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Add Image to Favorite List 2025-07-22 NISAR
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The NISAR satellite was encapsulated in its fairing at ISRO's Satish Dhawan Space Centre on July 18, 2025, in preparation for launch no earlier than July 30, 2025.
PIA26611:
NISAR Encapsulated in Payload Fairing at ISRO Launch Site
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Add Image to Favorite List 2025-07-03 Earth NISAR
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NISAR will track wetland flooding to study how these carbon-rich ecosystems are reacting to climate change. It will generate images like this one from an airborne radar that flew over Peru in 2013.
PIA26112:
Radar Image of Amazonian Flooding Similar to Future NISAR Imagery
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Add Image to Favorite List 2025-06-12 NISAR
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NISAR made the two-day trip from the ISRO Satellite Integration and Test Establishment (ISITE) in Bengaluru. It arrived on May 16 at the agency's launch facility, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, where it was unpacked.
PIA26500:
NISAR Arrives at Indian Launch Site
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Add Image to Favorite List 2025-06-06 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Arsia Mons, an ancient Martian volcano, was captured before dawn on May 2, 2025, by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter while the spacecraft was studying the Red Planet's atmosphere.
PIA26557:
THEMIS Views Mars' Arsia Mons Volcano
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Add Image to Favorite List 2025-05-30 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Magee Marsh Wildlife Area, located in northwest Ohio along the shores of Lake Erie.
PIA26622:
Magee Marsh Wildlife Area, Ohio
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Add Image to Favorite List 2025-05-12 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Mackinac Island, Michigan, a small island off the northern coast of Lake Huron.
PIA26621:
Mackinac Island, Michigan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2025-05-01 Sky SPHEREx
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This video shows SPHEREx's field of view as it scans across one section of sky inside the Large Magellanic Cloud, with rainbow colors representing the infrared wavelengths the telescope's detectors see.
PIA26351:
SPHEREx Scans the Sky
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Add Image to Favorite List 2025-04-29 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Hutt Lagoon, an elongate lake, located in a dune swale adjacent to the coast of the Indian Ocean, in the mid west region of Western Australia.
PIA26510:
Hutt Lagoon, Australia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2025-04-24 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this view looking back down at the floor of Gale Crater from its location on Mount Sharp on Feb. 7, 2025.
PIA26551:
Curiosity Looks Downslope From the Sulfate Unit
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Add Image to Favorite List 2025-04-10 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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Sealing the Green Gardens sample, collected by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover, presented an engineering challenge. The sample was finally sealed on March 2, 2025.
PIA26529:
'Green Gardens' Sample in Tube
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Add Image to Favorite List 2025-04-07 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Heard, a remote volcanic island located in the southern Indian Ocean. It is an Australian Territory.
PIA26509:
Heard Volcano, Australia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2025-04-01 Sky SPHEREx
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NASA's SPHEREx, which will map hundreds of millions of galaxies across the entire sky, captured one of its first exposures March 27, 2025.
PIA26280:
First Images From NASA's SPHEREx
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Add Image to Favorite List 2025-03-24 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Runnymede meadow, a short drive from Windsor, England, west of London, near the Thames.
PIA26508:
JFK Memorial, Runnymede Meadow, England
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Add Image to Favorite List 2025-03-12 NISAR
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NISAR will use synthetic aperture radar to offer insights into change in Earth's ecosystems, including its agricultural lands. The spacecraft, depicted here in an artist's concept, will launch from India.
PIA26496:
NISAR in Orbit Over Northeastern India (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2025-03-11 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Charleston, the largest city in South Carolina, with almost 1 million people.
PIA26507:
Charleston, SC
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Add Image to Favorite List 2025-02-24 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Taal Volcano in the Philippines, about 50 km south of Manila. It is the second most active volcano in the country, with 38 recorded historic eruptions.
