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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-01-08 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Cuatro Cienegas Basin, in the northern Mexican state of Cohuilla.
PIA23535:
Cuatro Cienegas Basin, Mexico
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-12-27 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows pits on the south polar cap. The terrain has the appearance of a slice of swiss cheese, giving rise to the informal name.
PIA23615:
Swiss Cheese - False Color
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.968 MB)     JPEG (171.3 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-12-26 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of the south polar cap. The cap was created over millions of years with deposition of ice and dust during different seasons.
PIA23614:
South Polar Ice - False Color
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.987 MB)     JPEG (106.1 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-12-23 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Harris crater and an unnamed crater.
PIA23611:
Harris Crater - False Color
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.248 MB)     JPEG (123.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-12-16 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows that the Mississippi River continually evolves and changes course over time.
PIA23534:
Mississippi River
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-11-27 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on August 8, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows layered sediments on the floor of eastern Coprates Chasma in Valles Marineris, the grandest canyon on Mars.
PIA23583:
Layered Sediments in Valles Marineris
Full Resolution:     TIFF (15.56 MB)     JPEG (1.212 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-11-27 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on July 8, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows spring in the Northern Hemisphere of Mars.
PIA23581:
Polygonal Patterns Highlighted by Frost
Full Resolution:     TIFF (15.56 MB)     JPEG (1.276 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-11-26 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Anti-Atlas Mountains of Morocco, formed as a result of the collision of the African and Eurasian tectonic plates about 80 million years ago.
PIA23533:
Anti-Atlas Mtns., Morocco
Full Resolution:     TIFF (42.1 MB)     JPEG (2.67 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-11-20 Jason-CS
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The Sentinel-6A spacecraft sits in its clean room in Germany's IABG space test center, being prepared for a scheduled launch in November 2020 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
PIA23549:
Sentinel-6A in Its Clean Room
Full Resolution:     TIFF (40.08 MB)     JPEG (1.59 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-11-14 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Sichuan Basin, in the northeast Sichuan province of China, surrounded by mountains on all sides and drained by the Yangtzee River.
PIA23532:
Sichuan Basin, China
Full Resolution:     TIFF (18.25 MB)     JPEG (1.613 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-11-07 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Olympia Undae, a vast dune field in the north polar region of Mars.
PIA23539:
Olympia Undae
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.796 MB)     JPEG (424.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-11-05 Earth 1440x960x3
The image shows the decline of moisture in the air over the Amazon rainforest.
PIA23425:
New Study Shows Atmosphere in the Amazon Drying Out
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-10-31 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Okata, a small village of about 3,000 residents in northwest Japan.
PIA23531:
Okata, Japan
Full Resolution:     TIFF (5.314 MB)     JPEG (352.6 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-10-21 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Los Volcanes Natural Park on Lanzarote in the Spanish Canary Islands. It is serving as a training ground to prepare for the next mission to the Moon and Mars.
PIA23526:
Lanzarote, Spanish Canary Islands
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-10-16 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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The HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter got its best view yet of the InSight lander on September 23, 2019.
PIA23376:
The Best View of InSight
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-10-15 Earth ARIA
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NASA's ARIA team, along with the Earth Observatory of Singapore, created this map showing damage from Typhoon Hagibis, which struck southwest of Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2019.
PIA23424:
New ARIA Map Shows Damage from Typhoon Hagibis
Full Resolution:     TIFF (13.95 MB)     JPEG (960.9 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-10-09 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Wajid Aquifer in Saudi Arabia.
PIA23490:
Wadi Al Dawasir, Saudi Arabia
Full Resolution:     TIFF (20.35 MB)     JPEG (1.282 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-09-19 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Mozu Tombs, a group of megalithic tombs in Sakai, Japan, in the Osaka Plain.
PIA23460:
Mozu Tombs, Japan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-09-19 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image, acquired on July 9, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a 45-meter-diameter crater that formed sometime between October 2010 and May 2012 in so-called 'brain' terrain on Mars.
PIA23477:
Subliming Ice
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-09-19 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image, acquired on May 31, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a small crater, just seven meters across, was created on Mars sometime between April 2018 and January 2019.
