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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-27 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
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This frame from a movie is a condensed version of NASA's Cassini spacecraft 44-hour approach to Titan. During the movie, the planet rotates about 40 degrees and the spacecraft's distance to the moon ranges from 1,800,000 to 700,000 kilometers.
PIA06137:
Close Encounter of a First Kind Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-27 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Composite Infrared Spectrometer
Imaging Science Subsystem
Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph
Visual and Infrared Spectrometer
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This frame from a computer animation shows the planned observations by NASA's Cassini spacecraft spanning roughly a two-day period surrounding its first very close approach to Titan.
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Titan Flyby Animation Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-27 Titan Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
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This animated gif of the south polar region of Titan was acquired over an 11.5-hour period on Oct. 23, 2004, as NASA's Cassini spacecraft approached its first close encounter with Saturn's smoggy moon.
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South Polar Cloud Animation Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-02 Earth Terra
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In the Arabian Sea, sunlight and nutrients has fueled a startling occurrence of colorful phytoplankton and bacterial assemblages, which is captured in these natural color images from NASA's Terra spacecraft October 2, 2004.
PIA04369:
Red Plankton in the Arabian Sea
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-09-29 Earth Terra
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These visualizations of Hurricane Jeanne on September 24, 2004 were captured by NASA's Terra spacecraft after the hurricane caused widespread destruction on Puerto Rico, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
PIA04368:
Hurricane Jeanne Cloud Height and Motion
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-09-27 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows
PIA06880:
Rotating for Even Sharper Images Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-09-12 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows
PIA05942:
Mars Global Surveyor: 7 Years in Orbit! Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-09-09 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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A small new found object, temporarily designated S/2004 S 3, has been seen orbiting Saturn's outer F ring. This is a frame from a movie sequence of 18 images taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft narrow angle camera on June 21, 2004.
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New Object in F ring Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-08-30 Earth Aqua
AIRS
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Born in the Atlantic, Hurricane Frances became a category 4 hurricane on August 31, 2004, as seen by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounding System (AIRS) on NASA's Aqua.
PIA00433:
Hurricane Frances as Observed by NASA's Spaceborne Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) - Total Water Vapor Time Series Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-08-18 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows winter clouds drifting across the skies at 'Endurance Crater' in Mars' Meridiani Planum.
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Cloudy Skies on Mars Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-08-16 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft continues to uncover new wonders within the Saturn system with its discovery of two new moons orbiting between Mimas and Enceladus.
PIA06105:
Cassini Uncovers New Moon Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-08-16 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft continues to uncover new wonders within the Saturn system with its discovery of two new moons orbiting between Mimas and Enceladus.
PIA06106:
Cassini Uncovers New Moons Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-07 Earth Terra
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Numerous fires occurred near the headwaters of the Xingu River and the Xingu Indigenous Peoples' Reserve in Mato Grosso, Brazil, during late June and early July, 2004, as seen by NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA04362:
Fire and Deforestation near the Xingu River
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-02 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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This image of Saturn's southern hemisphere taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft cameras shows a banded appearance due to winds, as well as dark cyclonic ovals.
PIA06083:
Saturn Movie Close-Up Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-01 Pan Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft has sighted tiny Pan, a body only 20 kilometers (12 miles) across. Pan is responsible for parting the Encke Gap in Saturn's outer A ring.
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Pan Found! Animation Icon
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ISS - Narrow Angle
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This image of Saturn's southern hemisphere taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft cameras shows a banded appearance due to winds, as well as dark cyclonic ovals.
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Saturn Movie Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-30 Atlas Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft has sighted the tiny moon Atlas, which is seen here for the first time since Voyager 1 flew past Saturn in 1980.
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Atlas Found! Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-29 Titan Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft piercing vision reveals a never-before-seen level of detail on Titan's surface as the moon executes nearly one complete rotation under the spacecraft's watchful gaze.
PIA06080:
As Titan Turns Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-15 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Hazcam
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This frame from an animation shows NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's 'dance' into 'Endurance Crater.' The rover drove forward, back, then forward again, bringing it five meters (16.4 feet) into the crater.
PIA06268:
Do the Hokey Pokey Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-15 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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'Cobra Hoods'
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'Cobra Hoods' Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-05-26 Earth Terra
MISR
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These images, from 8 April 2003 show that depending upon the position of the Sun, the solar power stations in California's Mohave Desert can reflect solar energy from their large, mirror-like surfaces directly toward one of NASA's Terra cameras.
