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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-26 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft is of the northern plains and shows hundreds of dust devil tracks.
PIA18493:
Dust Devil Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-25 Mercury MESSENGER
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Goal!!
PIA18528:
Goal!!
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-25 Earth Terra
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This image from NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Palouse, a rich farming area of some 7,000 square kilometers, reminiscent of Tuscany. But instead of vineyards, the main crops are wheat and rapeseed.
PIA18494:
Palouse, WA
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-25 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This unnamed crater in this image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft is located on the margin between Terra Sabaea and Utopia Planitia and is filled with material with a grooved surface.
PIA18492:
Crater Fill
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-24 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The channel at the very top of this image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft is Olympica Fossae. That and the rest of the channels in this image are likely lava channels.
PIA18491:
Lava Channels
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-23 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This false-color scene from the panoramic camera (Pancam) on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity catches 'Pillinger Point,' on the western rim of Endeavour Crater, in the foreground.
PIA18394:
'Pillinger Point' Overlooking Endeavour Crater on Mars (False Color)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-23 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This stereo vista from the panoramic camera (Pancam) of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity catches 'Pillinger Point,' on the western rim of Endeavour Crater, in the foreground. You need 3-D glasses to view this image.
PIA18395:
'Pillinger Point' Overlooking Endeavour Crater on Mars (Stereo)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-23 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This scene from the panoramic camera (Pancam) on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity catches 'Pillinger Point,' on the western rim of Endeavour Crater, in the foreground.
PIA18393:
'Pillinger Point' Overlooking Endeavour Crater on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-23 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This map shows in red the route driven by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover from its landing site at 'Bradbury Landing.' The white line shows the planned route to reach destinations on Mount Sharp. Sol 669 will complete one Martian year.
PIA18392:
Curiosity Rover's Traverse, First 663 Sols on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-23 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This map shows in red the route driven by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover from the 'Bradbury Landing' location where it landed in August 2012 to nearly the completion of its first Martian year. The white line shows the planned route ahead.
PIA18391:
Curiosity's Progress on Route to Mount Sharp
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-23 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used the MAHLI camera at the end of its arm in April and May 2014 to take dozens of component images combined into this self-portrait where the rover drilled into a sandstone target called 'Windjana.'
PIA18390:
Curiosity Self-Portrait at 'Windjana' Drilling Site
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-23 Mercury MESSENGER
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Bright and Dark
PIA18527:
Bright and Dark
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-23 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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A sand sheet with surface dune forms covers part of the floor of this unnamed crater, as shown in this image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft. This crater is located in Acidalia Planitia.
PIA18490:
Crater Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-23 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Only a sharp and careful eye can make out the subtle variations in Titan's clouds when viewed in visible light by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. This infrared image clearly reveals a band around the Titan's north pole.
PIA17168:
Subtle Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-20 Mercury MESSENGER
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Halo of Hollows
PIA18526:
Halo of Hollows
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-20 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The dark dunes in this image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft are located in a depression bounded by ice. The polar ice is the bright material at the top and bottom parts of this image.
PIA18489:
Polar Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-19 Comet Rosetta
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This image of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was taken by the Onboard Scientific Imaging System (OSIRIS) on the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft on June 4, 2014.
PIA18516:
Rosetta Closing In
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-19 Asteroid Spitzer Space Telescope
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Illustrated in this artist's concept are two possible structures for asteroid 2011 MD. NASA's Spitzer infrared camera helped reveal that this asteroid consists of about two-thirds empty space.
PIA18456:
The Spacious Structure of Asteroid 2011 MD (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-19 Asteroid Spitzer Space Telescope
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Observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, taken in infrared light, have helped to reveal that a small asteroid called 2011 MD is made-up of two-thirds empty space.
PIA18455:
Solid as a Rock? Porosity of Asteroids
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-19 Asteroid Spitzer Space Telescope
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Observations of infrared light from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope coming from asteroids provide a better estimate of their true sizes than visible-light measurements.
PIA18454:
How to Measure the Size of an Asteroid
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-19 Asteroid Spitzer Space Telescope
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This image of asteroid 2011 MD was taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope in Feb. 2014, over a period of 20 hours.
PIA18453:
I Spy a Little Asteroid With My Infrared Eye
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-19 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The channels in this image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft are part of a complex valley system called Mamers Valles. Mamers Valles is located on the northern margin of Arabia Terra.
PIA18488:
Mamers Valles
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-18 Mercury MESSENGER
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Craters, Peaks, and Chains
PIA18525:
Craters, Peaks, and Chains
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-18 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter appears to show some type of mass movement of material down the wall of a mesa in Deuteronilus Mensae.
