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Add Image to Favorite List 2025-08-04 Asteroid Deep Space Network (DSN)
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This series of 41 radar images obtained by the Deep Space Network's Goldstone Solar System Radar on July 28, 2025, shows the near-Earth asteroid 2025 OW as it made its close approach with our planet.
PIA26587:
NASA's Goldstone Planetary Radar Observes Fast-Spinning Asteroid
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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 2024-10-02 Asteroid ATLAS
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This animation depicts the motion of small near-Earth asteroid 2024 PT5 as it orbits the Sun.
PIA26452:
Asteroid 2024 PT5's Orbit Around the Sun (Animation)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-09-17 Asteroid Deep Space Network (DSN)
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This series of radar images obtained by the DSN's Goldstone Solar System Radar near Barstow, California, on Sept. 16, 2024, shows the near-Earth asteroid 2024 ON a day before its close approach with our planet.
PIA26451:
NASA's Planetary Radar Spies (Another) Peanut-Shaped Asteroid
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-03-01 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of the flank of Tyrrhenus Mons. Tyrrhenus Mons is one of the oldest martian volcanoes.
PIA25813:
Tyrrhenus Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-02-24 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small portion of the immense lava flows that originated from Arsia Mons.
PIA25810:
Daedalia Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-02-23 Earth COWVR
 COWVR
TEMPEST
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Data from the COWVR and TEMPEST instruments aboard the ISS was used to create this image of Tropical Cyclone Mandous, which forecasters used to understand the December 2022 storm's intensity and predict its path toward southern India.
PIA25565:
COWVR, TEMPEST Track Tropical Cyclone Mandous
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-02-23 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small portion of the immense lava flows that originated from Arsia Mons.
PIA25809:
Daedalia Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-02-10 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small portion of the immense lava flows that originated from Arsia Mons. Arsia Mons is the southernmost of the three large aligned volcanoes in the Tharsis region.
PIA25770:
Daedalia Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-02-03 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
 THEMIS
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small portion of the immense lava flows that originated from Arsia Mons.
PIA25765:
Daedalia Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-02-01 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
 THEMIS
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small portion of the immense lava flows that originated from Arsia Mons.
PIA25763:
Daedalia Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-01-31 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small portion of the immense lava flows that originated from Arsia Mons.
PIA25762:
Daedalia Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-01-11 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small portion of the immense lava flows that originated from Arsia Mons.
PIA25748:
Daedalia Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-01-06 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small portion of the immense lava flows that originated from Arsia Mons.
PIA25745:
Daedalia Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-19 Earth UAVSAR
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NASA's UAVSAR airborne radar instrument imaged Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano during three flyovers on Dec. 7, 8, and 10. This image captures lava flow thickness, which is one measure of the size of an eruption.
PIA25526:
Airborne NASA Radar Maps Mauna Loa Lava Changes in Hawaii
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-09 Earth ARIA
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The NASA-supported ARIA project created this false-color map of ground movement resulting from the Mauna Loa volcano eruption in Hawaii. Surface displacements are depicted as colored fringes.
PIA25525:
Satellite Data Shows Ground Motion From Mauna Loa Volcano Eruption
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-05 Earth Aqua
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The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite detected volcanic sulfur dioxide (SOâ‚‚) plumes emanating from Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano, which started erupting Nov. 27, 2022.
PIA25562:
NASA's AIRS Instrument Tracks Volcanic Sulfur Dioxide Plume from Mauna Loa Eruption
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-11-18 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small portion of the immense lava flows that originated from Arsia Mons.
PIA25615:
Daedalia Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-11-11 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small portion of the immense lava flows that originated from Arsia Mons.
PIA25610:
Daedalia Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-11-09 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
 THEMIS
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small portion of the immense lava flows that originated from Arsia Mons.
PIA25608:
Daedalia Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-11-04 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
 THEMIS
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small portion of the immense lava flows that originated from Arsia Mons.
PIA25605:
Daedalia Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-11-03 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small portion of the immense lava flows that originated from Arsia Mons.
PIA25604:
Daedalia Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-10-27 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small portion of the immense lava flows that originated from Arsia Mons.
PIA25579:
Daedalia Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-09-14 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small portion of the immense lava flows that originated from Arsia Mons.