PIA04359:
Sun Glint from Solar Electric Generating Stations
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-05-11 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Hazcam
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This image shows Spirit driving itself through the rocky terrain of Gusev Crater May 8, 2004, using its auto-navigation software. Halfway through the drive, the rover spotted a rock bigger than its wheels and drove around to the left.
PIA05877:
Spirit Takes the Helm Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-05-07 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the plains of the 'Columbia Hills' on Mars.
PIA05874:
Spirit's Plan for 'Columbia Hills'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-04-29 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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Animation software used by engineers for planning rover drives portrays the location of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity on April 26, 2004, at the successful completion of 90 sols of operating on Mars.
PIA05841:
Opportunity at Time of Full Mission Success
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-04-14 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Hazcam
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This image shows NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity digging a trench near the trough dubbed 'Anatolia' with its left front wheel on sol 73. It was taken by the rover's hazard-avoidance camera.
PIA05754:
Trenching the Trough Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-04-08 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Hazcam
Microscopic Imager
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In 90 martian days, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit performed a remarkable series of drives, digs and scientific investigations at Gusev Crater, Mars.
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90 Sols in 90 Seconds Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-04-02 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Hazcam
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its robotic arm to examine 'Bounce Rock' during the rover's 67th sol on Mars, April 1, 2004.
PIA05685:
At Work on "Bounce Rock" Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-26 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Hazcam
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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This image shows NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity brushing bright materials off a circular patch of the rock dubbed 'Mazatzal.' The freshly exposed rock was investigated by instruments on the rover's arm March 25, 2004.
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Spring Cleaning Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-26 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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Wind-blown clouds and haze high in Saturn's atmosphere are captured in this image taken by NASA's Cassini narrow angle camera in February 2004.
PIA05384:
High Winds Aloft on Saturn Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-19 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
Thermal Emission Imaging System
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This still from an animation shows the geography of Ma'adim Vallis, a valley or channel that enters Gusev Crater. The view of the crater is from the northwest, which is not the direction from which NASA's Spirit rover approached the crater as it landed.
PIA05590:
Ma'adim Vallis From the Top
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-15 Sedna Samuel Oschin Telescope
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This image shows the location of the newly discovered planet-like object, dubbed 'Sedna,' in relation to the rest of the solar system in 2004.
PIA05565:
Sedna Orbit Animation Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-12 Sol (our sun) Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover, Opportunity, shows the transit of Mars' moon Deimos across the Sun. Animation available at the Photojournal.
PIA05556:
Deimos Crosses Face of Sun Animation Icon
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Panoramic Camera
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover, Opportunity, shows the transit of Mars' moon Phobos across the Sun. Animation available at the Photojournal.
PIA05553:
Martian Moon Blocks Sun Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-09 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Microscopic Imager
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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This image shows a zoomed-in views of the rock dubbed 'Humphrey' following its successful grinding with NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's rock abrasion tool.
PIA05522:
Focus on "Humphrey" Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-27 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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This is a screenshot from a computer-generated visualization tool used by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity scientists to find the rover's best position for observing a target dubbed 'Last Chance' layered rock, on the far east end of the outcrop.
PIA05461:
Pre-Planning the "Last Chance"
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-26 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity watches a sunset on a martian afternoon. Rapid dimming of the Sun near the horizon is due to the dust in the sky. Dust in the martian atmosphere scatters blue light forward creating a'halo' of blueish sky color.
PIA05343:
The Sun Sets on Mars Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-24 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Hazcam
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows the trenching site dubbed 'Laguna Hollow' after it dug a trench 3 inches deep in the fine-grained soil lining the bottom of the shallow depression.
PIA05345:
Draped in the Rover's Shadow Animation Icon
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Hazcam
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit dug a trench in the fine-grained soil lining the bottom of the shallow depression dubbed 'Laguna Hollow.' A trench 3 inches deep was created after the rover dragged one of its wheels back and forth across the surface.
PIA05344:
Breaking Martian Ground Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-19 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Hazcam
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This image shows NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's arm exploring the trench the rover dug with one of its wheels. The arm holds a suite of scientific instruments designed to examine rocks and soil for signs of past water on Mars.
PIA05323:
Grooving in Trenchtown Animation Icon
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Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer
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This screenshot from a computer-generated animation shows NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's arm exploring the trench dug by one of its wheels. The rover's arm is designed to examine rocks and soil for signs of past water on Mars.
PIA05322:
Grooving in Trenchtown (computer animation)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-18 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Hazcam
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This image shows NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's digging a hole in the ground at Meridiani Planum, Mars. The rover scraped its front right wheel back and forth across the surface six times by rotating its whole body in place.
