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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-05-11 Earth Terra
 MISR
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On May 6, 2016, NASA's Terra spacecraft captured this image of devastating wildfires in Alberta Province, Canada, near the city of Fort McMurray which began on May 1, 2016.
PIA20663:
Large Smoke Plumes from Alberta, Canada Fires Observed by NASA's MISR
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The city of Nome lies on the southern Seward Peninsula coast of Alaska, on the Bering Sea, as shown in this image from NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA20610:
Nome, Alaska
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-05-10 Ceres Dawn
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This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft features a relatively fresh crater on Ceres with prominent spurs of compacted material and gullies along its rim. Boulders of a variety of sizes litter the crater's floor and the area around its rim.
PIA20580:
Dawn LAMO Image 85
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-05-10 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows part of the complex channel floor of Ares Vallis.
PIA20605:
Ares Vallis
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-05-09 Sol (our sun) SDO
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On May 9, 2016, Mercury passed directly between the Sun and Earth, making a transit of the Sun. Mercury transits happen about 13 times each century. NASA's SDO studies the Sun 24/7 and captured the eight-hour event.
PIA14729:
Mercury Transit Across the Sun Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-05-09 Ceres Dawn
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Ceres' densely cratered landscape is revealed in this image taken by the framing camera aboard NASA's Dawn spacecraft. The craters show various degrees of degradation. The youngest craters have sharp rims.
PIA20579:
Dawn LAMO Image 84
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-05-09 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows the scarp face of the north polar cap near Abalos Mensa. The top part of the image is the polar cap. This image was collected during northern hemisphere summer.
PIA20599:
North Polar Scarp
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-05-09 Epimetheus Cassini-Huygens
 ISS - Narrow Angle
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Epimetheus, seen here by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, with Saturn in the background, is lumpy and misshapen, thanks in part to its size and formation process. Bombardment over the eons has left this tiny moon's surface heavily pitted.
PIA20482:
Hard Knock Life
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-05-06 Hydra New Horizons
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The surface of Hydra, Pluto's outermost small moon, is dominated by nearly pristine water ice confirming hints that scientists picked up in NASA's New Horizons images showing Hydra's highly reflective surface.
PIA20581:
Icy Hydra
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-05-06 Ceres Dawn
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Ceres' densely cratered landscape is revealed in this image taken by the framing camera aboard NASA's Dawn spacecraft. The craters show various degrees of degradation. The youngest craters have sharp rims.
PIA20578:
Dawn LAMO Image 83
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-05-06 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The THEMIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color image. This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows part of the plains of Terra Sirenum.
PIA20598:
Terra Sirenum - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-05-05 Ceres Dawn
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This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft of Ceres shows a portion of a large crater with prominent spurs of compacted material and gullies along its rim.
PIA20577:
Dawn LAMO Image 82
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-05-05 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The THEMIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color image. This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows part of the plains of Arabia Terra.
PIA20597:
Arabia Terra - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-05-04 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft shows several smaller craters that formed on the floor of Saheki Crater, an 85-kilometer diameter impact crater north of Hellas Basin.
PIA20662:
A One-Kilometer Crater on the Floor of Saheki Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-05-04 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This enhanced color image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft shows several craters somewhere in the southern mid-latitudes of Mars.
PIA20661:
Southern Winter Frost Accumulations
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-05-04 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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The two linear depressions in this image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft form part of the Elysium Fossae complex, a group of troughs located in the Elysium quadrangle of Mars.
PIA20660:
Troughs in Elysium Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-05-04 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Melas Chasma is the widest segment of Valles Marineris, the largest canyon in the Solar System as seen by Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft. In this region, hydrated sulfate salts have been detected.
PIA20659:
Possible Sulfate Deposits in West Melas Chasma
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-05-04 Ceres Dawn
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This picture from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows two relatively fresh craters within older, highly cratered terrain on Ceres. The young crater at right shows some spurs of compacted material along its rim, as well as some bright streaks along its flanks.
PIA20576:
Dawn LAMO Image 81
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-05-04 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The THEMIS camera contains 5 filters. Data from different filters can be combined in many ways to create a false color image. This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows multiple textures of the plains located northwest of the Argyre basin.