PIA25518:
Tithonium Chasma
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-09-02 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small portion of the immense lava flows that originated from Arsia Mons.
PIA25510:
Daedalia Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-08-25 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small portion of the immense lava flows that originated from Arsia Mons.
PIA25479:
Daedalia Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-08-04 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small portion of the immense lava flows that originated from Arsia Mons.
PIA25464:
Dadalia Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-07-25 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small portion of the immense lava flows that originated from Arsia Mons.
PIA25456:
Daedalia Planum
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.796 MB)     JPEG (593 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2022-07-19 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small portion of the immense lava flows that originated from Arsia Mons.
PIA25452:
Daedalia Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-04-25 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small portion of the immense lava flows that originated from Arsia Mons.
PIA25291:
Daedalia Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-02-24 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of the flank of Tyrrhenus Mons. Tyrrhenus Mons is one of the oldest martian volcanoes.
PIA25159:
Tyrrhenus Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-08-31 NEOWISE
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The dark spot in the bottom left corner of the image is a brown dwarf, nicknamed The Accident, which was discovered by citizen scientist Dan Caselden using data from NASA's NEOWISE.
PIA24578:
An Accidental Discovery
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-02-01 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small portion of the immense lava flows that originated from Arsia Mons.
PIA24396:
Daedalia Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-01-27 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the summit caldera of Arsia Mons. Several small volcanic vents are visible on the caldera floor.
PIA24393:
Arsia Mons Caldera
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-01-08 Jupiter Juno
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This composite image shows a hot spot in Jupiter's atmosphere during perijove 30.
PIA24300:
Two Views of Jupiter Hot Spot
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-01-08 Jupiter Juno
 JunoCam
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This composite image shows a hot spot in Jupiter's atmosphere during perijove 29.
PIA24299:
A Hot Spot on Jupiter
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-01-05 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small portion of the immense lava flows that originated from Arsia Mons.
PIA24357:
Daedalia Planum
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.475 MB)     JPEG (275.6 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2021-01-04 Earth Terra
 ASTER
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Kilauea volcano, Hawaii, which began erupting on December 20, 2020.
PIA24284:
Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-12-31 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small portion of the immense lava flows that originated from Arsia Mons.
PIA24354:
Daedalia Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-12-14 Jupiter Juno
 JunoCam
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This image, captured by the JunoCam imager aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft, shows two cyclones merging in the N3 jet stream.
PIA24236:
A Plethora of Storms on Jupiter
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-07-27 Earth Aqua
 AIRS
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NASA's AIRS instrument captured this image of Hurricane Douglas at 1:53 a.m. local time on July 26, 2020, as the storm swept towards the Hawaiian Islands.
PIA23785:
AIRS Captures Hurricane Douglas
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-01-16 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a large volcanic crater, known as a caldera, located at the summit of all of the Tharsis volcanoes.
PIA23639:
Arsia Mons Summit
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-09-12 Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
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Comet C/2019 Q4 as imaged by the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope on Hawaii's Big Island on Sept. 10, 2019.
PIA23462:
Comet C/2019 Q4
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-09-10 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a portion of Daedalia Planum. Daedalia Planum is a huge lava flow field that originates at Arsia Mons.
PIA23447:
Daedalia Planum
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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
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-04-08 Jupiter Subaru Telescope
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Sensitive to Jupiter's stratospheric temperatures, these infrared images were recorded by the Subaru Telescope on the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Areas that are more yellow and red indicate the hotter regions.
PIA22775:
Heating Up Jupiter's Atmosphere
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-04-08 Jupiter Subaru Telescope
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Scientists used red, blue and yellow to infuse this infrared image of Jupiter's atmosphere, which was recorded by the Subaru Telescope on the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii on Jan. 12, 2017.
PIA22774:
Jupiter Poles: Hot from Solar Wind
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-03-22 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small portion of Daedalia Planum. The lava flows in this image originated at Arsia Mons.
PIA23085:
Daedalia Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-12-27 Ceres Dawn
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This image shows Haulani Crater and its bright ejecta near the limb of Ceres and Oxo Crater, as obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on September 1, 2018 from an altitude of about 2075 miles (3340 kilometers).