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Dragging Its Foot Animation Icon
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This image is a screenshot from a computer-generated animation showing the path NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity traveled.
PIA05310:
The Road Less Traveled
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This image is a screenshot from a computer-generated animation showing NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity trenching a hole in the sandy soil at Meridiani Planum, Mars.
PIA05309:
Opportunity Digs
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This image is a still from a computer-generated animation showing NASA's Mars Exploration Rover inspecting the rock dubbed Stone Mountain with its instrument deployment device, or arm.
PIA05269:
Inspector Gadget
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-12 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Hazcam
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The colored data are from NASA's Spirit's hazard-avoidance camera and have been reconstructed to show the topography of the land across the bumpy terrain at Gusev Crater, Mars/
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Mind of Its Own Animation Icon
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Hazcam
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This image was taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit during its approximately(69.6-foot drive across the pebbly ground at Gusev Crater, Mars, on Feb. 9, 2004.
PIA05267:
Strolling on Martian Ground Animation Icon
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Hazcam
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This image shows NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity as it drove north away from the lander and towards the eastern edge of the rock outcropping near its landing site at Meridiani Planum, Mars in 2004.
PIA05215:
Forging Ahead Animation Icon
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Hazcam
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This image shows NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity as it drove north away from the lander and towards the eastern edge of the rock outcropping near its landing site at Meridiani Planum, Mars in 2004.
PIA05214:
Rear View of Opportunity's Drive Animation Icon
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Microscopic Imager
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows soil at Meridiani Planum, Mars. The sandy soil is loosely packed.
PIA05213:
Now You See Them, Now You Don't Animation Icon
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Hazcam
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This image shows NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity as it drove north towards the eastern edge of the rock outcropping near its landing site at Meridiani Planum, Mars in 2004.
PIA05211:
Forging Ahead (linearized) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-30 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Hazcam
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This image taken at Meridiani Planum, shows NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's lander before and after it successfully tilted itself forward by hyperextending its rear lander petal downward.
PIA05169:
Opportunity Lowers for Egress (animation) Animation Icon
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Hazcam
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This image taken at Meridiani Planum, shows NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's wheels in their stowed configuration. As January 28, 2004, the rover had deployed its wheels and completed the first half of the stand-up process.
PIA05166:
A Higher Opportunity Animation Icon
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Telemetry sent down to Earth from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has been reconstructed to create a reenactment of the rover's final 30 seconds before landing at Gusev Crater, Mars. This image is a still from that movie.
PIA05129:
A Flyby Tour of Spirit's Descent Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-23 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Telemetry sent down to Earth from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has been reconstructed to create a reenactment of the rover's final 30 seconds before landing at Gusev Crater, Mars. Seconds before the rover landed, its airbags were inflated.
PIA05130:
A Flyby Tour of Spirit's Descent-2 Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-20 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Microscopic Imager
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit observes a patch of soil scientists examined at Gusev Crater just after Spirit rolled off the Columbia Memorial Station.
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Super Soil? Animation Icon
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Hazcam
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This still from an animation shows NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit heading toward its first rock target, a football-sized, mountain-shaped rock called Adirondack in 2004.
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Rover Takes a Sunday Drive Animation Icon
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Hazcam
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This still from an animation composed of four images taken by the front hazard-identification camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, shows the rover stretching out its robotic arm, or instrument deployment device.
PIA05089:
Spirit Reaches for Closer Look Animation Icon
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Hazcam
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This still from an animation strings together five different snapshots of the martian soil captured by the microscopic imager onboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. Each picture was taken from a different height.
PIA05090:
Snapshots of Martian Soil Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-14 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Hazcam
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This animation shows the view from the front hazard avoidance cameras onboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit as the rover turned 95 degrees clockwise.
PIA05068:
Continuing the Turn Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-14 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Hazcam
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This still from an animation shows the view from the rear hazard avoidance cameras on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit as the rover turned 95 degrees clockwise.
PIA05088:
Continuing the Turn-2 Animation Icon
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Hazcam
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This still from an animation shows the view from the front hazard avoidance cameras on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit as the rover turned 45 degrees clockwise. The turn took around 30 minutes to complete.
PIA05052:
Cutting the Cord-2 Animation Icon
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Hazcam
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This still from an animation shows the view from the front hazard avoidance cameras on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit as the rover turned 45 degrees clockwise. The turn took around 30 minutes to complete.
PIA05051:
Cutting the Cord Animation Icon
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Hazcam
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This image shows the view from the front hazard avoidance cameras onboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit before the rover begins a crucial 3-point turn to face in a west direction and roll off the lander.