PIA26506:
Taal Volcano, Philippines
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Add Image to Favorite List 2025-02-13 Lunar Trailblazer
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NASA's Lunar Trailblazer approaches the Moon as it enters its science orbit in this artist's concept.
PIA26457:
NASA's Lunar Trailblazer in Moon's Orbit (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2025-02-11 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Nevada's only lithium-producing site, in Clayton Valley, Nevada.
PIA26505:
Clayton Valley, NV
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Add Image to Favorite List 2025-02-10 Earth InSAR
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Researchers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) analyzed vertical land motion along the California coast between 2015 and 2023. They detailed where land is sinking.
PIA25530:
Map of California Subsidence and Uplift
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Add Image to Favorite List 2025-01-30 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the continuing eruption of Kilauea volcano, Hawaii, on January 18.
PIA26504:
Halemaumau, Kilauea Hawaii
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Add Image to Favorite List 2025-01-28 Io Juno
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Images of Io captured in 2024 by the JunoCam imager aboard NASA's Juno show significant and visible surface changes near the Jovian moon's south pole.
PIA26526:
Three Views of Io's Southern Hemisphere
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Add Image to Favorite List 2025-01-21 NISAR
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NISAR will use synthetic aperture radar to offer insights into change in Earth's solid surfaces, including the Antarctic ice sheet. The spacecraft, depicted here in an artist's concept, will launch from India.
PIA26493:
NISAR in Orbit Over Antarctica (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2025-01-06 NISAR
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NISAR will offer insights into Earth's constantly changing land and ice surfaces using synthetic aperture radar technology. The spacecraft, depicted here in an artist's concept, will launch from India.
PIA26492:
NISAR in Orbit Over Antarctica (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2025-01-06 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Mayotte, a volcanic island in the Comoros archipelago between the eastern coast of Africa and the northern tip of Madagascar.
PIA26503:
French Overseas Territory of Mayotte, Indian Ocean
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-12-20 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Barra Island Eoligarry Airport, located in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, U.K.
PIA26502:
Barra Airport, Outer Hebrides, U.K.
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-12-19 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This pair of images shows the Martian surface captured by NASA's Curiosity rover using its Mars Descent Imager (MARDI) camera on Nov. 7, 2024, the 4,357th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
PIA26516:
MARDI Peeks Under Curiosity
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-12-17 Earth SWOT
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Data from the SWOT satellite was used to calculate average water levels for lakes and reservoirs in the Ohio River Basin from July 2023 to November 2024.
PIA26188:
Ohio Basin Lakes Water Levels
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-12-16 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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NASA's InSight Mars lander acquires the same reddish-brown hue as the rest of the planet in a set of images from 2018 to 2024 that were captured by the agency's MRO HiRISE camera.
PIA26515:
HiRISE Studies the Dust on InSight
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-12-12 Io Juno
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The Stellar Reference Unit (SRU) on NASA's Juno spacecraft collected this visible wavelength image of Io's night side while the surface was illuminated by Jupiter-shine on April 4, 2024.
PIA26524:
NASA's Juno Sees Changes at Masubi
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-12-12 Io Juno
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NASA's Juno spacecraft captured these images showing surface changes at Nusku Patera (center in each sub-figure) on Jupiter's moon Io.
PIA26488:
Surface Changes at Nusku Captured by NASA's Juno
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-12-12 Io Juno
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This global map of Jupiter's moon Io shows the volcanic activity and other surface changes detected by the JunoCam instrument.
PIA26486:
Surface Changes on Io
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-12-11 Mars Mars Helicopter
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This graphic depicts the most likely scenario for the hard landing of NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter during its 72nd and final flight on Jan. 18, 2024.
PIA26482:
Ingenuity's Hard Landing
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-11-29 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Craters of the Moon National Monument, located in southern Idaho in the Snake River Plain.
PIA26501:
Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-11-15 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Eastern Black Sea region on the slopes of the Pontic mountain range, in Turkey.
PIA26450:
Pontic Range, Turkey
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-10-31 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Nyamulagira volcano, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, continuing eruptive activity since July 2024.