PIA22984:
Haulani and Oxo Craters
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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
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-08-22 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Tyrrhenus Mons, one of the oldest Martian volcanoes. Tyrrhena Fossae is the largest of the channels dissecting the volcano.
PIA22664:
Tyrrhena Fossae
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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 2018-07-26 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 2018-06-28 Earth Terra
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On June 23, 2018, NASA's Terra spacecraft acquired this image of Hawaii's Kilauea volcanic eruption which continues after seven weeks of continuous outpouring of lava over the northeastern part of the island.
PIA22553:
Hawaii's Continuing Kilauea Eruption Seen in NASA Spacecraft Image
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-05-24 Earth Terra
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Hawaii's Kilauea's eruption, which began three weeks ago, has produced new lava flows that reached the ocean. NASA's Terra spacecraft acquired this image on May 22, 2018.
PIA22459:
New Image of Kilauea's Lava Flows taken by NASA Spacecraft
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-05-09 Earth Terra
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On May 6, 2018, NASA's Terra satellite captured this view the eruption of the Kilauea volcano as it passed overhead. Much of Hawaii was shrouded by clouds, including the fissure on its eastern point. A plume is visible streaming southwest over the ocean.
PIA22451:
Ash from Kilauea Eruption Viewed by NASA's MISR
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-05-07 Earth Terra
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This image from NASA's Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument on NASA's Terra spacecraft show recent eruptions of Kilauea volcano on the island of Hawaii (the Big Island).
PIA22450:
Satellite View of Kilauea Eruption
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-02-15 Earth 6176x4063x3
This image shows stone stripes on the side of a volcanic cone on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. The stripes are made of small rock fragments and they are aligned downhill as freeze-thaw cycles have lifted them up and out of the finer-grained regolith.
PIA22219:
Rock Stripe Pattern on Hawaii's Mauna Kea
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-02-15 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This late-afternoon view from the front Hazard Avoidance Camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows a pattern of rock stripes on the ground, a surprise to scientists on the rover team.
PIA22218:
Opportunity Rover Views Ground Texture 'Perseverance Valley'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-02-15 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Textured rows on the ground in this portion of 'Perseverance Valley' are under investigation by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity.
PIA22217:
Rock Stripes Pattern in Mars' 'Perseverance Valley'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-01-17 Ceres Dawn
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This collage shows some of the most interesting geological sites that NASA's Dawn spacecraft has revealed at dwarf planet Ceres.
PIA22090:
Collage of Features on Ceres
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-01-03 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows part of the caldera floor of Arsia Mons. Arsia Mons is the southernmost of the Tharsis volcanoes. It is 270 miles in diameter, almost 12 miles high, and the summit caldera is 72 miles wide.
PIA22157:
Investigating Mars: Arsia Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-01-02 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows part of the caldera floor of Arsia Mons. It is not uncommon for calderas to have 'flat' floors after the final explosive eruption that empties the subsurface magma chamber.
PIA22156:
Investigating Mars: Arsia Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-11-10 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows the central part of the smaller summit caldera on Pavonis Mons. On the top side of the caldera is a complex region of fault related collapse of the wall of the caldera.
PIA22026:
Investigating Mars: Pavonis Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-11-09 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows the southern flank of Pavonis Mons. Pavonis Mons is one of the three aligned Tharsis Volcanoes.
PIA22025:
Investigating Mars: Pavonis Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-11-08 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows the western part of the smaller summit caldera on Pavonis Mons. Pavonis Mons is one of the three aligned Tharsis Volcanoes.
PIA22024:
Investigating Mars: Pavonis Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-11-07 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows part of the smaller summit caldera of Pavonis Mons. This caldera is approximately 5km deep. Pavonis Mons is one of the three aligned Tharsis Volcanoes.
PIA22023:
Investigating Mars: Pavonis Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-11-06 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows part of the southeastern flank of Pavonis Mons. Pavonis Mons is one of the three aligned Tharsis Volcanoes.
PIA22022:
Investigating Mars: Pavonis Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-11-03 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows part of the southeastern flank of Pavonis Mons. Surface lava flows run down hill from the top left of the image to the bottom right.
PIA22021:
Investigating Mars: Pavonis Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-11-02 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows part of the two summit calderas of Pavonis Mons. The surface in the majority of the image is the floor of the larger caldera.
