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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-21 Mars 2020 Rover
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Engineers use OPTIMISM, a full-size replica of NASA's Perseverance rover, to test how it will deposit its first sample tube on the Martian surface.
PIA25676:
Testing a Sample Drop in the Mars Yard
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-21 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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NASA's Perseverance rover deposited the first of several samples onto the Martian surface on Dec. 21, 2022, the 653rd Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
PIA25652:
Perseverance Deposits Its First Sample on the Martian Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-21 Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
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The Roman Coronagraph Instrument consists of two key sections, including the optical bench. Light from the telescope is directed through series of components that suppress light from a star while allowing the light from orbiting planets to pass through.
PIA25439:
Roman Coronagraph Optical Bench Assembly
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-21 Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
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The focal plane mask for the Roman Coronagraph Instrument, shown here, helps block starlight and reveal hidden planets. Each circular section contains carefully engineered, opaque obstructions designed to block starlight.
PIA25438:
Roman Coronagraph Focal Plane Mask
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-21 Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
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An engineer examines the fast steering mirror, part of the Coronagraph Instrument's optical bench. The mirror makes small movements that correct for slight wobbling of the Roman spacecraft.
PIA25437:
Roman Coronagraph Fast Steering Mirror
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-21 Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
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The filters on NASA's Roman Space Telescope Coronagraph Instrument's Color Filter Assembly each block all but a specific wavelength of light. Many of the filters appear dark in this photo because they are transparent only to infrared light.
PIA25436:
Roman Coronagraph Instrument Color Filter Assembly
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-21 Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
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Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are shown assembling the electrical palette for the Coronagraph Instrument.
PIA25435:
Engineers Assemble Electronics Layer on Roman Coronagraph Instrument
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-21 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Claritas Fossae, a graben filled highland located between the lava plains of Daedalia Planum and Solis Planum.
PIA25713:
Claritas Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-21 Mars InSight
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This is one of the last images ever taken by NASA's InSight Mars lander. Captured on Dec. 11, 2022, the 1,436th Martian day, or sol, of the mission, it shows InSight's seismometer on the Red Planet's surface.
PIA25680:
One of InSight's Last Images
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-20 NuSTAR
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A disk of hot gas swirls around a black hole in this illustration. The stream of gas is what remains of a star that was pulled apart by the black hole. A cloud of hot plasma above the black hole is known as a corona.
PIA25440:
A Black Hole Destroys a Star (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-20 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Ius Chasma, at the western end of Valles Marineris, south of Tithonium Chasma.
PIA25712:
Ius Chasma
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-19 Earth UAVSAR
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NASA's UAVSAR airborne radar instrument imaged Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano during three flyovers on Dec. 7, 8, and 10. This image captures lava flow thickness, which is one measure of the size of an eruption.
PIA25526:
Airborne NASA Radar Maps Mauna Loa Lava Changes in Hawaii
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-19 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows an unnamed channel located in Claritas Fossae. The channel flows from the highland of the fossae down into Icaria Planum.
PIA25711:
Claritas Fossae Channel
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-16 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows linear features, part of Mangala Fossae. Mangala Fossae are long linear depressions called a graben and were formed by extension of the crust and faulting.
PIA25650:
Mangala Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-15 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover used one of its navigation cameras to take this image of the location where three of its 10 sample tubes will be deposited.
PIA25679:
Three of Perseverance's Depot Locations
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-15 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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This map shows where NASA's Perseverance Mars rover will be dropping 10 samples that a future mission could pick up. The orange circles represent areas where a Sample Recovery Helicopter could safely operate to acquire the sample tubes.
PIA25678:
A Map of Perseverance's Depot Samples
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-15 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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The location where NASA's Perseverance will begin depositing its first cache of samples is shown in this image taken by the Mars rover on Dec. 14, 2022.
PIA25675:
Perseverance Views Depot in the Distance
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-15 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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Shown here is a representation of the 21 sample tubes that have been sealed to date by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover. Red dots indicate the locations where each sample was collected.
PIA25674:
A Map of Perseverance's Samples
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-15 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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This map shows the planned route NASA's Perseverance Mars rover will take across the top of Jezero Crater's delta in 2023. The rover's planned route is in black while the ground it already covered is in white.