PIA20596:
Plains - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-05-03 Ceres Dawn
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows Azacca Crater has a prominent set of north-south trending fractures. Its floor is relatively smooth and its rim has terraces descending toward its floor. Azacca was named for the Haitian god of agriculture.
PIA20575:
Dawn LAMO Image 80
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-05-03 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The THEMIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color image. This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows part of Ganges Chasma.
PIA20595:
Ganges Chasma - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-05-03 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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These mountains are in a region called Sisyphi Montes. The base image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey shows a portion of the region about 130 miles. Red outlines indicate possible subglacial volcanic structures. MRO's CRISM data are at upper right.
PIA20335:
Evidence Builds for Old Under-Ice Volcanoes on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-05-02 Pluto New Horizons
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NASA's New Horizons mission science team has produced this updated panchromatic (black-and-white) global map of Pluto. The map includes all resolved images of Pluto's surface acquired between July 7-14, 2015.
PIA20658:
Pluto: A Global Perspective
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-05-02 Pluto New Horizons
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This shaded relief view from NASA's New Horizons of the region surrounding the left side of Pluto's heart-shaped feature, informally named Sputnik Planum, shows that the vast expanse of its icy surface.
PIA20657:
Elevation Map of Pluto's Sunken 'Heart'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-05-02 Ceres Dawn
 Framing Camera
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Zadeni Crater, at 80 miles (128 kilometers) wide, is a prominent impact feature in the southern hemisphere of Ceres. This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows terrain in Zadeni's interior, which hosts numerous smaller craters.
PIA20574:
Dawn LAMO Image 79
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-05-02 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The THEMIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color image. This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows part of Peraea Cavus.
PIA20594:
Peraea Cavus - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-05-02 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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The water-world Enceladus appears here to sit atop Saturn's rings like a drop of dew upon a leaf in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA18368:
The Dew Drop of Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-29 Ceres Dawn
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The rim of Hamori Crater on Ceres is seen in the upper right portion of this image, which was taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft. Hamori is located in the southern hemisphere of Ceres and measures 37 miles (60 kilometers) wide.
PIA20573:
Dawn LAMO Image 78
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-29 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The THEMIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color image. This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows part of Coprates Chasma.
PIA20593:
Coprates Chasma - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-28 WFIRST
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Two different types of masks to be used in NASA's upcoming Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope, or WFIRST, coronagraph instrument, are pictured.
PIA20585:
Tiny Masks for Seeing Planets
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-28 WFIRST
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The vacuum chamber at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, used for testing WFIRST and other coronagraphs.
PIA20584:
Coronagraph Test Chamber
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-28 Ceres Dawn
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In this image of Ceres from NASA's Dawn spacecraft, a younger, fresher crater lies to next to the older, larger crater named Messor. Messor, which is named for the Roman god of the harvesting and cutting of grain.
PIA20572:
Dawn LAMO Image 77
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-28 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The THEMIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color image. This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows part of Ophir Chasma.
PIA20592:
Ophir Chasma - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-27 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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The team operating NASA's Curiosity Mars rover uses the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on the rover's arm to check the condition of the wheels at routine intervals.
PIA20334:
Routine Inspection of Rover Wheel Wear and Tear
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-27 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This early-morning view from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover covers a field of view of about 130 degrees of the inner wall of Gale Crater. The rover's location was on the 'Naukluft Plateau' of lower Mount Sharp.
PIA20333:
Northern Portion of Gale Crater Rim Viewed from 'Naukluft Plateau'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-27 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This mid-afternoon, 360-degree panorama was acquired by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover on April 4, 2016, as part of long-term campaign to document the context and details of the geology and landforms along Curiosity's traverse inside Gale Crater.
PIA20332:
Full-Circle Vista from 'Naukluft Plateau' on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-27 Ceres Dawn
 Framing Camera
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows Sekhet Crater on Ceres has prominent shadows accentuating its central peak and mounds of material that have slumped downward from its walls.
PIA20571:
Dawn LAMO Image 76
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-27 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The THEMIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color image. This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows part of Nili Fossae.
PIA20459:
Nili Fossae - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-26 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This labeled graphic illustrates how different organic compounds make their way to the seas and lakes on Titan, the largest moon of Saturn.
