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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-29 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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These mosaics of the south pole of Saturn's moon Titan, made from images captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken almost one year apart, show changes in dark areas that may be lakes filled by seasonal rains of liquid hydrocarbons.
PIA11147:
Changes in Titan's Lakes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-29 Titan Cassini-Huygens
 Imaging Science Subsystem
Radar Mapper
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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These updated maps of Saturn's moon Titan, consisting of data from NASA's Cassini imaging science subsystem, include Cassini's August 2008 imaging of the moon's northern hemisphere.
PIA11146:
Maps of Titan - January 2009
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-28 Spitzer Space Telescope
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This figure charts 30 hours of observations taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope of a strongly irradiated exoplanet (an planet orbiting a star beyond our own). Spitzer measured changes in the planet's heat, or infrared light.
PIA11390:
Light from Red-Hot Planet
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-09 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft monitored the migration of sand dunes in the Bodele depression of northern Chad from at various times from one month to 6.5 years
PIA11752:
Bodele Sand Dunes, Chad
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-08 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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A Change of Seasons at Phoenix Site
PIA11751:
A Change of Seasons at Phoenix Site
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-30 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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As Saturn advances its orbit toward equinox and the sun gradually moves northward on the planet, the motion of Saturn's ring shadows and the changing colors of its atmosphere continue to transform the face of Saturn as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11141:
Saturn ... Four Years On
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-17 Moon Chandrayaan-1
 Moon Mineralogy Mapper
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Different wavelengths of light provide new information about the Orientale Basin region of the moon in a composite image taken by NASA's Moon Mineralogy Mapper, a guest instrument aboard the Indian Space Research Organization's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft.
PIA11727:
NASA's Moon Mineralogy Mapper
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-15 Titan Cassini-Huygens
 Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This infrared projection map of Titan was composed from images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, visual and infrared mapping spectrometer.
PIA11701:
Infrared Map of Titan's Active Regions
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-15 Titan Cassini-Huygens
 Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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Change is detected on Saturn's moon Titan, in these three composite images from data taken during flybys in October 2005, January 2006 and March 2006 by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA11700:
Titan's Chilly Volcanoes?
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-15 Mercury MESSENGER
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Five of Five: The Last Scene in a High-resolution Color Mosaic
PIA11765:
Five of Five: The Last Scene in a High-resolution Color Mosaic
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-15 Mars Phoenix
 Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
Thermal and Electrical Conductivity Probe
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This image taken by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows the lander's Thermal and Electrical Conductivity Probe, at the end of the Robotic Arm, on July 11, 2008.
PIA11721:
Conductivity Probe Inserted in Martian Soil, Sol 46
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-15 Mars Phoenix
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This graph presents simplified data from overnight measurements by the Thermal and Electrical Conductivity Probe on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander from noon of the mission's 70th Martian day, or sol, to noon the following sol (Aug. 5 to Aug. 6, 2008).
PIA11711:
Overnight Changes Recorded by Phoenix Conductivity Probe
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-13 Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO)
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Artist's concept of NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory.
PIA11449:
Artist's Concept of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-13 Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO)
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This image is an artist's concept of NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory.
PIA11448:
Artist's Concept of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-10 Spitzer Space Telescope
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This artist's concept based on data from NASA's Spitzer shows the dimmest star-like bodies currently known -- twin brown dwarfs referred to as 2M 0939. The twins, which are about the same size, are drawn as if they were viewed close to one of the bodies.
PIA11447:
Not-So-Bright Bulbs (Artist Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-04 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Periodic Layering in Becquerel Crater, Mars
PIA11443:
Periodic Layering in Becquerel Crater, Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-11-25 Prometheus Cassini-Huygens
 ISS - Narrow Angle
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft spied Saturn's moon, Prometheus, one of the F ring shepherds, orbiting between the A and F rings. The F ring shows a kink near Prometheus, due to the moon's gravitational effect.
PIA10520:
Prometheus Brings Change to the F Ring
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-11-19 Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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Out of more than 30 sites considered as possible landing targets for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, by November 2008 four of the most intriguing places on Mars rose to the final round of the site-selection process.
PIA11432:
Four Finalist Landing Site Candidates for Mars Science Laboratory
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-11-17 Earth Terra
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Byrd Glacier is a major glacier in Antarctica; it drains an extensive area of the polar plateau and flows eastward between the Britannia Range and the Churchill Mountains to discharge into the Ross Ice Shelf. This image is from NASA's Terra satellite.