PIA05050:
Rover Pre-Turn Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-11 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Hazcam
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Spirit, shows the rover is stowing and unstowing its robotic arm, or instrument deployment device. The device is designed to hold and maneuver the various instruments on board helped scientists get up-close and personal
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In and Out (Animation) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-10 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Hazcam
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover (MER), Spirit, shows deployment of the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's bogie, a part of the rover's suspension system that extends the wheel base.
PIA05040:
Spirit Stretches Out Animation Icon
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Hazcam
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover (MER), Spirit, shows the rover's wheels tucked under in pre-stand-up position in this image taken in January, 2004.
PIA05031:
Spirit Rises to the Occasion (Animation) Animation Icon
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Navigation Camera
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover (MER), Spirit, shows before and after its automated stand-up process. After standing up, the rover is approximately 12 inches higher off of the lander, resulting in a better view of the surrounding terrain.
PIA05032:
From Spirit's Perspective (Animation) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-11-18 Earth Jason-1
Altimeter
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This image from NASA's Jason-1 is a global map of sea surface height of the equatorial Pacific Ocean. The image represents data collected and composited over a 10-day period, ending on Nov. 3, 2003.
PIA04878:
A Mostly Quiet Pacific
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-09-18 Earth Terra
MISR
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Cloud-top radiance and height characteristics of Hurricane Isabel are depicted in these data products and animations from NASA's Terra spacecraft on September 7, 2003.
PIA04339:
Aspects of Hurricane Isabel
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-09-10 Earth Terra
MISR
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The extent, height, and amount of smoke originating from the B&B Complex Fires in central Oregon are captured in these September 4, 2003 views from NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA04338:
Smoke Plumes from the B&B Complex Fires, Oregon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-04-30 Earth Terra
MISR
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The height and motion of the ash and gas plume from the April 22, 2003, eruption of the Chikurachki volcano is portrayed in these views NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA04328:
Height and Motion of the Chikurachki Eruption Plume
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-03-12 Earth Terra
MISR
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On March 2, 2003, NASA's Terra spacecraft saw near-surface winds carrying a large amount of Saharan dust aloft and transported the material westward over the Atlantic Ocean.
PIA04322:
Casting Light and Shadows on a Saharan Dust Storm
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-12-21 GRACE
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Illustration of the twin Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites in orbit.
PIA04236:
Artist's Concept of Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-11-13 Earth Terra
MISR
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This anaglyph from the MISR instrument aboard NASA's Terra spacecraft captured the energetic eruption of Sicily's Mount Etna volcano on October 29, 2002. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA03733:
Multi-angle Portrayals of Mt. Etna's Plume
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-08-07 Earth Terra
MISR
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This montage is a natural-color view of the Caribbean Sea east of the Yucatan Peninsula as seen by NASA's Terra satellite.
PIA03719:
A Hard Look at Thin Clouds
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-07-05 Moon Ranger 9
TV Camera
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On March 24, 1965, a nationwide TV audience watched live video from Ranger 9 as it purposefully crashed into the Moon within the crater Alphonsus. Ranger's six cameras sent back more than 5800 video images during the last 18 minutes of its 3-day journey,
PIA03495:
Live from the Moon - Impact! Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-06-19 Earth Terra
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On June 10, 2002 the Moon obscured the central portion of the solar disk in a phenomenon known as an annular solar eclipse as NASA's Terra satellite flew over the Pacific.
PIA03712:
Darkened Skies over the Pacific
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-12-11 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows four pictures of pits formed in frozen carbon dioxide in Mars' polar cap.
PIA03179:
MOC Observes Changes in the South Polar Cap: Evidence for Recent Climate Change on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-11-14 Earth Terra
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A large tabular iceberg (42 kilometers x 17 kilometers) broke off Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica (75º S latitude, 102º W longitude) sometime between November 4 and 12, 2001, as seen by NASA's Terra satellite.
PIA03431:
Birth of a Large Iceberg in Pine Island Bay, Antarctica
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-10-22 Earth Terra
ASTER
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The nearly perfectly conical profile of Fuji, Japans highest mountain, soars 3,776 meters (12,388 feet) above sea level on southern Honshu, near Tokyo. This image was acquired by NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA11166:
Mt. Fuji, Japan Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-10-22 Earth Terra
ASTER
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NASA's Terra spacecraft captured this anaglyph image of Mt. St. Helens volcano in the Cascade Range of southwestern Washington; it erupted on 18 May 1980. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA11160:
Mt. St. Helens Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-09-13 Earth Terra
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These images of mixing waters and moving ships off the North Carolina Coast were acquired by NASA's Terra satellite on October 11, 2000 (Terra orbit 4344).
