lift a 10-foot (3-meter) high-gain antenna as they prepare to install it on NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft. The orbiter is being assembled in preparation for its launch in October 2024.
PIA25956:
Europa Clipper Gets Its High-Gain On
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-15 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of the rim and floor of Pal Crater.
PIA26057:
Pal Crater - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-14 Earth Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment (PREFIRE)
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The PREFIRE mission will send two CubeSats – shown as an artist's concept against an image of Earth from orbit – into space to study how much heat the planet absorbs and emits from its polar regions, including the Arctic and Antarctica.
PIA25778:
PREFIRE Satellite Illustration
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-14 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of eastern Terra Sabaea.
PIA26056:
Terra Sabaea - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-11 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of the lower flank of Olympus Mons.
PIA26055:
Olympus Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-10 VERITAS
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Members of the VERITAS science team pause for a photograph on July 31, 2023, after arriving in Iceland to begin a two-week campaign to study the volcanic island's geology to help the team prepare for NASA's VERITAS mission to Venus.
PIA25835:
VERITAS Science Team Members Begin Iceland Campaign
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-10 Mars Mars Sample Return (MSR)
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JPL engineer Patrick DeGrosse reviews data from a drop test of a full-size lander footpad with a group of fellow engineers.
PIA25826:
Going Over the Footpad Test Data
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-10 Mars Mars Sample Return (MSR)
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This setup is being used at JPL to test a 16-inch-diameter (40-centimeter-diameter) footpad for a future Mars lander.
PIA25824:
A Full-Size Footpad Test
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-10 Mars Mars Sample Return (MSR)
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Morgan Montalvo, another JPL engineer, sets guardrails on the floor below the prototype in a test of a scenario where the lander would stub a toe against a rock while touching down on Mars.
PIA25823:
Setting Guardrails for Mars Lander Testing
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-10 Mars Mars Sample Return (MSR)
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Engineer Abel Dizon explains how drop tests are conducted for a prototype lander being designed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory for the Mars Sample Return campaign.
PIA25822:
Testing a Prototype Mars Lander
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-10 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Alba Fossae, a set of long valleys on the western side of Alba Mons.
PIA26054:
Alba Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-09 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
 Mastcam
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This panorama captured by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows a location nicknamed Pontours where scientists spotted preserved, ancient mud cracks believed to have formed during long cycles of wet and dry conditions over many years.
PIA25915:
Curiosity Views Mud Cracks in the Clay-Sulfate Transition Region
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-09 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of the summit of Ascraeus Mons.
PIA26053:
Ascraeus Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-08 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai in 2022. It produced a plume 58 km high, the biggest atmospheric explosion ever recorded.
PIA26006:
Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai Eruption
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-08 Earth Suomi NPP
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Amid a record heat wave in July, the Phoenix area saw surfaces such as roads and buildings stay hot long after sunset, as documented in NASA-NOAA satellite data that was used to produce this series of maps.
PIA25868:
Phoenix Land-Surface Temperatures Documented Amid Record Heat
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-08 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small portion of Tempe Fossae.
PIA26052:
Tempe Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-07 Mars Mars Helicopter
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This image of NASA's Perseverance Mars rover was taken at an altitude of about 16 feet (5 meters) by the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter during its 54th flight on Aug. 3, 2023.
PIA25969:
Perseverance Seen From Above During Flight 54
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-07 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
 Mastcam-Z
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This view of NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter was generated using data collected by the Mastcam-Z instrument aboard the agency's Perseverance Mars rover on Aug. 2, 2023.
PIA25968:
Perseverance Checks Out Ingenuity
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-07 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of two unnamed craters in Terra Sabaea.
PIA26051:
Dark Slope Streaks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-04 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Hephaestus Fossae. Hephaestus Fossae is a complex channel system in Utopia Planitia near Elysium Mons.
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Hephaestus Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-03 Mars Sample Return (MSR)
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This artist's concept shows Mars Sample Return Earth Entry System. The vehicle would bring curated Martian samples collected by NASA's Perseverance Rover on the final leg of their journey from Mars to Earth.
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Artist's Concept of the Earth Entry System for Mars Sample Return
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-03 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its navigation cameras to capture this scene after making a detour around the toughest climb it has ever faced.
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Curiosity Looks Over the Hill
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-03 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this image of its right rear wheels using its navigation cameras on June 1.
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Curiosity's Navcams View Its Wheels
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-03 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover attempted to climb a slope near the center of this image, but struggled due to the incline, slippery sand, and wheel-size rocks.