PIA11419:
Byrd Glacier, Antarctica
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-11-12 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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NASA's MARCI acquires a global view of the red planet and its weather patterns every day. This image was taken on Nov. 3, 2008 by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA11418:
MRO MARCI Weather Report for the week of 3 November 2008 – 9 November 2008 Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-11-03 Earth Terra
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Three weeks after Hurricane Ike came ashore near Galveston, TX, residents returned to find their houses in ruins. Images were acquired by NASA's Terra satellite on September 28, right, and August 15, 2006, left.
PIA11394:
Aftermath of Hurricane Ike along Texas Coast
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-31 Mercury MESSENGER
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A Movie of MESSENGER's Observations of Mercury's Exosphere
PIA11415:
A Movie of MESSENGER's Observations of Mercury's Exosphere Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-14 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
 ISS - Wide Angle
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Seasonal twilight is approaching for Saturn's south polar vortex—the giant hurricane-like storm swirling around the planet's southern pole. The image was taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera on Aug. 27, 2008.
PIA10490:
Change of Season
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-10 Mercury MESSENGER
 MDIS - Narrow Angle
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MESSENGER Observes Arecibo
PIA11359:
MESSENGER Observes Arecibo
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-09 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
 ISS - Wide Angle
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Four moons huddle near Saturn's multi-hued disk. Titan, Janus, Mimas, and Prometheus are captured in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Oct. 26, 2007.
PIA10487:
Many Colors, Many Moons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-30 Mars Phoenix
 MECA
Robotic Arm
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This image from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows a strongly magnetic surface which had scavenged particles from within the microscope enclosure before a sample delivery from the lander's Robotic Arm.
PIA11204:
Microscope Image of Scavenged Particles
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-30 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
 ISS - Wide Angle
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Saturn's high north is a seething cauldron of activity filled with roiling cloud bands and swirling vortices. This image was taken with NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera on Aug. 25, 2008.
PIA10480:
Saturn's Active Atmosphere
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-24 Earth OSTM/Jason-2
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This image shows mean sea-level anomaly data from NASA's OSTM/Jason-2 for the period July 21, 2008, to July 31, 2008.
PIA11197:
Newest Ocean-Observing Satellite Records Recent Sea Level Changes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-23 OSTM/Jason-2
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An artist's concept of the Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason 2 Earth satellite.
PIA18158:
Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason 2 (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-05 Earth ISS EarthKam
 Electronic Still Camera
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This highly oblique image shot over northwestern part of the African continent captures the curvature of the Earth and shows its atmosphere as seen by NASA's EarthKAM. You can see clouds and even the occasional thunderhead.
PIA11066:
Oblique Shot of Earth
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-04 Earth ISS EarthKam
 Electronic Still Camera
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This image from NASA's EarthKAM is of the northern end of the Persian Gulf and the broad delta complex of the Tigris, Euphrates, Shatt al Arab, and Karun rivers has captured the arid-looking wetlands of northeast Kuwait (Bubiyan Island).
PIA11021:
The Persian Gulf and the Delta of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, Kuwait, Iraq, and Iran
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-08-21 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
 ISS - Narrow Angle
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This high-resolution view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, taken on July 21, 2008, shows incredible detail within a spiral density wave within Saturn's A ring.
PIA10452:
Structure in the Spiral
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-08-19 Mercury MESSENGER
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Mapping a Volcano
PIA11013:
Mapping a Volcano
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-08-13 Earth Aqua
 AIRS
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Hurricane Isabel isotherms as the storm moved across the Atlantic Ocean in September, 2003, from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) on NASA's Aqua satellite.
PIA11032:
Hurricane Isabel Isotherms Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-08-06 Mercury MESSENGER
 MDIS - Narrow Angle
MDIS - Wide Angle
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A Closer Look at Albedo and Color Variations on Mercury
PIA11024:
A Closer Look at Albedo and Color Variations on Mercury
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-08-04 Mars Phoenix
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The Canadian Meteorological Station on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander tracked some changes in daily weather patterns over the first 61 Martian days of the mission (May 26 to July 22, 2008), a period covering late spring to early summer on northern Mars.
PIA11003:
Sixty-One Martian Days of Weather Monitoring
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-07-31 Earth Jason-1
 Altimeter
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Data from NASA's Jason satellite shows warming water and melting land ice have raised global mean sea level 4.5 centimeters (1.7 inches) from 1993 to 2008. But the rise is by no means uniform.
PIA11002:
Portrait of a Warming Ocean and Rising Sea Levels:
Trend of Sea Level Change 1993-2008
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-07-29 Mars Phoenix
 Robotic Arm Camera (RAC)
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This image of 'Snow Queen,' was taken by the Robotic Arm Camera (RAC) aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander.