PIA23476:
A New Crater on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-09-18 Earth ECOSTRESS
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NASA's ECOSTRESS imaged Hurricane Dorian's temperature on Sept. 6, 2019 as the storm made landfall in North Carolina. Red colors represent warmer temperatures and purple/blue colors represent cooler temperatures.
PIA23422:
NASA Images Hurricane Dorian's Temperature from Space
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-09-12 Jupiter Juno
JunoCam
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NASA's Juno spacecraft shows Jupiter's iconic Great Red Spot, a storm that has been raging since at least the 1800s.
PIA23436:
A Storm of Change
Full Resolution:     TIFF (94.07 MB)     JPEG (2.045 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-09-05 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Salar de Atacama (Atacama salt flats) in Chile's Atacama Desert. It receives 2 mm rain per year.
PIA23420:
Salar de Atacama, Chile
Full Resolution:     TIFF (5.488 MB)     JPEG (250 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-08-23 Earth Aqua
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This time series shows carbon monoxide associated with fires from the Amazon region in Brazil from Aug. 8-22, 2019.
PIA23356:
NASA's AIRS Maps Carbon Monoxide from Brazil Fires
Full Resolution:     TIFF (879.2 kB)     JPEG (63.62 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-08-20 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Phoenix, the capital and most populous city in Arizona.
PIA23411:
Phoenix, AZ
Full Resolution:     TIFF (28.57 MB)     JPEG (2.744 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-08-20 Earth GRACE-FO
Microwave Ranging Instrument
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NASA's GRACE-FO shows that almost all of Greenland continued to lose mass in May 2019 as the ice sheet continues to melt.
PIA23340:
Changes in Mass, Greenland
Full Resolution:     TIFF (6.486 MB)     JPEG (458.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-08-20 Earth GRACE-FO
Microwave Ranging Instrument
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NASA's GRACE-FO shows North America was almost entirely above its long-term average in mass in May 2019, due to Midwestern flooding, with the runoff raising the Great Lakes to record levels.
PIA22840:
Changes in Mass, North America
Full Resolution:     TIFF (6.842 MB)     JPEG (582.4 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-08-07 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the top of Mauna Kea Volcano, Big Island of Hawaii, where the Mauna Kea Observatories, with thirteen telescopes, are located.
PIA23339:
Mauna Kea volcano, Hawaii
Full Resolution:     TIFF (8.003 MB)     JPEG (372.9 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-07-24 Mars 2020 Rover
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The electricity for NASA's Mars 2020 rover is provided by a power system called a Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator, or MMRTG.
PIA23305:
Power for Mars 2020
Full Resolution:     TIFF (79.73 MB)     JPEG (3.289 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-07-17 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Panguna copper ore deposit, discovered in 1969 in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea.
PIA23338:
Panguna Copper Deposit, Papua New Guinea
Full Resolution:     TIFF (12.5 MB)     JPEG (678 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-07-12 Earth ARIA
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NASA's ARIA team produced this map of earthquake damage in Southern California from the recent temblors in July, 2019.
PIA23354:
NASA's ARIA Team Maps California Quake Damage
Full Resolution:     TIFF (15.93 MB)     JPEG (1.011 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-07-09 1773x1028x3
This image shows a satellite view of the Morandi Bridge in Genoa, Italy, prior to its August 2018 collapse.
PIA23149:
Satellite Data Can Be Used to Spot Failing Infrastructure
Full Resolution:     TIFF (5.47 MB)     JPEG (440.1 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-07-01 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Raikoke volcanic island, near the center of the Kuril Islands in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean.
PIA23326:
Raikoke Island, Kuril Islands
Full Resolution:     TIFF (19.62 MB)     JPEG (623.5 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-06-13 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows this enhanced-color image mosaic of Daphnis, one of the moons embedded in Saturn's rings.
PIA23167:
Embedded Moons Sculpt Saturn's Rings
Full Resolution:     TIFF (7.24 MB)     JPEG (557.1 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-05-23 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Lake St. Clair connects Lake Huron, via the St. Clair River, to Lake Erie, via the Detroit River.