PIA22020:
Investigating Mars: Pavonis Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-11-01 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows part of the southern flank of Pavonis Mons. Several faults run from the left to the right side of the image.
PIA22018:
Investigating Mars: Pavonis Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-10-31 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows part of the western flank of Pavonis Mons. The linear features are faults. Faulting usually includes change of elevation, where blocks of material slide down the fault.
PIA22017:
Investigating Mars: Pavonis Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-10-30 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows part of the southern flank of Pavonis Mons. Pavonis Mons is one of the three aligned Tharsis Volcanoes.
PIA22016:
Investigating Mars: Pavonis Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-07-28 Ceres Dawn
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Haulani Crater is one of the youngest craters on Ceres, as evidenced by its sharp rims and bright, bluish material in this enhanced color composite topographic map from NASA's Dawn spacecraft.
PIA21748:
Haulani Crater Topographic Map
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-06-30 Jupiter Juno
 Subaru Telescope
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This frame from a video shows Jupiter as revealed by a powerful telescope sensitive to the giant planet's tropospheric temperatures and cloud thickness. It combines observations made on Jan. 14, 2017, using the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii.
PIA21715:
Rotating Jupiter With Great Red Spot, January 2017 Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-06-30 Jupiter Juno
 Subaru Telescope
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This false-color image of Jupiter was taken on May 18, 2017, with the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii. The Great Red Spot appears at the lower center of the planet as a cold region with a thick cloud layer.
PIA21714:
Jupiter With Great Red Spot, Mid-Infrared, May 2017
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-06-30 Jupiter Juno
 Near-InfraRed Imager (NIRI)
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This composite, false-color infrared image of Jupiter reveals haze particles over a range of altitudes, as seen in reflected sunlight was taken using the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii on May 18, 2017.
PIA21713:
Jupiter With Great Red Spot, Near Infrared, May 2017
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-06-28 Ceres Dawn
 Framing Camera
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This view of the northern portion of Yalode is one of many images NASA's Dawn spacecraft has taken. The large impact that formed the crater likely involved a lot of heat, explaining the relatively smooth crater floor punctuated by smaller craters.
PIA21410:
Yalode Crater on Ceres
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-01-13 Earth Aqua
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A series of atmospheric rivers that brought drought-relieving rains, heavy snowfall and flooding to California this week is highlighted in this movie frame created with satellite data from the AIRS instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite.
PIA21209:
Series of Storms Battering California Tracked by NASA's AIRS Instrument Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-03-29 Comet Goldstone Deep Space Network (DSN)
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These radar images of comet P/2016 BA14 were taken on March 22, 2016, by scientists using an antenna of NASA's Deep Space Network at Goldstone, CA. At the time, the comet was about 2.2 million miles (3.6 million kilometers) from Earth.
PIA19298:
Comet Scanned by NASA Radar
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-03-24 Comet Goldstone Deep Space Network (DSN)
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These radar images of comet P/2016 BA14 were taken on March 23, 2016, by scientists using an antenna of NASA's Deep Space Network at Goldstone, California. At the time, the comet was about 2.2 million miles (3.6 million kilometers) from Earth.
PIA20542:
Comet Frozen In Time by NASA Radar Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-01-27 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image, taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft, is of an area on the lower southeastern flank of the volcano Elysium Mons. A small, dark pristine-appearing pit is clearly visible among the numerous small impact craters.
PIA20368:
Pit Crater near Elysium Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-11-30 Ceres Dawn
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This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows the dramatic-looking crater named Haulani on Ceres.
PIA20129:
Dawn HAMO Image 66
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-11-03 Spitzer Space Telescope
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The galaxy cluster called MOO J1142+1527 can be seen here as it existed when light left it 8.5 billion years ago. The red galaxies at the center of the image from NASA's Spitzer make up the heart of the galaxy cluster.
PIA20052:
A Giant Gathering of Galaxies
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-10-12 Earth Earth Observatory
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On Sept. 16, 2015, a magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck near the coast of central Chile along the boundary of the Nazca and South American tectonic plates. Maps known as interferograms show how the quake moved the ground, as observed by Sentinel-1A
PIA20002:
NASA Looks at Land Surface Changes Following Chilean Quake
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-07-28 Ceres Dawn
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This image, from NASA's Dawn's visible and infrared mapping spectrometer (VIR), highlights a bright region on Ceres known as Haulani, named after the Hawaiian plant goddess.