PIA11000:
'Snow Queen' Animation Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-07-23 Earth Terra
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The Yolla Bolly Complex Wildland Fire was started on June 21, 2008 by a lightning strike. This image was acquired by NASA's Terra spacecraft. The burned area is charcoal-colored, surrounding forest and vegetation is red. Smoke is light blue-gray.
PIA10975:
Yolla Bolly Complex Wildland Fire
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-30 Earth Terra
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Fires near Big Sur, Calif., continued to burn unchecked when the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument on NASA's Terra satellite captured this image on Sunday, June 29, 2008.
PIA10925:
Fires Burning near Big Sur, California
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-27 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
 ISS - Wide Angle
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New hues are creeping into Saturn's northern cloud bands as winter gives way to spring there captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08415:
Saturn ... Four Years Later
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-29 Cassiopeia A Spitzer Space Telescope
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This composite image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the remnant of a star that exploded, called Cassiopeia A (center) and its surrounding 'light echoes' -- dances of light through dusty clouds, created when stars blast apart.
PIA10725:
Dance of the Light Echoes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-23 Earth Terra
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Nuuk (or Gadthab) is the capital and largest city of Greenland. It is located at the mouth of the Nuup Kangerlua inlet on the west coast of Greenland. This image was acquired August 2, 2004 by NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA11080:
Nuuk, Greenland
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-15 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
 Shallow Subsurface Radar (SHARAD)
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What Lies Below a Martian Ice Cap
PIA10652:
What Lies Below a Martian Ice Cap
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-14 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Rover shows the north polar region of Mars is surrounded by a large sea of dark sand dunes that become covered by seasonal carbon dioxide frost.
PIA12112:
Polygons, Crater Layers, and Defrosting Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-14 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
 ISS - Narrow Angle
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The sharp change in brightness that runs diagonally across the center of this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Apr. 7, 2008, represents the boundary between Saturn's C and B rings.
PIA09901:
On the Border
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-12 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the southern hemisphere of Mars featuring a band of clouds that marks the edge of a dust storm.
PIA10339:
Storm Clouds
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-04-28 Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX)
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Since its launch five years ago, the Galaxy Evolution Explorer has photographed hundreds of millions of galaxies in ultraviolet light. M106 is one of those galaxies, 22 light years away.
PIA10600:
Galaxy Evolution Explorer Celebrates Five Years in Space
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-04-22 Earth Jason-1
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One of the strongest La Niñas in many years is slowly weakening but continues to blanket the Pacific Ocean near the equator, as shown by sea-level height data collected by NASA's U.S.-French Jason oceanographic satellite.
PIA10377:
Larger Pacific Climate Event Helps Current La Niña Linger
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-04-04 Earth Terra
 ASTER
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On the night of March 25, 2008, the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer instrument on NASA's Terra satellite captured these thermal infrared images of Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island. Kilauea was active at two locations.
PIA10365:
Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Belches a Toxic Brew
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-03-27 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
 ISS - Wide Angle
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft observes the swirling features in Saturn's northern cloud bands. Ring-cast shadows darken the planet's northern hemisphere at increasingly lower latitudes.
PIA09867:
Flowing Cloud Bands
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-03-26 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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New structure, density and composition measurements of Enceladus' water plume were obtained when NASA's Cassini spacecraft's Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph observed the star zeta Orionis pass behind the plume Oct. 24, 2007, as seen in this image.
PIA10354:
Stellar Data on Plume Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-03-20 Titan Cassini-Huygens
 Radar Mapper
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This graphic and animation depicts a cross-section of the Saturnian moon Titan. The assumption that Titan contains an internal ocean was generated from data gleaned NASA's Cassini Synthetic Aperture Radar during 19 separate passes over Titan.
PIA10243:
An Ocean Runs Through It Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-03-12 Earth Aqua
 AIRS
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The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder instrument onboard NASA's Aqua satellite shows mean carbon monoxide at 500 millibar, September 22-29, 2002 AIRS Mean Carbon Monoxide at 500 Millibar, September 22-29, 2002.
PIA10241:
AIRS Mean Carbon Monoxide at 500 Millibar, September 22-29, 2002
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-03-06 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
 ISS - Narrow Angle
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Prometheus shines brightly in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, taken on Jan. 22, 2008, as part of the ongoing campaign to precisely determine the orbits of Saturn's small moons.
PIA09852:
Orbit Quest
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-03-03 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Amazingly, this image has captured at least four Martian avalanches, or debris falls, in action. It was taken on February 19, 2008, by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA10245:
Caught in Action: Avalanches on North Polar Scarps
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-02-01 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
 ISS - Wide Angle
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As seasons change on Saturn, and sunlight creeps farther north, the region surrounding the north pole is steadily coming to light. This image was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera on Jan. 2, 2008.