PIA25673:
Map of Perseverance's Delta Top Campaign
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-15 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z camera to capture this enhanced color image of Hogwallow Flats on June 6, 2022.
PIA25672:
Perseverance's Mastcam-Z Views Hogwallow Flats
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-15 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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NASA's Perseverance rover used its Mastcam-Z camera to capture this enhanced color view of the eroded eastern edge of the delta within Mars' Jezero Crater on April 7, 2022.
PIA25671:
Mastcam-Z Views the Eastern Edge of Jezero's Delta
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-15 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z camera to capture this rocky hilltop nicknamed Rockytop on July 24, 2022, the 507th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
PIA25660:
Perseverance's Mastcam-Z Views Rockytop
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-15 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z camera to capture this image of Bettys Rock on June 23, 2022, the 477th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
PIA25656:
Perseverance's Mastcam-Z Views Bettys Rock
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-15 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover used its WATSON camera to view the texture of a rock nicknamed Bettys Rock on June 22, 2022, the 476th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
PIA25659:
Perseverance's WATSON Views Bettys Rock
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-15 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured this image of Bettys Rock using one of the rover navigation cameras on June 20, 2022, the 474th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
PIA25658:
Perseverance's Navcam Views Bettys Rock
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-15 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured this image of Bettys Rock using one of its front hazard cameras on June 20, 2022, the 474th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
PIA25655:
Perseverance Views Bettys Rock
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-15 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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This GIF shows NASA's Perseverance Mars rover collecting two samples of regolith – broken rock and dust – with a regolith sampling bit on the end of its robotic arm.
PIA25654:
NASA's Perseverance Rover Collects Regolith
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-15 Mars 2020 Rover
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This annotated image points out the various cameras aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover; the list on the right indicates how many images each camera has taken as of December 6, 2022.
PIA25653:
Perseverance's Cameras, Tallies of Their Images
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-15 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows three large aligned Tharsis volcanoes known as Arsia Mons, Pavonis Mons and Ascreaus Mons. There are collapse features on all three volcanoes, on the southwestern and northeastern flanks.
PIA25649:
Arsia Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-14 Jupiter Juno
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JunoCam, the color public engagement camera aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft, captured this sequence of images during its 46th close pass by the giant planet on September 29, 2022.
PIA25723:
Juno Offers a Window Seat for a Jupiter Flyby
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-14 Ganymede Juno
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JunoCam, the public engagement camera aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft, captured these views of Jupiter's moon Ganymede during a close pass on June 7, 2021.
PIA25721:
Juno Zooms in on Jupiter's Moon Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-14 Europa Juno
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The surface of Jupiter's moon Europa is shown in an image from the JunoCam color public engagement camera aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft. The data for this image was taken September 29, 2022.
PIA25696:
JunoCam Close-Up of Europa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-14 Europa Juno
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This view of Jupiter's icy moon Europa was captured by JunoCam, the public engagement camera aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft, during the mission's close flyby on Sept. 29, 2022.
PIA25695:
NASA's Juno Mission Captures Images of Europa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-14 Europa Juno
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NASA's Juno mission captured this view of Jupiter's intriguing, icy moon Europa during a close pass on September 29, 2022.
PIA25694:
Looking for Eruptions at Jupiter's Moon Europa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-14 Jupiter Juno
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This image of a jet in Jupiter's atmosphere was taken by the JunoCam public engagement camera aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft on May 23, 2022.
PIA25693:
JunoCam Captures a Northern Jet on Jupiter
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-14 Jupiter Juno
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Swirling clouds on Jupiter are shown in an image taken by the JunoCam public engagement camera aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft on Feb. 25, 2022.
PIA25691:
NASA's Juno Mission Captures Swirls in Jovian Storms
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-14 Ganymede Juno
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This animation illustrates how the magnetic field surrounding Jupiter's moon Ganymede interacts with and disrupts the magnetic field surrounding Jupiter.
PIA25724:
NASA's Juno Mission Explores the Magnetic Connection Between Jupiter and Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-14 Io Juno
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The volcano-laced surface of Jupiter's moon Io was captured in infrared by the Juno spacecraft's Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) imager on July 5, 2022.