PIA23234:
Lake St. Clair, US and Canada
Full Resolution:     TIFF (33.91 MB)     JPEG (1.468 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-04-29 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows on the border between Mongolia and China, southward draining ephemeral streams have carved a series of parallel channels.
PIA23196:
Alluvial Fan, China and Mongolia
Full Resolution:     TIFF (12.95 MB)     JPEG (734.2 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-04-24 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of the rim of an unnamed crater in Terra Cimmeria.
PIA23185:
Crater Gullies
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.575 MB)     JPEG (351.5 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-04-15 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Cape Horn, the southernmost point of the Tierra Del Fuego archipelago of Southern Chile.
PIA23118:
Cape Horn, Chile
Full Resolution:     TIFF (12.19 MB)     JPEG (534.4 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-04-12 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft obtained this ASTER image on April 10, 2019, of Peru's Sabancaya stratovolcano.
PIA23143:
NASA's ASTER Images Sabancaya Volcano
Full Resolution:     TIFF (8.687 MB)     JPEG (443.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-04-03 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
HiRISE
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This image acquired on January 19, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows the rapid changes in the south polar residual cap of carbon dioxide ice.
PIA23103:
Dramatic Changes over the South Polar Cap
Full Resolution:     TIFF (15.56 MB)     JPEG (1.161 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-03-28 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Lake Karakul in northeast Tajikistan, a hypersaline lake with no external drainage, receiving less than 3 cm precipitation per year.
PIA23102:
Lake Karakul, Tajikistan
Full Resolution:     TIFF (26.71 MB)     JPEG (1.209 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-03-20 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows layering in the south polar cap.
PIA23083:
Polar Layers
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.494 MB)     JPEG (309.2 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-03-14 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Atlantic Ocean Road, an 8.3 kilometer road that runs through an archipelago in Eide and Averoy in More of Romsdal, Norway.
PIA23096:
Atlantic Ocean Road, Norway
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.36 MB)     JPEG (110.5 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-03-04 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on December 11, 2018 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a surface texture of interconnected ridges and troughs, referred to as 'brain terrain', found throughout the mid-latitude regions of Mars.
PIA23077:
The Slow Charm of Brain Terrain
Full Resolution:     TIFF (15.56 MB)     JPEG (1.528 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-03-04 Sol (our sun) SDO
Atmosphere Imaging Assembly
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NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows that the Sun has gone an entire month without any sunspots (Feb. 1-18, 2019).
PIA21218:
Spotless February Animation Icon
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.689 MB)     JPEG (190.5 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-02-26 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the relative highlands of Arabia Terra near Chryse Plainitia.
PIA23053:
Chryse Planitia - False Color
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.335 MB)     JPEG (125 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-02-21 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Potrillo volcanic field, located on the Rio Grande Rift in southern New Mexico.
PIA23065:
Potrillo Volcanic Field, New Mexico
Full Resolution:     TIFF (17.48 MB)     JPEG (997.1 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-02-19 InSight
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This artist's concept shows NASA's InSight lander with its instruments deployed on the Martian surface. Several of the sensors used for studying Martian weather are visible on its deck.
PIA22957:
InSight Collecting Mars Weather Data (Artist's Concept)
Full Resolution:     TIFF (4.839 MB)     JPEG (256.7 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-02-14 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a dune field on a crater floor in Terra Cimmeria. Dunes at high latitudes - near the polar caps - are affected by seasonal frost and ice.
PIA23035:
High Latitude Dunes
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.14 MB)     JPEG (167.5 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-02-07 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Luxor, a city in Upper Egypt, along the Nile. It is the site of the ancient Egyptian city of Waset, known to the Greeks as Thebes.
PIA23060:
Luxor, Egypt
Full Resolution:     TIFF (4.069 MB)     JPEG (308.9 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-02-06 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the after image, acquired Feb. 1, 2019, of a dam burst at a Brazilian iron ore mine.
PIA22824:
NASA's ASTER Shows Brazilian City After Dam Disaster
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.987 MB)     JPEG (176.7 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-01-30 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows an unnamed crater in Terra Cimmeria has both a sand sheet with dune forms and a multitude of dust devil tracks.