PIA09828:
Coming to Light
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-12-24 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
 ISS - Wide Angle
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Saturn in NASA's Cassini era has proved to be an unexpectedly colorful place, compared to the browns and golds imaged by the two Voyager spacecraft.
PIA08396:
The Painted Globe
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-12-12 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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This image was taken with NASA's Cassini Magnetospheric Imaging Instrument's ion and neutral camera, showing Saturn's dynamic 'ring current,' which is an invisible ring of energetic ions trapped in the magnetic field of the planet.
PIA10095:
Saturn's "Ring Current" Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-12-12 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Like Earth, Saturn has an invisible ring of energetic ions trapped in its magnetic field. This feature is known as a 'ring current.' This ring current has been imaged with a special camera on NASA's Cassini's sensitive to energetic neutral atoms.
PIA10094:
Saturn's "Ring Current"
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-12-12 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows a portion of Syrtis Major Planum. There are several windstreaks with the classic dark rim/bright interior appearance.
PIA10069:
Windstreaks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-12-11 Earth GRACE
 K-Band Ranging System
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This visualization of a gravity model was created with data from NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment and shows variations in the gravity field across Africa and Europe.
PIA12104:
Global Gravity: Africa and Europe
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-12-11 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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NASA's CRISM onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows Mars' seasonal caps consist of frozen carbon dioxide mixed with smaller amounts of water ice frost and dust.
PIA10137:
Carbon-Dioxide Frost Settling from Seasonal Outbursts on Mars (Movie) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-11-21 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows a crater located in near Sirenum Fossae and some of the modification of the crater may be related to the tectonic activity that created the fossae system.
PIA10054:
Crater Modification
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-11-08 Earth Terra
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The October 2007 wildfires, including the Witch Wildland fire, plagued southern California and were some of the worst on record. Image from NASA's Terra satellite.
PIA10112:
Witch Wildland Fire, California
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-11-07 Earth Jason-1
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The tropical Pacific Ocean remains in the grips of a cool La Niña, as shown by data of sea-level heights from mid-October of 2007, collected by NASA's U.S-French Jason altimetric satellite.
PIA10110:
La Niña Persists
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-10-25 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows the eastern end of Valles Marineris on Mars. The terrain changes dramatically from broad chasms to immense regions of chaotic blocks.
PIA10035:
Aurorae Chaos
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-10-12 Titan Cassini-Huygens
 ISS - Narrow Angle
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A hazy orb hangs in space, swathed in its dense cocoon of frigid atmosphere. Titan's global, detached, high-altitude haze layer is visible in this image captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA09748:
The Smog-bound Moon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-10-09 Io New Horizons
 LEISA
LORRI
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A global map of Jupiter's moon Io derived from eight images taken by the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) on the New Horizons spacecraft, as it passed Jupiter on its way to Pluto in late February 2007.
PIA10099:
Changes on Io
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-10-09 Iapetus Cassini-Huygens
 Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft made a close flyby of Saturn's moon Iapetus on Sept. 10, 2007, and the visual and infrared mapping spectrometer obtained these images showing surface composition and particle size.
PIA10010:
Tiny Grains on Iapetus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-10-09 Iapetus Cassini-Huygens
 ISS - Narrow Angle
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The slim crescent of Iapetus looms before NASA's Cassini spacecraft as it approaches the mysterious moon on Sept 10, 2007.
PIA08376:
Approaching Iapetus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-09-20 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Layered Ice Deposits near North Pole of Mars (False Color)
PIA10003:
Layered Ice Deposits near North Pole of Mars (False Color)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-09-04 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra satellite captured this image of fires in southern Greece.
PIA09969:
Fire in Southern Greece
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-08-31 Earth Terra
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On July 21, 2007, the world's most active volcano, Kilauea on Hawaii's Big Island, produced a fissure eruption from the Pu'u O'o vent, which fed an open lava channel and lava flows toward the east. This image is from NASA's Terra satellite.
PIA09968:
Lava Flow at Kilauea, Hawaii
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-08-07 Earth Terra
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On August 7, 2007, the Zaca fire continued to burn in the Los Padres National Forest near Santa Barbara, California. This image is from NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA02158:
Zaca Fire
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-07-03 Earth Terra
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Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts are now dwarfed by Hanscom Air Force Base between them. NASA's Terra satellite acquired this image in October 2006,
PIA09699:
Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-06-28 Earth Terra
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A destructive forest fire broke out June 24, 2007 near South Lake Tahoe, Calif. This image was acquired by NASA's Terra on June 27, 2007.