PIA18588:
Moving Mass Material on a Mesa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-18 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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The North Polar layered deposits (NPLD) are a stack of layers of ice and dust at the North Pole of Mars. The layers are thought to have been deposited over millions of years. This image is from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA18587:
Waiting for Dust Devils
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-18 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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The North Polar layered deposits (NPLD) are a stack of layers of ice and dust at the North Pole of Mars. The layers are thought to have been deposited over millions of years. This image is from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA18586:
Blockfall on the North Polar Layered Deposits
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-18 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows dozens of dark-toned dunes in and around several craters within the rugged terrain of Terra Cimmeria.
PIA18585:
Sand Dune Catch and Release
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-18 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The dark lobed material in this image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft is a lava flow located northwest of the Elysium Volcanic Complex.
PIA18487:
Lava Channel
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-17 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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A large sand sheet with surface dune forms covers the floor of this unnamed northern crater, as shown in this image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA18486:
Crater Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-16 Mercury MESSENGER
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Rim and Hollows
PIA18524:
Rim and Hollows
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-16 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Like the previous image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft, this one shows one of the many unnamed channels on the northern margin of Arabia Terra.
PIA18485:
Arabia Terra Channels
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-16 Atlas Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures a glimpse of the moon Atlas shortly after emerging from Saturn's shadow.
PIA17167:
Emerging from Darkness
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-13 Mercury MESSENGER
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Split Down the Middle
PIA18523:
Split Down the Middle
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-13 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows part of one of the numerous unnamed channels that dissect the northern margin of Arabia Terra.
PIA18484:
Arabia Terra Channels
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-12 NGC 7538 Herschel Space Observatory
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The Herschel Space Observatory has uncovered a weird ring of dusty material while obtaining one of the sharpest scans to date of a huge cloud of gas and dust, called NGC 7538.
PIA18452:
A Puzzling Cosmic Ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-12 Earth Terra
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In May 2014, historic floods inundated Serbia and neighboring countries, causing major population displacements and property destruction. This image was acquired by NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA18051:
Historic Serbian Floods Eyed by NASA Spacecraft
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-12 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows part of the northern flank of Hecates Tholus, which is located on the northern part of the Elysium Volcanic Complex.
PIA18483:
Hecates Tholus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-12 Asteroid Goldstone Deep Space Network (DSN)
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NASA scientists used Earth-based radar to produce these sharp views -- an image montage and a movie sequence -- of the asteroid designated '2014 HQ124' on June 8, 2014.
PIA18412:
Radar Images of Asteroid 2014 HQ124 Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-11 Mercury MESSENGER
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Bartok's Blues
PIA18514:
Bartok's Blues
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-11 Phoebe Cassini-Huygens
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The image on the left shows Cassini's view on approach to Phoebe, while the right shows the spacecraft's departing perspective. As it entered the Saturn system, NASA's Cassini spacecraft performed its first targeted flyby of one of the planet's moons.
PIA18411:
Arrival and Departure at Phoebe
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-11 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The channels in this image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft are part of Granicus Valles. Granicus Valles is located just west of the Elysium Mons Volcanic Complex and was liked formed by the flow of lava rather than water.
PIA18482:
Granicus Valles
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-10 Mercury Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This frame from an animation shows five versions of observations that NASA's Curiosity made about one hour apart while Mercury was passing in front of the sun on June 3, 2014. Two sunspots, each about the diameter of Earth, also appear.
PIA18389:
Mercury Transit of the Sun, Seen From Mars Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-10 Earth Terra
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On May 26, 2014, an enormous landslide came roaring from above in a sparsely inhabited area of Mesa County, Arizona, near the town of Collbran. This image was acquired by NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA18050:
Giant Arizona Landslide Spotted by NASA Spacecraft
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-10 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The lava flows and depressions in this image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft are located south of Alba Mons.
PIA18481:
Tharsis Volcanics
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-09 Earth Terra
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Lake Afrera is a hypersaline lake located in the Danakil Depression in northern Ethiopia where rock salt has been mined for centuries. This image was acquired by NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA18515:
Lake Afrera, Ethiopia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-09 Mercury MESSENGER
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Along a Scarp
PIA18449:
Along a Scarp
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-09 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows the layering of the north polar cap. Such layering is visible on the sides of troughs carved into the ice.
PIA18480:
North Polar Layers
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-09 Prometheus Cassini-Huygens
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Prometheus is caught in the act of creating gores and streamers in the F ring. Scientists believe that Prometheus and its partner-moon Pandora are responsible for much of the structure in the F ring as shown by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA18270:
Gored of the Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-06 Mercury MESSENGER
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The Contrasting Colors of Sander and Munch
PIA18448:
The Contrasting Colors of Sander and Munch
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-06 ISS
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This frame from an animated GIF shows Earth's moon moving below NASA's OPALS laser instrument as seen by a robotic camera on the exterior of the International Space Station.