PIA20026:
Organic Compounds in Titan's Seas and Lakes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-26 Spitzer Space Telescope
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This illustration shows a star surrounded by a protoplanetary disk.
PIA20645:
Protoplanetary Disk (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-26 Ceres Dawn
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Ernutet Crater is featured in this image from Ceres, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft. Ernutet was named for the Egyptian cobra-headed goddess of the harvest. The crater measures about 32 miles (52 kilometers) in diameter and is located in the northern hem
PIA20570:
Dawn LAMO Image 75
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-26 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The THEMIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color image. This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows part of the ejecta from Yuty Crater.
PIA20458:
Yuty Crater Ejecta - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-25 Ceres Dawn
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft spotted this pair of craters on Ceres on January 25, 2016. The crater at left is named Jaja, after the Abkhazian harvest goddess. Jaja Crater is 13 miles (21 kilometers) in diameter and is located in the northern hemisphere.
PIA20569:
Dawn LAMO Image 74
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-25 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The THEMIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color image. This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows part of the plains of Terra Sirenum.
PIA20457:
Terra Sirenum - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-25 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
 ISS - Narrow Angle
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At first glance, Saturn's rings appear to be intersecting themselves in an impossible way. In actuality, this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the rings in front of the planet, upon which the shadow of the rings is cast.
PIA18367:
Criss-Crossed Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-22 Ceres Dawn
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This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows terrain within Chaminuka Crater on Ceres. Chaminuka was named for the spirit who provides rains during times of drought, according to the legends of the Shona people of Zimbabwe.
PIA20568:
Dawn LAMO Image 73
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-22 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows part of the lava flows that originated from Arsia Mons.
PIA20456:
Lava Flows
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-21 Pluto New Horizons
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Within Pluto's informally named Vega Terra region is a field of eye-catching craters that looks like a cluster of bright halos scattered across a dark landscape as seen by NASA's New Horizons.
PIA20656:
Pluto's 'Halo' Craters
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-21 Ceres Dawn
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Omonga Crater on Ceres was named for a rice spirit who dwells in the moon, according to legends of the Mori people of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. NASA's Dawnspacecraft spotted Omonga from above the surface.
PIA20567:
Dawn LAMO Image 72
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-21 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Troughs in the north polar cap reveal the layering of ice and dust, as shown in this image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA20455:
Polar Cap Layers
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-21 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft shows part of a broad plain covered with cratered cones and domes in the Northern lowlands of Mars.
PIA20655:
Cratered Cones in Acidalia Planitia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-21 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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The Nili Fossae region, located on the northwest rim of Isidis impact basin, is one of the most colorful regions of Mars, as seen here by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft.
PIA20644:
Many Fantastic Colors
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-21 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft was acquired to look for frost on these generally equator-facing slopes on Mars, which are visible in the shadows after enhancing the brightness levels.
PIA20643:
Gullies with Dramatic Lighting
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-21 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Almost all of vast Mars' Amazonis Planitia is covered by lava flows, an area comparable to that of the entire continental United States, as seen by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft.
PIA20642:
Flood Lavas and Mass Extinctions
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-20 Earth Terra
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This image from NASA's Terra spacecraft shows a perspective view, looking toward the Aso volcanic caldera, which indicates the epicenter with a red star.
PIA20591:
NASA Satellite Shows Site of Devastating Japan Quakes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-20 Earth ARIA
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This false-color map shows the amount of permanent surface movement caused almost entirely by the earthquakes, during a 42-day interval between two ALOS-2 images acquired on March 7 and April 18, 2016.
PIA20460:
NASA's ARIA Project, JAXA Examine Earth Surface Deformation from Kumamoto, Japan Quakes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-20 Europa Europa Clipper
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This artist's rendering shows NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft, which is being developed for a launch sometime in the 2020s.
PIA20025:
Europa Clipper Spacecraft (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-20 Ceres Dawn
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Achita Crater on Ceres was named for the Nigerian god of agriculture. NASA's Dawn spacecraft took this image of the crater on January 15, 2016. Achita is located in the northern hemisphere.
PIA20566:
Dawn LAMO Image 71
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-20 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows part of Siton Undae, a dune field located near Escorial Crater and the north polar cap.