PIA25698:
Jupiter's Moon Io Seen in Infrared Light
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-14 Jupiter Juno
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JunoCam took this image of Jupiter's northernmost cyclone (visible to the right along the bottom edge of image) on September 29, 2022.
PIA25692:
NASA's Juno Views Northern Cyclones on Jupiter
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-14 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of an unnamed crater in Aonia Terra.
PIA25648:
Crater Gullies
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-13 Mars 2020 Rover
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Students who have overcome academic challenges met NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Director Laurie Leshin, Daniel Zayas, Art Thompson, and other Mars team members at a Dec. 6, 2022 virtual You've Got Perseverance event.
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Virtual Meetup Honors You've Got Perseverance Awardees in December 2022
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-13 Mars 2020 Rover
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Students who have overcome academic challenges were honored on Dec. 6, 2022 at a virtual You've Got Perseverance event.
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NASA Mars Team Honors December 2022 You've Got Perseverance Awardees
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-13 Mars 2020 Rover
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During a Dec. 6, 2022 webinar, students who have overcome academic challenges were honored with personal messages from the Perseverance rover on Mars.
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NASA Honors December 2022 You've Got Perseverance Awardees
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-13 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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This video and audio show the results of NASA's Perseverance Mars rover using its SuperCam microphone to record the sounds of a Martian dust devil. The dust devil passed directly over Perseverance on Sept. 27, 2021.
PIA25657:
NASA's Perseverance Records a Martian Dust Devil
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-13 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Angustus Labyrinthus. Angustus Labyrinthus is a unique region near the south polar cap.
PIA25647:
Angustus Labyrinthus
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A model Sample Recovery Helicopter drives and positions itself over a sample tube during a test in the Mars Yard at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
PIA25320:
Sample Recovery Helicopter Model Gets a Test
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-12 Mars Science Helicopter
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A model of NASA's Mars Science Helicopter concept is shown in this photo. This helicopter concept is a more capable proposed follow-on to NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter.
PIA25661:
Model of Proposed Mars Science Helicopter
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-12 Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT)
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This illustration shows the SWOT satellite in orbit with sunlight glinting off one array of solar panels, as well as both KaRIn instrument antennas deployed.
PIA25595:
SWOT in Orbit (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-12 Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT)
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Members of the international SWOT mission test one of the antennas for the Ka-band Radar Interferometer (KaRIn) instrument in a clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
PIA25594:
SWOT KaRIn Antenna Test
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-12 Mars Mars Helicopter
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In this video, images from NASA's Mars Ingenuity Helicopter's Flight 9, which took place on July 5, 2021, have been post-processed to identify areas suitable for landing and enable the use of digital elevation maps to help navigate.
PIA25662:
Ingenuity's Hazard Avoidance Capability
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-12 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows sand dunes within Proctor Crater. These dunes are composed of basaltic sand that has collected in the bottom of the crater.
PIA25646:
Proctor Crater Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-12 Moon Lunar Flashlight
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This illustration shows NASA's Lunar Flashlight, with its four solar arrays deployed. The small satellite will take about three months to reach its science orbit to seek out surface water ice in the Moon's South Pole.
PIA25626:
Lunar Flashlight With Solar Arrays Deployed (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-09 Earth ARIA
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The NASA-supported ARIA project created this false-color map of ground movement resulting from the Mauna Loa volcano eruption in Hawaii. Surface displacements are depicted as colored fringes.
PIA25525:
Satellite Data Shows Ground Motion From Mauna Loa Volcano Eruption
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-09 Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT)
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The SWOT water-tracking satellite was encapsulated in its payload fairing on Dec. 8. It will now go atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in preparation for a launch targeting Dec. 15, 2022.
PIA25627:
SWOT Spacecraft Encapsulated in Payload Fairing
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-09 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a portion of Sirenum Fossae. The linear features are tectonic graben. Graben are formed by extension of the crust and faulting.
PIA25645:
Sirenum Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-08 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of the large sand sheet with surface dune forms on the floor of Charlier Crater in Terra Sirenum.