PIA18386:
OPALS and the Moon Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-06 Earth LDSD
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The saucer-shaped test vehicle for NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) will undergo a series of events in the skies above Hawaii, with the ultimate goal of testing future landing technologies for Mars missions.
PIA18451:
Timeline of Events for Planetary Landing Test
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-06 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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There are several streamlined islands in this image of Kasei Valles. This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft is located near the region where Kasei Valles empties into Chryse Planitia.
PIA18269:
Kasei Valles Islands
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-05 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Now that summer has arrived in the northern hemisphere of Mars, the dunes near the polar cap have shed all their winter frost, as shown in this image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA18268:
North Polar Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-04 Earth LDSD
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This image shows the tower from which the test vehicle for NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) will hang before a balloon lifts it to high altitudes.
PIA18450:
Launch Tower for LDSD
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-04 Earth LDSD
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Members of the team for NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) stand in front of the project's saucer-shaped test vehicle at the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii.
PIA18019:
LDSD Team in Hawaii
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-04 Mercury MESSENGER
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Beyond the Wall
PIA18447:
Beyond the Wall
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-04 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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On Mars, alluvial fans are sometimes visible in impact crater basins, as material from the steep rims is transported radially inward to the relatively flat floor. This image is from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA18513:
An Alluvial Fan in a Low-Latitude Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-04 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows features commonly found in dusty areas: impacts, slope streaks and bed-forms.
PIA18512:
Touring a Dusty Region
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-04 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This crater, seen by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, is located in Meridiani Planum, about 20-kilometers northwest of where NASA's Opportunity rover landed in 2004 and about 42-kilometers northwest of Endeavour Crater's rim.
PIA18511:
A Large Crater in Meridiani Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-04 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Called 'draa,' ripples, transverse aeolian ridges (known as TARs), dunes, are all observed by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in this Juventae Chasma image.
PIA18510:
The Draa of Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-04 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows ejecta pattern around this northern plains crater on Mars, termed 'butterfly' for its similarity to butterfly wings.
PIA18267:
"Butterfly" Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-04 Spitzer Space Telescope
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This infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows N103B -- all that remains from a supernova that exploded a millennium ago in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy 160,000 light-years away from our own Milky Way.
PIA18009:
Dissecting Dust from Detonation of Dead Star
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-03 Mercury MESSENGER
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The Hills Have Eyes
PIA18446:
The Hills Have Eyes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-03 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The ejecta pattern around this northern plains crater is termed 'butterfly' for its similarity to butterfly wings, as shown in this image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA18266:
"Butterfly" Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-02 Kepler
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An artist's conception shows the Kepler-10 system, home to two rocky planets. In the foreground is Kepler-10c, a planet that weighs 17 times as much as Earth and is more than twice as large in size.
PIA18018:
Kepler-10 System
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-02 LDSD
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This artist's concept shows the test vehicle for NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD), designed to test landing technologies for future Mars missions.
PIA18017:
LDSD's Rocket-powered Test Vehicle
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-02 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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A delta deposit sits on the floor of this unnamed crater in Arabia Terra, as shown in this image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft. The channel that created the delta dissects the crater rim.
PIA18265:
Crater Delta
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-06-02 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Titan's polar vortex stands illuminated where all else is in shadow in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA17169:
High Vortex
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-30 Mercury MESSENGER
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A Chance View Inside Ahmad Baba
PIA18445:
A Chance View Inside Ahmad Baba
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-30 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows part of Siton Undae, one of the dune fields near the north polar cap.
PIA18264:
Siton Undae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-29 Earth Aqua
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Amanda, the first named storm of the 2014 hurricane season in the Americas, is seen off the west coast of Mexico in an image acquired on May 25 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite.
PIA18097:
Hurricane Amanda
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-29 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The numerous dust devil tracks in this image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft are located in Utopia Planitia.
PIA18263:
Dust Devil Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-28 LDSD
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The saucer-shaped test vehicle for NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) project, packaged in the box shown here, was shipped via plane to the Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii on April 17.
PIA18016:
Unloading LDSD Test Device in Hawaii
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-28 LDSD
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Engineers unload ground support equipment for a June engineering test flight above Kauai, Hawaii. The test flight is part of NASA's LDSD project, which is investigating cutting-edge landing technologies that could fly on future Mars missions.
PIA18015:
LDSD Test Device Arrives in Hawaii
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-28 Spitzer Space Telescope
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Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)
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Studied by astronomers, Serpens Cloud Core is one of the youngest collections of stars ever seen in our galaxy. This infrared image combines data from NASA's Spitzer with shorter-wavelength observations from the Two Micron All Sky Survey.
PIA18014:
The 'Serpent' Star-Forming Cloud Spawns Stars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-28 Mercury MESSENGER
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Hollows in Balanchine Crater
PIA18444:
Hollows in Balanchine Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-28 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows a portion of Olympus Rupes, part of the steep margin surrounding Olympus Mons. The term rupes means scarp.