PIA09698:
Fire near South Lake Tahoe, California
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-06-12 Earth Terra
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A devastating mudslide in the world-renowned Geyser Valley on the Kamchatka Peninsula virtually obliterated the natural wonder, forcing the emergency evacuation of visitors and national park personnel. This image was acquired by NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA09603:
Geyser Valley on the Kamchatka Peninsula
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-05-02 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows a map of a far-northern site on Mars indicating the change in nighttime ground-surface temperature between summer and fall.
PIA09336:
Depth-to-Ice Map of a Southern Mars Site Near Melea Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-05-02 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
 THEMIS
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows a map of a far-northern site on Mars indicating the change in nighttime ground-surface temperature between summer and fall.
PIA09335:
Depth-to-Ice Map of an Arctic Site on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-05-01 Io New Horizons
 LORRI
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Tvashtar Movie
PIA09357:
Tvashtar Movie Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-05-01 Io New Horizons
 LORRI
Solid-State Imaging
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Io Surface Changes
PIA09355:
Io Surface Changes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-05-01 Jupiter New Horizons
 LORRI
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Best Color Image of Jupiter's Little Red Spot
PIA09341:
Best Color Image of Jupiter's Little Red Spot
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-04-30 Earth Terra
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One of the most volcanically active regions of the world is the Kamchatka Peninsula in eastern Siberia, Russia. It is not uncommon for several volcanoes to be erupting at the same time. NASA's Terra satellite acquired this image on April 26, 2007
PIA09334:
Volcanic Eruptions in Kamchatka
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-04-27 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Rover spied these spider-like formations, likely caused as carbon dioxide ice changes from a solid to a gas; the gas moves through channels until it reaches the surface and vents out.
PIA12113:
South Polar Spiders on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-04-25 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Southern Spring
PIA09668:
Southern Spring
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Alluvial Fan Along a Crater Wall
PIA09666:
Alluvial Fan Along a Crater Wall
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-04-23 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows Mars' south polar image and its variety of surface textures.
PIA09277:
Texture Changes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-04-18 Rosette Nebula Spitzer Space Telescope
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This image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is of the Rosette nebula, a turbulent star-forming region located 5,000 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros.
PIA09268:
Infrared Rose Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-04-18 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Dissected Mantled Terrain
PIA09661:
Dissected Mantled Terrain
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-04-18 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Dust Fans on the Seasonal Carbon Dioxide Polar Cap
PIA09660:
Dust Fans on the Seasonal Carbon Dioxide Polar Cap
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-04-09 Callisto New Horizons
 LORRI
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Capturing Callisto
PIA09258:
Capturing Callisto
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-04-02 Jupiter New Horizons
 LORRI
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LORRI Takes an Even Closer Look at the Little Red Spot
PIA09253:
LORRI Takes an Even Closer Look at the Little Red Spot
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-04-02 Jupiter New Horizons
 LORRI
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The Little Red Spot: Closest View Yet
PIA09247:
The Little Red Spot: Closest View Yet
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-04-02 Jupiter New Horizons
 LORRI
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A 'Moving' Jupiter Global Map (Animation)
PIA09242:
A 'Moving' Jupiter Global Map (Animation) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-03-14 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Monitoring South Polar Cap Swiss-Cheese Terrain Change
PIA09625:
Monitoring South Polar Cap Swiss-Cheese Terrain Change
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-03-02 Earth Jason-1
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Data of sea-level heights from early February, 2007, by NASA's Jason altimetric satellite show that the tropical Pacific Ocean had transitioned from a warm (El Niño) to a cool (La Niña) condition during the prior two months
PIA09208:
Pacific Shows Signs of Morphing From Warm El Nino To Cool La Nina
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-03-01 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Dark and sharply defined ring shadows appear to constrict the flow of color from Saturn's warmly hued south to the bluish northern latitudes as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08360:
Tourniquet Shadows
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-03-01 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
 ISS - Wide Angle
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The giant planet is a moody world whose disposition appears to change with he view. Its atmosphere rages with thunderous and hurricane-like storms. Its majestic rings spin a tale of ancient collisions and cataclysm
PIA08347:
The Lore of Saturn
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-02-21 Spitzer Space Telescope
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This artist's concept, based on spectral observations from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and Spitzer Space Telescope, shows a cloudy Jupiter-like planet that orbits very close to its fiery hot star.
PIA09200:
Exotic Atmospheres (Artist Concept) Animation Icon
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