PIA25644:
Charlier Crater Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-07 Mars 2020 Rover
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Optimism, a full-scale replica of NASA's Perseverance Mars rover, tests a model of Perseverance's regolith bit in a pile of simulated regolith – broken rock and dust – at JPL.
PIA25651:
Testing Perseverance's Regolith Bit Here on Earth
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-07 Mars 2020 Rover
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The drill bits used by NASA's Perseverance rover are seen before being installed prior to launch. From left, the regolith bit, six bits used for drilling rock cores, and two abrasion bits.
PIA25590:
Perseverance's Drill Bits
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-07 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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Two holes are left in the Martian surface after NASA's Perseverance rover used a specialized drill bit to collect the mission's first samples of regolith on Dec. 2 and 6, 2022.
PIA25589:
Perseverance's First 2 Regolith Samples
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-07 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover took this image of regolith – broken rock and dust – on Dec. 2, 2022. This regolith will be considered for deposit on the Martian surface as part of the Mars Sample Return campaign.
PIA25588:
Perseverance's CacheCam Views a Regolith Sample
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-07 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Charitum Montes, the rugged highlands surrounding the southern part of Argyre Planitia.
PIA25643:
Charitum Montes Gullies
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-06 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Takawangha, a 1450 m stratovolcano on Tanaga Island, Alaska. The image was acquired September 13, 2021.
PIA25560:
Takawangha Volcano, Alaska
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-06 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows linear features which are tectonic graben. These graben are called Sirenum Fossae.
PIA25642:
Sirenum Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-05 Earth Aqua
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The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite detected volcanic sulfur dioxide (SOâ‚‚) plumes emanating from Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano, which started erupting Nov. 27, 2022.
PIA25562:
NASA's AIRS Instrument Tracks Volcanic Sulfur Dioxide Plume from Mauna Loa Eruption
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-05 Moon Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm)
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The 3D-printed titanium scoop of the Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm) robotic arm system is poised above a test bed filled with material to simulate lunar regolith (broken rocks and dust) at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
PIA25318:
Close-Up on COLDArm's Titanium 3D-Printed Scoop
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-05 Moon Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm)
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NASA's COLDArm combines several new technologies that allow it to operate in temperatures as cold as minus 280 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 173 degrees Celsius) without the use of energy-consuming heaters required by robotic arms on current spacecraft.
PIA25317:
NASA's COLDArm at Lunar Regolith Simulant Test Bed
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-05 Moon Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm)
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A JPL engineer examines the 3D-printed titanium scoop of NASA's Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm) robotic arm system. The arm is designed to function in frigid temperatures that would stymie current spacecraft.
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Testing NASA's Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-05 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a sand sheet with surface dune forms as well as smaller sand dunes within an unnamed crater in Noachis Terra.
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Crater Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-02 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows an unnamed region of fractures and graben, located south of Solis Planum, between Claitas Fossae and Coracis Fossae.
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Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-01 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a line of clouds over the south polar cap.
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South Polar Clouds
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-11-30 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows layering in the south polar cap. The layers are formed over thousands of years of seasonal change, reflecting ice and dust surface deposition.
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Polar Layers
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-11-29 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a large sand sheet with surface dune forms as well as smaller sand dunes within an unnamed crater in Noachis Terra.
PIA25632:
Crater Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-11-28 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a section of Tader Valles located in Terra Sirenum. Tader Valles is 200 km long (124 miles).
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Tader Valles
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-11-25 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Claritas Fossae, a graben filled highland, is located between the lava plains of Daedalia Planum and Solis Planum.
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Claritas Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-11-24 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Mangala Fossae. Fossae are long linear depressions called a graben and were formed by extension of the crust and faulting.
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Mangala Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-11-23 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Cavi Angusti, located near the south polar cap. It consists of large irregular steep-sided depressions termed cavi.
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Cavi Angusti
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-11-23 Europa Europa Clipper
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Engineers install a 2-foot-wide reaction wheel onto the main body of NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
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NASA's Europa Clipper Reaction Wheel in Process
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-11-23 Europa Europa Clipper
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Engineers and technicians work together to install reaction wheels on the underside of the main body of NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft, which is in its assembly, test, and launch operations phase.