PIA18262:
Olympus Rupes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-27 Earth UAVSAR
 L-Band UAVSAR
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This false-color image of Peru's Ubinas volcano was acquired on April 14, 2014, by NASA's UAVSAR. Located about 100 miles (160 kilometers) from the city of Arequipa, Ubinas is Peru's most active volcano.
PIA18049:
UAVSAR image of Ubinas Volcano
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-27 Titan Cassini-Huygens
 Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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Artist's rendering of NASA's Cassini spacecraft observing a sunset through Titan's hazy atmosphere.
PIA18410:
Cassini Observes Sunsets on Titan (Artist's Rendering)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-27 Earth Terra
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This image from NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Kerguelen Islands (also known as the Desolation Islands), which are part of the French Southern and Antarctic lands. The islands are among the most isolated places on Earth.
PIA18253:
Kerguelen Islands
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-27 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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In the lee of this unnamed crater there are no dunes, but numerous dust devil tracks. Dunes surround the crater, except for the lee area, as shown in image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA18261:
More Siton Undae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-26 Mercury MESSENGER
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Raditladi's Troughs
PIA18443:
Raditladi's Troughs
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-26 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows some of the dunes that are located near the north polar cap. This region of dunes is part of Siton Undae.
PIA18260:
Siton Undae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-26 Dione Cassini-Huygens
 ISS - Narrow Angle
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Dione's large crater, Evander, appears here half in shadow, throwing its topography into sharp relief as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA17165:
Evander Half in Shadow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-23 Mercury MESSENGER
 MDIS - Narrow Angle
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The Madman and the Drunken Celestial
PIA18442:
The Madman and the Drunken Celestial
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-23 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The unnamed channels in this image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft are located in northern Arabia Terra.
PIA18259:
Channels
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-22 Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)
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This infographic explains a popular theory of active supermassive black holes, referred to as the unified model -- and how new data from NASA's WISE, is at conflict with the model.
PIA18013:
Unified, or 'Doughnut,' Theory of Active, Black Holes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-22 Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)
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This artistically enhanced image from NASA's WISE data shows galaxies clumped together in the Fornax cluster, located 60 million light-years from Earth.
PIA18012:
The Clumping Behavior of Galaxies
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-22 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This April 6, 2014, image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows numerous landslides in the vicinity of where an impact crater was excavated in March 2012.
PIA18385:
Landslides Near Fresh Crater on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-22 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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The largest crater associated with a March 2012 impact on Mars has many smaller craters around it, revealed in this image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA18384:
Large, Fresh Crater Surrounded by Smaller Craters
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-22 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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These images from the Context Camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter were taken before and after an apparent impact scar appeared in the area in March 2012. Comparing the images confirms that fresh craters appeared during the interval.
PIA18383:
Before-and-After Views Confirm Fresh Craters
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-22 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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A large new crater, seen by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, appear slightly asymmetric in shape, and measures 159 x 143 feet (48.5 x 43.5 meters) in diameter, making it the largest new crater detected on Mars by MRO to date.
PIA18772:
Global Eyes on an Impact Prize
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-22 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This April 6, 2014, image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter was taken as a follow-up to discovery of a possible 2012 impact scar in images from the orbiter's Mars Color Imager. It reveals two craters within the darkened area (center of rectangle).
PIA18382:
Fresh Mars Crater Confirmed Within Impact Scar
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-22 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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The deep chasm that formed on the polar cap edge is identified as an area of strong down-slope winds and has a clear connection to Mars' largest dune field, Olympia Undae as observed by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA18771:
At the Edge of a Polar Cap
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-22 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This observation from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows an incredible diversity of ancient lava tubes and impact craters filled with sediment on the flank of Arsia Mons.
PIA18649:
The Busy Flank of Arsia Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-22 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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These two images taken one day apart by the MARCI weather camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reveal when an asteroid impact made the scar seen in the right-hand image.
PIA18381:
Best-Ever Pinning Down When a Space Rock Hit Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-22 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This March 20, 2014, image from the MARCI camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has a dark spot (at center of rectangle) noticed while the image was being examined for a weather report.
PIA18380:
Impact Scar Detected in Mars Weathercam Image
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-22 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Right past the sharp, but warped rim of this ancient impact crater are deposits of winter frost, which show up as blue in enhanced color as seen by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA18648:
What Gullies Can Say
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-22 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft show the dark marks left behind after the passage of a dust devil cover this region of Utopia Planitia.
PIA18257:
Utopia Planitia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-21 LDSD
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A saucer-shaped vehicle (part of NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) project) designed to test interplanetary landing devices hangs on a tower in preparation for launch at the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii.
PIA18011:
Before the Drop: Engineers Ready Supersonic Decelerator
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