PIA23024:
Dunes and Dust Devils
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.692 MB)     JPEG (249.5 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-01-23 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Severnaya Zemlya, an archipelago in the Russian high Arctic. It was first charted in 1930.
PIA23018:
October Revolution Island, Russia
Full Resolution:     TIFF (28.69 MB)     JPEG (1.255 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-01-17 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft obtained this ASTER image on Dec. 22, 2018, of Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano which erupted and partially collapsed.
PIA22821:
ASTER Images Post-eruption Anak Krakatau Volcano
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.844 MB)     JPEG (64.95 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-01-17 Jupiter Juno
JunoCam
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This image of Jupiter's turbulent southern hemisphere was captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft as it performed its most recent close flyby of the gas giant planet on Dec. 21, 2018.
PIA22942:
Juno's Latest Flyby of Jupiter Captures Two Massive Storms
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.466 MB)     JPEG (96.12 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2019-01-08 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the largest building in the world located at the Boeing factory in Everett, Washington.
PIA23000:
Boeing Plant, Everett WA
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.63 MB)     JPEG (147.1 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2018-12-21 Earth Terra
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This mosaic was created from thumbnail browse images of data from NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA22979:
ASTER Global Mosaic
Full Resolution:     TIFF (7.881 MB)     JPEG (746.2 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2018-12-13 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the 2018 Kilauea, Hawaii eruption that began in May on Kilauea's East Rift Zone.
PIA22899:
2018 Kilauea East Rift Zone Eruption
Full Resolution:     TIFF (6.123 MB)     JPEG (272.4 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2018-12-11 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on November 3, 2018 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows Asimov Crater, located in the southern ancient highlands of Mars.
PIA22898:
The Eastern Slope of Asimov Crater's Central Pit
Full Resolution:     TIFF (15.56 MB)     JPEG (1.327 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2018-12-11 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
HiRISE
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This image acquired on September 30, 2018 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows slope streaks which are small avalanches of dust and sand from the hillsides.
PIA22897:
Slope Streaking
Full Resolution:     TIFF (5.191 MB)     JPEG (859.4 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2018-12-10 Voyager Interstellar Mission
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This set of graphs illustrates how data from two key instruments -- the plasma science experiment and cosmic ray subsystem -- point to NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft entering interstellar space, or the space between the stars, in November 2018.
PIA22923:
Several Signs Pointing to Interstellar Space
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-12-10 Voyager Interstellar Mission
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This image shows a set of graphs illustrating the drop in electrical current detected in three directions by Voyager 2's plasma science experiment (PLS) to background levels.
PIA22922:
Changes in the Plasma Environment in Three Directions
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.391 MB)     JPEG (134.6 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2018-12-04 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Saint Croix, a district of the U.S. Virgin Islands, in the Caribbean Sea.
PIA22894:
St. Croix, US Virgin Islands
Full Resolution:     TIFF (8.784 MB)     JPEG (453.6 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2018-12-03 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft obtained this ASTER image of Guatemala's Fuego volcano on Nov. 24, 2018, following a recent eruption.
PIA22820:
NASA's ASTER Captures Lava Flow, Ash from Guatemala Volcano
Full Resolution:     TIFF (29.07 MB)     JPEG (1.594 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2018-11-27 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
HiRISE
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This image acquired on August 20, 2018 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows remnants of a deposit, composed of dry ice layered together with dust and water ice, that form the south polar residual cap.
PIA22870:
The Changing Ice Cap of Mars
Full Resolution:     TIFF (15.17 MB)     JPEG (775.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2018-11-19 Earth ARIA
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The ARIA team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory created this updated Damage Proxy Map (DPM) image depicting areas of Northern California that are likely damaged as a result of the Camp Fire.
PIA22819:
Updated ARIA Map of CA Camp Fire Damage
Full Resolution:     TIFF (21.68 MB)     JPEG (3.068 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2018-11-13 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Carajas Mine, the largest open-pit iron ore mine in the world. It is located in the state of Para, northern Brazil.