PIA03422:
Mixing Waters and Moving Ships off the North Carolina Coast
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-09-05 Earth Terra
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These images from NASA's Terra satellite are of the Central Valley and the Sierra Nevada Mountains showing several smoke plumes from wildfires burning throughout Northern California on August 13, 2001.
PIA03421:
A Panoramic View of the Emigrant Gap Fire, California
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-07-16 Jupiter Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
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This frame from a global movie of 70 days of Jupiter's cloud movements photographed by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows that zones of eastward and westward winds cover the planet virtually from pole to pole.
PIA03454:
70 Days of Jupiter Winds Animation Icon
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Imaging Science Subsystem
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Persistent polar storms and zonal winds on Jupiter can be seen in this magnified quadrant from a movie projecting images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft as if the viewer were looking down at Jupiter's north pole and the planet were flattened.
PIA03453:
Jupiter Polar Winds Movie Blowup Animation Icon
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Imaging Science Subsystem
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Bands of eastward and westward winds on Jupiter appear as concentric rotating circles in this frame from a movie composed of NASA Cassini spacecraft images that have been re-projected as if the viewer were looking down at Jupiter's north pole.
PIA03452:
Jupiter Polar Winds Movie Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-06-18 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows Mars at opposition and equinox.
PIA03229:
Mars Opposition and Equinox
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-05-31 Io Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
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During an eclipse of Jupiter's moon Io on January 1, 2001, NASA's Cassini spacecraft recorded glows from auroras and volcanoes on Io.
PIA03450:
Io Color Eclipse Movie Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-03-27 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
THEMIS
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This image is a single frame from a computer animation, which begins with a global view of the planet Mars compiled with images from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA03221:
Still From Odyssey Clip 3
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-03-27 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
THEMIS
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This image is a single frame from a computer animation, which begins with a global view of the planet Mars created from images by NASA's Mars Odyssey. Color is used to emphasize the Martian topographic, andesite, and basalt compositional differences.
PIA03220:
Still From Odyssey Clip 2
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-03-27 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
THEMIS
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This image is a single frame from a computer animation, which begins with a view of Mars created with images from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft in which color is used to emphasize the Martian topographic, andesite, and basalt compositional differences.
PIA03219:
Still From Odyssey Clip 1
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-02-05 Jupiter Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
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Glowing spots of hot lava and ethereal auroral emissions are highlighted against blackness in this sequence of 48 frames captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA02882:
Io in Eclipse, Movie Animation Icon
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Imaging Science Subsystem
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This brief movie clip (of which the release image is a still frame), taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft as it approached Jupiter, shows the motions, over a 16 hour-period, of two satellites embedded in Jupiter's ring.
PIA02872:
Satellite Rings Movie Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-12-28 Jupiter Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
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The frame from the first color movie of Jupiter from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows what it would look like to peel the entire globe of Jupiter, stretch it out on a wall into the form of a rectangular map, and watch its atmosphere evolve with time.
PIA02863:
Planetwide Color Movie Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-12-19 Jupiter Voyager
VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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This is a frame from the original Voyager 'Blue Movie' (so named because it was built from Blue filter images). It records the approach of NASA's Voyager 1 during a period of over 60 Jupiter days.
PIA02855:
Voyager 1 "Blue Movie" Animation Icon
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VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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During its 1979 flyby, NASA's Voyager 2 observed Io only from a distance. However, the volcanic activity discovered by Voyager 1 months earlier was readily visible.
PIA02857:
Io Rotation Movie Animation Icon
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VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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NASA's Voyager 2 observed Io on the far side of Jupiter in this set of images. This sequence of nine images was collected using the Green filter from about 1.2 million kilometers.
PIA02858:
Jupiter-shine' on Io Animation Icon
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Solid-State Imaging
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A simulated flyover of an area on Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede, based on images taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft, takes the viewer over rugged, ancient terrain that is interrupted by a bright icy swath of more recent surfacing.
PIA02583:
Arbela Sulcus Flyover Movie Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-12-12 Jupiter Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
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Jupiter's high-altitude clouds are seen in this still image made from seven frames taken by the narrow-angle camera of NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA02850:
Movie of High Clouds on Jupiter Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-11-21 Jupiter Cassini-Huygens
ISS - Narrow Angle
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The view is of the opposite side of the planet from Jupiter's Great Red Spot as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA02831:
Processed Movie of Zonal Jets Animation Icon
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