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NASA's Europa Clipper: Reaction Wheel Installation
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-11-23 Europa Europa Clipper
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All four of the reaction wheels installed onto NASA's Europa Clipper are visible in this photo, which was shot from underneath the main body of the spacecraft while it is being assembled.
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NASA's Europa Clipper Reaction Wheels Installed
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-11-23 Europa Europa Clipper
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Engineers install 2-foot-wide reaction wheels onto the main body of NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft. The orbiter is in its assembly, test, and launch operations phase in preparation for a 2024 launch.
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NASA's Europa Clipper Gets Its Reaction Wheels
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-11-22 Orion Nebula Herschel Space Observatory
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This infrared image of the Orion Nebula features plenty of dust but no stars. In these infrared wavelengths, it's possible to see hot spots where new stars are forming, while unseen bright, massive stars have carved out caverns of empty space.
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Orion Nebula in Infrared
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-11-22 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a short section of Reull Vallis. Reull Vallis starts in Promethei Terra and empties into Hellas Plainitia.
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Reull Vallis
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-11-21 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows sand dunes within Proctor Crater. These dunes are composed of basaltic sand that has collected in the bottom of the crater.
PIA25616:
Proctor Crater Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-11-18 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small portion of the immense lava flows that originated from Arsia Mons.
PIA25615:
Daedalia Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-11-17 Jupiter Juno
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As NASA's Juno spacecraft sped low over the giant planet's cloud tops, on Nov. 29, 2021, its JunoCam instrument captured this look at two of Jupiter's largest moons.
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NASA's Juno Mission Spots Two Jovian Moons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-11-17 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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This image of Yori Pass was taken by a Hazcam imager aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover on November 5, 2022.
PIA25339:
Jezero Crater's Yori Pass
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-11-17 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of the south polar cap. Taken in summer, the CO2 (dry ice) cap shows the layering of ice and dust that formed over millions of years.
PIA25614:
South Polar Cap
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-11-16 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows two small landslide deposits within a crater.
PIA25613:
Landslides
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-11-15 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Claritas Fossae is a graben filled highland, located between the lava plains of Daedalia Planum and Solis Planum.
PIA25612:
Claritas Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-11-14 Mars Mars Helicopter
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This illustration depicts three different of models of NASA's solar-powered Mars helicopter.
PIA25338:
NASA's Mars Helicopters: Present, Future, and Proposed
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-11-14 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of a crater and its ejecta. Located in Noachis Terra, this impact crater is not the typical round shape.
PIA25611:
Out of Round
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-11-14 Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT)
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On June 27, 2021, teams from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the March Air Reserve Base, loaded the scientific heart of the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission into a C-17 airplane.
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SWOT Headed to France on C-17 Aircraft
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On June 27, 2021, teams from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the March Air Reserve Base, loaded the scientific heart of the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission into a C-17 airplane.
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SWOT Secured for Transport in C-17 Aircraft
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-11-14 Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT)
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This illustration shows the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite in orbit with its solar panels and KaRIn instrument antennas deployed.
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SWOT Orbiting Earth (Illustration)
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This illustration depicts the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite with solar arrays fully deployed.
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SWOT Satellite With Solar Arrays in Full View (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-11-14 Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT)
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This illustration shows the SWOT satellite, which will use the Ka-band Radar Interferometer (KaRIn) instrument to measure the height of water in lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and ocean.
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SWOT Above Earth (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-11-14 Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT)
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The SWOT satellite, shown in this illustration, will use the Ka-band Radar Interferometer (KaRIn) to measure the height of water in lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and ocean.
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SWOT in Orbit With View of KaRIn Instrument (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-11-14 Earth Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT)
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This animation, created in 2012, shows the increasing clarity and detail of measurements of sea height made by successive satellite altimeters launched by NASA and other agencies over the past four decades.
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SWOT Satellite will Improve Clarity and Detail of Sea Height Measurements
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-11-11 Eagle Nebula Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)
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The dusty face of the Eagle Nebula and its surroundings are revealed in this image based on data from NASA's Wide Field Survey Explorer (WISE).
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The Eagle Nebula Observed by WISE
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-11-11 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small portion of the immense lava flows that originated from Arsia Mons.
PIA25610:
Daedalia Planum
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