PIA26449:
Nyamulagira Volcano, Democratic Republic Congo
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-10-25 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Klamath River in California and Oregon.
PIA26448:
Klamath River, OR and CA
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-10-25 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Humboldt, or La Corona, Glacier in the Andes, Venezuela.
PIA26447:
Humboldt Glacier, Venezuela
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-10-23 NISAR
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A container holding NISAR's radar antenna reflector is loaded into NASA's C-130 cargo plane at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County, California, on Oct. 15, 2024.
PIA26419:
NISAR Radar Antenna Reflector Loaded for Return to India
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-09-27 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Araxa mine in southern Brazil which produces more than 80% of the world's Niobium.
PIA26395:
Araxa Mine, Brazil
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-09-11 Lunar Trailblazer
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NASA's Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft sits in a clean room in August 2024 after undergoing environmental testing at Lockheed Martin Space in Littleton, Colorado.
PIA26390:
NASA's Lunar Trailblazer Deploys Its Solar Arrays After Testing
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-08-30 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. The terracotta army, was buried nearby.
PIA26394:
Terra Cotta Army, China
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-08-14 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This map shows the route NASA's Perseverance Mars rover will take (in blue) as it climbs the western rim of Jezero Crater.
PIA26374:
Perseverance's Climb to 'Witch Hazel Hill'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-08-07 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Tofua Island, in the central part of the Tonga Islands group, the summit of a large stratovolcano that contains a 5-km-wide caldera.
PIA26393:
Tofua Island, Tonga Islands
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-07-19 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Mount Mabu in northern Mozambique, famous for its old-growth rain forest.
PIA26392:
Mount Mabu, Mozambique
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-07-19 Earth 1654x1578x3
The location of Earth's spin axis moved about 30 feet (10 meters) between 1900 and 2023, as shown in this animation.
PIA26120:
Meandering Path of Earth's Spin Axis
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-07-18 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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While exploring Gediz Vallis channel in May, NASA's Curiosity captured this image (Figure C) of rocks that show a pale color near their edges. When groundwater leaks into rocks along fractures, it causes chemical reactions that change the color.
PIA26366:
Curiosity Views Rocks With 'Halos'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-06-27 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the small island of Handa, off Scotland's northwest coast.
PIA26391:
Handa Island, Scotland
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-06-27 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter captured this single image of Olympus Mons, the tallest volcano in the solar system, on March 11, 2024.
PIA26305:
Odyssey's THEMIS Views Olympus Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-06-26 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
 Navigation Camera (M2020)
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Imagery captured by a navigation camera aboard NASA's Perseverance rover shows the position of a cover on the SHERLOC instrument. The cover became stuck in January but the rover team has found a way to address the issue for continued operation.
PIA26339:
Checking the Cover on Perseverance's SHERLOC
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-06-21 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows an eruption that began on March 2, 2024 at Fernandina Volcano, Galapagos.
PIA26326:
Fernandina Volcano, Galapagos
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-06-10 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured streaks and specks using one of its navigation cameras just as particles from a solar storm arrived on the Martian surface. These artifacts are caused by energetic particles hitting the camera's image detector.
PIA26302:
Curiosity Sees Streaks and Specks During 2024 Solar Storm
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-05-30 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Salin-de-Giraud, a major center of salt production on the right bank of the Rhone River in southern France.
PIA26325:
Salin-de-Giraud, France
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-05-21 Earth Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment (PREFIRE)
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One of the two shoebox-size CubeSats that make up NASA's PREFIRE mission sits on a table at Blue Canyon Technologies. The company built the satellite bus and integrated the JPL-provided thermal infrared spectrometer instrument.
PIA26186:
PREFIRE CubeSat Image
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-05-21 Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
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This graphic shows a test of the Roman Coronagraph Instrument. At left, starlight leaks into the field of view when fixed components are used. The middle and right images show more starlight being removed as moveable components are engaged.