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Curiosity's Attempted Climb up a Slope
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-03 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity captured this 360-degree view of a challenging Martian slope that had a steep incline, slippery sand, and wheel-size boulders. This mosaic is composed of 145 images taken by the rover's Mastcam June 27, 2023.
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Curiosity's View up a Challenging Slope
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-03 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity looks back down at Marker Band Valley, where the rover's tracks are visible in the distance, after climbing a steep slope. This mosaic was captured by the rover's Mastcam on June 21, 2023.
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Curiosity's View Back Toward 'Marker Band Valley'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-03 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity left these tracks after trying multiple times to crest a slippery slope. This mosaic, made up of seven images that were stitched together after being sent back to Earth, was captured by the rover's Mastcam on June 13, 2023.
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Curiosity's Climb Attempt Leaves Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-03 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This map shows the route NASA's Curiosity Mars rover took from May into July, 2023 to complete the most difficult climb of the mission.
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A Map of Curiosity's Difficult Climb
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-03 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity left several sets of tracks where the rover experienced a fault, or unexpected stoppage mid-drive, while attempting the most difficult climb the mission has faced.
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Curiosity Views Its Tracks Using Its Navcam
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-03 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity used its Mastcam to capture this impact crater in a location nicknamed Jau on July 25, 2023. This was one of dozens of impact craters Curiosity stopped by after completing the most difficult climb of the mission.
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Curiosity Views a Crater at 'Jau'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-03 Asteroid Psyche
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Team members prepare to integrate one of two solar arrays on NASA's Psyche spacecraft inside the Astrotech Space Operations facility near the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 24, 2023.
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Preparing for Psyche's Array Test Deployment
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Technicians begin to retract one of the two solar arrays attached to NASA's Psyche spacecraft. This photo was taken on July 25, 2023.
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NASA's Psyche: Solar Arrays Stowed for Launch
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-03 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Olympia Undae during north polar spring.
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Olympia Undae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-02 Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration (CADRE)
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A CADRE test rover appears to catch the attention of the much larger engineering model of NASA's Perseverance rover, called OPTIMISM, at JPL's Mars Yard.
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Test Rovers Big and Small at JPL
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-02 Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration (CADRE)
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A model rover drives over a rock during a test for NASA's CADRE project in JPL's Mars Yard in June, 2023.
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CADRE Mini Rover Drives Over a Rock
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-02 Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration (CADRE)
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A pair of plastic prototypes of the CADRE rovers demonstrate driving in formation during a test at JPL in 2022.
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CADRE Rover Prototypes Drive in Formation
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-02 Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration (CADRE)
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Engineer Kristopher Sherrill observes a development model rover during a test for NASA's CADRE technology demonstration in JPL's Mars Yard in June, 2023.
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CADRE Rover Testing in JPL's Mars Yard
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-02 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of a large unnamed channel located in northern Arabia Terra.
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Arabia Terra Channel
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-01 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Artynia Catena, just one of many north/south trending tectonic graben located around Alba Mons.
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Artynia Catena
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-07-31 Mars Sample Return (MSR)
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A development motor based on the second-stage solid rocket motor design for NASA's Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV) undergoes testing March 29, at Northrop Grumman's facility in Elkton, Maryland.
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Mars Ascent Vehicle Second Stage Test
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-07-31 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a section of Bahram Vallis. This channel is located in northern Lunae Planum, south of Kasei Valles.
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Bahram Vallis
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-07-28 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a portion of Tantalus Fossae. The linear features are tectonic graben.
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Tantalus Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-07-27 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of an unnamed crater in Utopia Planitia. The ejecta surrounding the crater rim shows both layering and radial grooves. These features formed during the impact event.
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Utopia Planitia Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-07-26 Jupiter Juno
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Photo illustration of Jupiter and the three Jovian moons (Ganymede, Europa, Io – from left to right) NASA's Juno mission has flown past, was created from data collected by the spacecraft's JunoCam imager.
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Jovian Family Portrait
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-07-26 Io Juno
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At top and bottom right, JunoCam images taken in May 2023 of Jupiter's moon Io show lava fields surrounding volcanoes Volund A and B appear to be growing in size.
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Io Over the Years
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-07-26 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Granicus Valles. Granicus Valles is a complex channel system located west of Elysium Mons.
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Granicus Valles
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-07-25 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Olympia Undae during north polar spring.
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Olympia Undae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-07-24 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a section of Cerberus Fossae. Cerberus Fossae are located in Elysium Planitia, southeast of the Elysium Mons volcanic complex.
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Cerberus Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-07-21 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Olympica Fossae, a complex channel located on the volcanic plains between Alba Mons and Olympus Mons.
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Olympica Fossae
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