PIA20454:
Siton Undae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-19 Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)
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A young, free-floating world sits alone in space in this illustration. The object, called WISEA J114724.10-204021.3, is thought to be an exceptionally low-mass brown dwarf.
PIA20583:
Young Brown Dwarf in TW Hydrae Family of Stars (Artist Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-19 Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)
 WISE Telescope
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A sky map taken by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, shows the location of the TW Hydrae family, or association, of stars, which lies about 175 light-years from Earth and is centered in the Hydra constellation.
PIA20582:
TW Hydrae Family of Stars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-19 Ceres Dawn
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Terrain seen in this view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft is in the northern hemisphere of Ceres. A sharp cliff separates Dada Crater, the smaller crater at top center, from Roskva Crater, the larger crater at left.
PIA20565:
Dawn LAMO Image 70
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-19 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows a portion of Granicus Valles.
PIA20453:
Granicus Valles
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-19 Ceres Dawn
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows Oxo Crater is unique because of the relatively large 'slump' in its crater rim.
PIA20360:
Oxo Crater at LAMO
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-19 Ceres Dawn
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft took images of Haulani Crater at a distance of 240 miles (385 kilometers) from the surface of Ceres.
PIA20359:
Haulani Crater at LAMO
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Ceres' Haulani Crater, with a diameter of 21 miles (34 kilometers), shows evidence of landslides from its crater rim as seen by NASA's Dawn spacecraft.
PIA20358:
Haulani Crater in Enhanced Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-18 Ceres Dawn
 Framing Camera
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This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a scene from the northern hemisphere of Ceres, north of Occator Crater, which is home of the brightest area on the dwarf planet.
PIA20564:
Dawn LAMO Image 69
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-18 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows a sand sheet with surface dune forms located on the floor of an unnamed crater in Vastitas Borealis.
PIA20452:
Crater Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-18 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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A sinuous feature snakes northward from Enceladus' south pole like a giant tentacle in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. This feature, is actually tectonic in nature, created by stresses in Enceladus' icy shell.
PIA18366:
Y Marks the Spot
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-15 Ceres Dawn
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Shadows cast a dark mood on this scene from Ceres, near the dwarf planet's north pole in this image acquired by NASA's Dawn spacecraft.
PIA20563:
Dawn LAMO Image 68
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-15 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The northern margin of Terra Sabaea has numerous channels. This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows a portion of an unnamed channel on the margin of Terra Sabaea.
PIA20451:
Terra Sabaea Channels
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-14 Spitzer Space Telescope
 IRAC
Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)
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The spider part of 'The Spider and the Fly' nebulae, IC 417 abounds in star formation, as seen in this infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS).
PIA20357:
The Spider Nebula
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-14 Ceres Dawn
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This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a fresh crater among older terrain on Ceres, typical of the terrain of the dwarf planet.
PIA20562:
Dawn LAMO Image 67
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-14 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows small, dark dunes located on the floor of this unnamed crater in Isidis Planitia.
PIA20450:
Crater Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-13 Ceres Dawn
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The rim of Ezinu Crater is seen in this view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft.
PIA20561:
Dawn LAMO Image 66
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-13 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The hills in this image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft are part of Nepenthes Mensae, which is located along the margin of Terra Cimmeria.
PIA20449:
Nepenthes Mensae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-12 Ceres Dawn
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The center of Ezinu Crater on Ceres is seen in this view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft. The crater features a network of canyon-like features. Ezinu measures about 72 miles (116 kilometers) in diameter and was named for the Sumerian goddess of grain.
PIA20560:
Dawn LAMO Image 65
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-12 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The linear features in this image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft are located west of Elysium Mons.
PIA20448:
Elysium Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-11 Pluto New Horizons
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An unusual geological feature resembling a giant spider sprawls across Pluto's icy landscape in this enhanced color image was obtained by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft on July 14, 2015.
PIA20641:
The Icy 'Spider' on Pluto
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-11 Ceres Dawn
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This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a portion of Ertedank Planum, a large, generally flat area in the northern hemisphere of Ceres. Ejecta from a nearby impact has smoothed older features in this scene.