PIA26279:
Roman Coronagraph Digging the Dark Hole
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-05-15 Earth Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment (PREFIRE)
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This artist's concept depicts one of two PREFIRE CubeSats in orbit around Earth. The NASA mission will measure the amount of far-infrared radiation the planet's polar regions shed to space.
PIA26185:
PREFIRE CubeSat in Earth Orbit (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-04-30 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Dinosaur Provincial Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site east of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
PIA26290:
Dinosaur Provincial Park, Canada
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-04-26 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia and home to over half the country's population of about 3 million people.
PIA26289:
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-03-29 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this panorama using its left black-and-white navigation camera on Feb. 1, 2024. The panorama is made up of 10 images that were stitched together after being sent back to Earth.
PIA26247:
Curiosity Looks Back Down the Slope
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-03-29 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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After arriving at Gediz Vallis channel, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this 360-degree panorama using one of its black-and-white navigation cameras on Feb. 3, 2024.
PIA26246:
Curiosity Arrives at Gediz Vallis Channel
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-03-29 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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The steep path NASA's Curiosity Mars rover took to reach Gediz Vallis channel is indicated in yellow in this visualization made with orbital data.
PIA26241:
Curiosity's Route to Gediz Vallis Channel (Rendering)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-03-29 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the March 16, 2024, volcanic eruption in Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula.
PIA26288:
March 2024 Iceland Eruption
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-03-26 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows some of the tallest star dunes (or pyramid dunes), over 100 meters high, located in the Erg Chebbi sand sea in southeast Morocco.
PIA26287:
Star Dunes, Morocco
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-03-21 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the small town of Orce in the heart of the high plateau of Grenada in southern Spain.
PIA26286:
Orce, Spain
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-02-27 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Smith Island, located in the Gulf of California, just off the eastern shore of Mexico's Baja Peninsula.
PIA26284:
Smith Island, Gulf of California
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-02-26 Asteroid Deep Space Network (DSN)
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The day before asteroid 2008 OS7 made its close approach with Earth on Feb. 2, 2024, this series of images was captured by the powerful 230-foot (70-meter) Goldstone Solar System Radar antenna near Barstow, California.
PIA26149:
NASA's Planetary Radar Images Slow-Spinning Asteroid 2008 OS7
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-02-20 NISAR
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This artist's concept depicts NISAR in orbit over central and Northern California.
PIA26285:
NISAR Satellite in Earth Orbit (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-02-15 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows volcanic activity near the town of Grindavik, Iceland on January 14, 2024.
PIA26283:
Grindavik, Iceland Eruption
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-01-29 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Rupganj, Bangladesh, one of the top 3 fastest growing cities in the world between 2000 and 2020. The population increased from 76,000 to 482,000.
PIA26282:
Rupganj, Bangladesh
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-01-11 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Rinjani Caldera in Indonesia.
PIA26281:
Rinjani Caldera, Indonesia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-12-14 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Badwater Basin in Death Valley, California, after Hurricane Hilary (August, 2023) dropped a year's worth of rain in a single day.
PIA26197:
Badwater, Death Valley
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-28 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This unusual view of the horizon of Mars was captured by NASA's Odyssey orbiter using its THEMIS camera, in an operation that took engineers three months to plan.
PIA26203:
Odyssey's THEMIS Views the Horizon of Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-10 Mars Mars Helicopter
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NASA's Ingenuity helicopter captured this view on Nov. 3, 2023, of its parking spot during Mars solar conjunction – a period when the Sun is between Earth and Mars, limiting communications.
PIA26050:
Ingenuity's View of Sand Going Into Conjunction
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-06 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this 360-degree panorama using its black-and-white navigation cameras, or Navcams, at a location where it collected a sample from a rock nicknamed Sequoia. The panorama was captured on Oct. 21 and 26, 2023.