PIA22861:
Carajas Mine, Brazil
Full Resolution:     TIFF (6.362 MB)     JPEG (326.4 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2018-11-12 Earth ARIA
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The ARIA team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory created these Damage Proxy Map (DPM) images depicting areas in Southern and Northern California that are likely damaged by the Woolsey and Camp Fires.
PIA22816:
NASA's ARIA Maps California Fire Damage
Full Resolution:     TIFF (16.43 MB)     JPEG (2.572 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2018-11-02 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft obtained this ASTER image of an eruption from Piton de la Fournaise volcano on Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean. The background image was acquired July 16, 2018, and the thermal image on November 1, 2018.
PIA22755:
NASA's ASTER Captures Piton de la Fournaise Eruption
Full Resolution:     TIFF (10.21 MB)     JPEG (703.5 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2018-10-31 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Ventura, California has a coastal site, set against hills and flanked by two rivers.
PIA22841:
Ventura, CA
Full Resolution:     TIFF (13.08 MB)     JPEG (1.297 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2018-10-30 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Noctis Labyrinthus. There are two directions of faults visible, which intersect at an approximately 90 degree angle.
PIA22798:
Noctis Labyrinthus
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.361 MB)     JPEG (248.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2018-10-17 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Air Mountains, located in northern Niger and extending over 84,000 square kilometers within the Sahara Desert.
PIA22795:
Air Mountains, Niger
Full Resolution:     TIFF (32.05 MB)     JPEG (2.448 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2018-10-15 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
HiRISE
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This image acquired on July 23, 2018 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows the South Polar residual cap constantly changing shape through each Martian summer.
PIA22729:
Dramatic Changes over the South Polar Residual Cap
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-10-11 Earth SMAP
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Data from NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite have been used to create new surface flooding maps near Mexico Beach, Florida following Hurricane Michael.
PIA22754:
NASA's SMAP Detects Flooding from Hurricane Michael
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-10-05 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft obtained this ASTER image of Dagupan and the Lingayen Gulf, showing flooded and water-saturated areas on September 22, 2018. Sediment-laden waters from swollen rivers enter the ocean and appear as blue-green plumes.
PIA22705:
NASA's ASTER Instrument Sees Aftermath of Typhoon Mangkhut
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-10-05 Earth ARIA
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The ARIA team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory created this Damage Proxy Map (DPM) depicting areas in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, including the city of Palu, that are likely damaged as a result of the magnitude 7.5 September 28, 2018 earthquake.
PIA22746:
NASA's ARIA Maps Indonesia Quake, Tsunami Damage
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-10-04 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the largest city wall in the world, located in Nanjing, China. It was built between 1366 and 1386 by the Ming Dynasty Emperor Zhu Yuangzhang to enclose and fortify his capital city.
PIA22735:
Nanjing, China City Walls
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-10-01 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on May 16, 2018 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows sand dunes in Melas Chasma, located within the Valles Marineris canyon system.
PIA22783:
The Velvety Blue Dunes of Melas Chasma
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-09-25 Earth CubeSat
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This image shows the size of NASA's tiny weather satellite, Raincube, in comparison to the International Space Station. RainCube was deployed into low-Earth orbit from the ISS in July, 2018.
PIA22653:
Mini Mission RainCube is Sent into Earth Orbit
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-09-19 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Llullaillaco, a stratovolcano at the border of Argentina and Chile.
PIA22721:
Llullaillaco Volcano, Chile/Argentina
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-09-17 Earth ARIA
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The ARIA team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory created this Damage Proxy Map (DPM) depicting areas of the Carolinas that are likely damaged as a result of Hurricane Florence.
PIA22702:
NASA's ARIA Maps Damage from Florence
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-09-14 Earth Terra
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On Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, NASA's Terra spacecraft acquired this image swath over Hurricane Florence as the storm headed for the Eastern seaboard and the Carolinas.
PIA22651:
Hurricane Florence Swath seen by NASA Spacecraft
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-09-10 Earth ARIA
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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory created this Damage Proxy Map (DPM) depicting areas in the southwestern part of Hokkaido, Japan, that are likely damaged as a result of the M6.6 September 5 earthquake in 2018 (shown by red and yellow pixels).