PIA19608:
Haulani Seen by VIR
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-07-23 Asteroid Goldstone Deep Space Network (DSN)
 Goldstone Solar System Radar
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Scientists using two giant, Earth-based radio telescopes bounced radar signals off passing asteroid 2011 UW158 to create images for an animation showing the rocky body's fast rotation. This is a frame from the animation.
PIA19644:
Radar Movie of Asteroid 2011 UW158 Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-07-07 Jupiter IRTF
Juno
 Infrared Telescope
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This still from an animation of four images shows Jupiter in infrared light as seen by NASA's InfraRed Telescope Facility, or IRTF, on May 16, 2015. The observations were obtained in support of NASA's Juno mission.
PIA19640:
Jupiter's Infrared Glow Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-06-11 Earth LDSD
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Two members of the U.S. Navy's Mobile Diving Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1 Explosive Ordnance Detachment work on recovering the test vehicle for NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) project.
PIA19684:
Saucer Shoal: LDSD Recovery off Kauai
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-06-09 Earth LDSD
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NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator test vehicle attached to launch tower just prior to take off.
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LDSD Test Vehicle Attached to Launch Tower
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-06-05 Earth LDSD
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NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator hangs from a launch tower at U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii. The saucer-shaped vehicle will test two devices for landing heavy payloads on Mars.
PIA19343:
LDSD on the Launch Tower
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-06-05 Earth LDSD
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NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator hangs from a launch tower at U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii. The saucer-shaped vehicle will test two devices for landing heavy payloads on Mars.
PIA19342:
LDSD Ready for Launch
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-05-11 Earth LDSD
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Crews from the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility prepare the balloon for flight for the 2014 NASA Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator test from the U.S. Navy Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, Hawaii.
PIA17799:
The Saucer's Ride
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-05-06 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
 Imaging Science Subsystem
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Phantom jets in simulated images produced by the scientists line up nicely with some of the features in real images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft that appear to be discrete columns of spray.
PIA19061:
Enceladus Curtains: Comparing Data and Simulation
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-12-05 Spitzer Space Telescope
 Canada France Hawaii Telescope
IRAC
Very Large Array (VLA)
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A new feature in the evolution of galaxies has been captured in this image of galactic interactions. The two galaxies seen here -- NGC 3226 at the top, NGC 3227 at the bottom.
PIA18902:
A Flood of Gas
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-12-02 W. M. Keck Observatory
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A dusty planetary system (left) is compared to another system with little dust in this artist's concept. Dust can make it difficult for telescopes to image planets because light from the dust can outshine that of the planets.
PIA18901:
Seeking Planets in the Dust (Artist Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-10-21 Earth RapidScat
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NASA's ISS-RapidScat ocean wind scatterometer viewed Hurricane Ana as it approached Hawaii. From Oct. 13 to Oct. 19, 2014, RapidScat observed Ana seven times. This frame is from a movie containing multiple days of observation.
PIA18834:
Hurricane Ana Viewed by NASA's ISS-RapidScat Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-09-24 Earth Terra
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On June 27, 2014, a new vent opened on Hawaii's Puu Oo vent, on the eastern flank of Kilauea volcano. NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the hot lava flow in white, extending about 11 miles (17 kilometers) from the vent.
PIA18812:
Progress of Hawaii Lava Flow Tracked by NASA Spacecraft
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-09-15 Earth Earth Observing-1 (EO-1)
 Advanced Land Imager (ALI)
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On Sept. 8, 2014, NASA's Earth Observing 1 spacecraft obtained this infrared image of Kilauea volcano, Hawaii, which has been in continuous eruption since 1983. New lava flows can be seen.
PIA18211:
Hawaii Lava Threat Closely Monitored by NASA EO-1 Spacecraft
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-09-09 Spitzer Space Telescope
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Millions of galaxies populate the patch of sky known as the COSMOS field, short for Cosmic Evolution Survey, a portion of which is shown here. Even the smallest dots in this image are galaxies, some up to 12 billion light-years away.
PIA18472:
Take a Splash Into the Cosmos
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