PIA20559:
Dawn LAMO Image 64
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-11 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows part of an unnamed crater in Amazonis Planitia. The radial nature of the emplaced ejecta can be seen at the edge of the ejecta.
PIA20447:
Crater Ejecta
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-11 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
 ISS - Narrow Angle
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It's difficult to get a sense of scale when viewing Saturn's rings, but the Cassini Division (seen here between the bright B ring and dimmer A ring) is almost as wide as the planet Mercury as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA18365:
The Great Divide
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-08 Ceres Dawn
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Ninsar Crater, in the northern hemisphere of Ceres, is seen this view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft. Ninsar was named for a Sumerian goddess of plants and vegetation.
PIA20558:
Dawn LAMO Image 63
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-08 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows a small portion of Kasei Valles. The channel rim at the top of the image shows a complex series of processes.
PIA20446:
Kasei Valles
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-07 Kepler
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In a global experiment in exoplanet observation, the K2 mission and Earth-based observatories on six continents will survey millions of stars toward the center of our Milky Way galaxy.
PIA20070:
Map of Exoplanet Search Areas
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-07 Ceres Dawn
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Tupo Crater, named for a Polynesian god of turmeric, is shown at upper left in this view of Ceres from NASA's Dawn spacecraft. Just below the crater, a line of narrow troughs parallels the rim of Tupo.
PIA20557:
Dawn LAMO Image 62
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-07 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows part of the floor of an unnamed crater on the northern edge of Terra Sabaea.
PIA20445:
Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-06 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter covers part of the chaotic terrain in Masursky Crater, and was targeted due to evidence that ejecta from Mojave Crater, to the south, may have modified the landscape.
PIA20550:
A Boulder Festival in Masursky Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-06 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Jezero Crater is candidate future landing site that contains sediments deposited by at least three ancient rivers as seen by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft. There are some good exposures of ancient bedrock.
PIA20549:
An East Watershed for Jezero Crater
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This image captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter covers the western rim of Holden Crater during northern summer. Since Holden Crater is in the Southern hemisphere of Mars, the shadows are long in northern summer (southern winter).
PIA20548:
Cubism in the Western Rim of Holden Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-06 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image shows a set of coalesced collapse pits in western Valles Marineris as seen by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Fine layers are exposed in the walls of the pits, and in some places those layers are displaced by faults.
PIA20547:
Faulted Layers in Collapse Pits
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-06 Ceres Dawn
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This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows cratered terrain typical of Ceres, with a small bright crater highlighting the scene at lower right.
PIA20556:
Dawn LAMO Image 61
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-06 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The channels in this image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft are part of Hebrus Valles.
PIA20444:
Hebrus Valles
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-06 Sol (our sun) SDO
 Atmosphere Imaging Assembly
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This still image from an animation from NASA's GSFC's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows arches of magnetic field lines towered over the edge of the Sun as a pair of active regions began to rotate into view (Apr. 5-6, 2016).
PIA20604:
Towering Arches Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-05 Asteroid NEOWISE
 NEOWISE Telescope
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This frame from a movie shows the progression of NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) investigation for the mission's first two years following its restart in December 2013. Green circles represent near-Earth objects.
PIA20546:
Two Years of NEOWISE Observations Mapped Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-05 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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At 11:02 a.m. EDT on April 7, 2001, crowds watch a Boeing Delta II rocket lift off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, carrying NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft into space on its seven-month journey to Mars.
PIA20331:
Odyssey's Launch to Mars on April 7, 2001
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Light blue clouds fill Coprates Chasma on Mars, part of Valles Marineris, the vast 'Grand Canyon of Mars.' The clouds are mostly ice crystals and they appear blue in color in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey.
PIA20330:
Mars Odyssey View of Morning Clouds in Canyon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-05 Ceres Dawn
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This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows two relatively young craters superimposed on a larger, older impact feature. The smaller craters have streaks of bright material on their walls.
PIA20555:
Dawn LAMO Image 60
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-05 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows a portion of Cerberus Fossae, a set of linear graben located south of Tartarus Montes.
PIA20443:
Cerberus Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-04 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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From its perch high on a ridge, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity recorded this image of a Martian dust devil twisting through the valley below.
PIA20012:
Opportunity's Devilish View from on High
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