PIA22696:
Japan Earthquakes (ARIA Damage Proxy Map)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-09-05 Earth ARIA
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Scientists with NASA's ARIA used satellite data to produce a Damage Proxy Map (DPM) depicting areas in the northeastern part of Lombok Island, Indonesia, that are likely damaged as a result of the major earthquake sequence in 2018.
PIA22495:
ARIA Damage Proxy Map of Lombok, Indonesia Earthquakes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-09-05 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Ushuaia, the capital of Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina, which is regarded as the southernmost city in the world.
PIA22685:
Ushuaia, Argentina
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-08-22 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows significant evidence of mining in northestern Siberia, along the Chukchi Sea, and 100 kilometers west of Mys Shmidta.
PIA22672:
Gold Mining, Siberia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-08-20 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Olympus Rupes, the large escarpment surrounding Olympus Mons. The escarpment is a cliff where there is a large elevation change over a short distance.
PIA22659:
Olympus Rupes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-08-15 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the western margin of Orcus Patera. Dark slope streaks are present on most ridges.
PIA22656:
Orcus Patera
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-08-14 Earth Aqua
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This image is one of a series showing carbon monoxide (in orange/red) from California's massive wildfires drifting east across the U.S. between July 30 and August 7, 2018.
PIA22492:
Carbon Monoxide Transport from California Wildfires, July 30-August 7, 2018 Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-08-08 Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft obtained this image of La Paz, Bolivia, the highest capital in the world, located on the Andes' Altiplano plateau at more than 3500 meters above sea level.
PIA21220:
La Paz, Bolivia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-07-28 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft obtained near-infrared data of the ongoing Kilauea volcano eruption and its impact on the Leilani Estates area on May 15, 2018 (left) and June 23, 2018 (right). New dark areas show where the ground has been covered with lava flows.
PIA22593:
Dramatic Changes from Kilauea Leilani Estates Lava Flows Seen by NASA Spacecraft
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-07-27 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey is located near Zephyria Planum. Winds of two different directions have excavated a poorly cemented surface into linear ridge features called yardangs.
PIA22612:
Wind Etching
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-07-26 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Hawaii's Kilauea volcano continues to create new land as flows from fissure 8, one of the most active to break ground since the eruption began in early May, reach the ocean.
PIA22489:
Satellite Imagery Shows Hawaii Volcano Lava Flow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-07-24 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the northern end of Gordii Dorsum, where the surface slopes down into southern Amazonis Planitia. Dark slope streaks are visible on the lower cliff face.
PIA22609:
Many Textures
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-07-24 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter observes several new dust avalanches on the slopes of ridges within the Olympus Mons Aureole.
PIA22595:
The Dark Side of Dust Avalanches
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-07-23 Europa 3026x2049x3
This artist's rendering illustrates that radiation from Jupiter can destroy molecules on Europa's surface. Material from Europa's ocean that ends up on the surface of Europa will be bombarded by radiation.
PIA22479:
Radiation on Europa (Artist's Rendering)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-07-17 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows footprints of clear-cut logging activities in northern California, east of Mt. Shasta.
PIA22613:
Logging in Northern California
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-07-12 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Olympus Rupes, the large escarpment surrounding Olympus Mons. The escarpment is a cliff where there is a large elevation change over a short distance.
PIA22598:
Olympus Rupes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-07-09 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, acquired May 13, 2018 during winter at the South Pole of Mars, shows a carbon dioxide ice cap covering the region and as the sun returns in the spring, 'spiders' begin to emerge from the landscape.
PIA22587:
Jamming with the 'Spiders' from Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-06-28 Earth Terra
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On June 26, 2018, NASA's Terra spacecraft acquired this image of 416 Fire which started June 1, 2018, about 13 miles north of Durango, Colorado. Vegetation in shown red, clouds in white, cities and bare rocky areas in gray, and burned area in dark gray.
PIA22554:
Colorado Wildfire Imaged in Infrared by NASA Satellite
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