PIA26047:
Curiosity's Navcams View the Area Around 'Sequoia'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-03 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows a severe drought in the Amazon is disrupting transportation, isolating communities and putting wildlife at risk.
PIA26196:
Amazon Drought
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-27 Earth NISAR
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This composite uses data from two Japanese L-band SAR missions to reveal land-cover change in Brazil's Xingu River basin between 1996 and 2007.
PIA26111:
Composite of Brazil's 'Arc of Deforestation' Shows Imagery NISAR Will Produce
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-18 Earth Sentinel-6/Jason-CS
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The maps in the animation show sea levels in the Pacific Ocean during early October of 1997, 2015, and 2023, in the run up to El Niño events.
PIA26099:
Comparing Sea Level During El Niño Events
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-18 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Mar Menor, in southeast Spain. It is Europe's largest coastal saltwater lagoon.
PIA26009:
Mar Menor, Spain
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-13 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the southwestern margin of Orcus Patera.
PIA26160:
Dark Slope Streaks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-03 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Cydonia Mensae.
PIA26152:
Cydonia Mensae - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-02 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows linear depressions, part of Nili Fossae.
PIA26151:
Nili Fossae - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-29 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the western half of Jezero Crater. The Perserverance Rover is located in this part of the crater.
PIA26140:
Jezero Crater - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-28 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Gale Crater. Gale Crater is the home of the Curiosity Rover.
PIA26139:
Gale Crater - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-27 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Terra Sabaea, in the region between Nili Fossae and Isidis Planitia.
PIA26138:
Terra Sabaea - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-26 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Lunae Planum.
PIA26137:
Lunae Planum - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-25 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows linear depressions, part of Nili Fossae.
PIA26136:
Nili Fossae - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-22 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a section of Bahram Vallis.
PIA26135:
Bahram Vallis - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-21 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of the floor of Firsoff Crater.
PIA26134:
Firsoff Crater - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-20 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of northern Terra Sabaea.
PIA26133:
Terra Sabaea - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-19 VERITAS
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Members of the international VERITAS science team prepare for lidar (Light Detection and Ranging) imaging of rocks in Iceland. Lidar measurements of rocky terrain can provide information about the material, such as surface roughness.
PIA25839:
VERITAS Scientists Study Rocky Terrain in Iceland
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-19 VERITAS
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Members of the VERITAS science team descend a slope to new rock formed from a recent flow of lava during their Iceland field campaign in early August, 2023. The team used the volcanic landscape as a Venus analog to test radar technologies and techniques.
PIA25838:
VERITAS Mission Uses Iceland as Venus Stand-in
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-19 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows linear depressions, part of Nili Fossae.
PIA26132:
Nili Fossae - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-18 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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The route NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has taken while driving through the lower part of Mount Sharp is shown as a pale line here. Different parts of the mountain are labeled by color.
PIA26042:
Curiosity's Path to Gediz Vallis Ridge and Beyond
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-18 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Terra Sabaea.
PIA26131:
Terra Sabaea - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-15 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a cross section of Pavonis Mons, including part of the summit caldera.
PIA26130:
Pavonis Mons Summit - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-14 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of the flank of Arsia Mons.
PIA26129:
Arsia Mons Flank - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-13 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Oyama Crater. Located in Arabia Terra near Mawrth Vallis, Oyama Crater is 101km (63 miles) in diameter.
PIA26128:
Oyama Crater - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-12 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Terra Sabaea.
PIA26127:
Terra Sabae - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-11 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Channeled Scablands in Washington, formed about 19,000 years ago when glacial Lake Missoula in Montana burst through its ice dam, and a 320 m deep lake emptied in a catastrophic flood that reached the Pacific Ocean.
PIA26008:
Channeled Scablands, Washington
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-11 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows high altitude ice clouds.
PIA26126:
Ice Clouds - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-08 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small portion of Tempe Fossae. The linear features are tectonic graben.
PIA26125:
Tempe Fossae - False Color
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