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Add Image to Favorite List 2025-06-06 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Arsia Mons, an ancient Martian volcano, was captured before dawn on May 2, 2025, by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter while the spacecraft was studying the Red Planet's atmosphere.
PIA26557:
THEMIS Views Mars' Arsia Mons Volcano
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Add Image to Favorite List 2025-04-24 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this view looking back down at the floor of Gale Crater from its location on Mount Sharp on Feb. 7, 2025.
PIA26551:
Curiosity Looks Downslope From the Sulfate Unit
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Add Image to Favorite List 2025-04-24 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This panorama, made up of 122 individual images stitched together, was taken by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover on November 18, 2020, the 2,946th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
PIA26552:
Curiosity on the Road to Boxwork Formations
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-12-12 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This map shows the location of NASA's Perseverance Mars rover as of Dec. 10, 2024, in which it reached Lookout Hill at the top of Jezero Crater's rim.
PIA26512:
Perseverance Reaches 'Lookout Hill'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-12-12 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover used its right-front navigation camera to capture this first view over the rim of Jezero Crater on Dec. 10, 2024.
PIA26511:
Perseverance's View From 'Lookout Hill'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-12-11 Mars Mars Helicopter
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This graphic depicts the most likely scenario for the hard landing of NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter during its 72nd and final flight on Jan. 18, 2024.
PIA26482:
Ingenuity's Hard Landing
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-11-07 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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This mosaic showing Observation Rock was taken by the Mastcam-Z instrument on NASA's Perseverance rover. The location is near an area the Perseverance science team is calling Curtis Ridge.
PIA26481:
NASA's Perseverance Observes 'Observation Rock'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-10-28 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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Tracks shown in this image indicate the slipperiness of the terrain Perseverance has encountered during its climb up the rim of Jezero Crater.
PIA26379:
Tracks Tell Tale of Perseverance's Crater Rim Climb
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-10-28 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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This enhanced-color mosaic was taken on Sept. 27, 2024 by the Perseverance rover while climbing the western wall of Jezero Crater.
PIA26378:
Perseverance's Mid-Climb View of Jezero Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-08-14 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This map shows the route NASA's Perseverance Mars rover will take (in blue) as it climbs the western rim of Jezero Crater.
PIA26374:
Perseverance's Climb to 'Witch Hazel Hill'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-08-14 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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This panorama shows the area NASA's Perseverance Mars rover will climb in coming months to crest Jezero Crater's rim. It is made up of 59 images taken by the rover's Mastcam-Z on Aug. 4, 2024.
PIA26373:
Perseverance Rover's View Up Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-07-18 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, to take this 360-degree panorama from within Gediz Vallis channel on June 19, 2024.
PIA26363:
Curiosity Takes a 360-Degree View of Gediz Vallis Channel
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-03-29 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this panorama using its left black-and-white navigation camera on Feb. 1, 2024. The panorama is made up of 10 images that were stitched together after being sent back to Earth.
PIA26247:
Curiosity Looks Back Down the Slope
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-03-29 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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The steep path NASA's Curiosity Mars rover took to reach Gediz Vallis channel is indicated in yellow in this visualization made with orbital data.
PIA26241:
Curiosity's Route to Gediz Vallis Channel (Rendering)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-18 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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The route NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has taken while driving through the lower part of Mount Sharp is shown as a pale line here. Different parts of the mountain are labeled by color.
PIA26042:
Curiosity's Path to Gediz Vallis Ridge and Beyond
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-18 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity captured this 360-degree panorama while parked below Gediz Vallis Ridge, a formation that preserves a record of one of the last wet periods seen on this part of Mars.
PIA26019:
Curiosity Views Gediz Vallis Ridge
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-03 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its navigation cameras to capture this scene after making a detour around the toughest climb it has ever faced.
PIA26018:
Curiosity Looks Over the Hill
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-03 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this image of its right rear wheels using its navigation cameras on June 1.
PIA26016:
Curiosity's Navcams View Its Wheels
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-03 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover attempted to climb a slope near the center of this image, but struggled due to the incline, slippery sand, and wheel-size rocks.
PIA26013:
Curiosity's Attempted Climb up a Slope
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-03 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity captured this 360-degree view of a challenging Martian slope that had a steep incline, slippery sand, and wheel-size boulders. This mosaic is composed of 145 images taken by the rover's Mastcam June 27, 2023.
PIA26012:
Curiosity's View up a Challenging Slope
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-03 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity looks back down at Marker Band Valley, where the rover's tracks are visible in the distance, after climbing a steep slope. This mosaic was captured by the rover's Mastcam on June 21, 2023.
PIA26011:
Curiosity's View Back Toward 'Marker Band Valley'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-03 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity left these tracks after trying multiple times to crest a slippery slope. This mosaic, made up of seven images that were stitched together after being sent back to Earth, was captured by the rover's Mastcam on June 13, 2023.
PIA25920:
Curiosity's Climb Attempt Leaves Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-03 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This map shows the route NASA's Curiosity Mars rover took from May into July, 2023 to complete the most difficult climb of the mission.
PIA26017:
A Map of Curiosity's Difficult Climb
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-03 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
 Navcam (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity left several sets of tracks where the rover experienced a fault, or unexpected stoppage mid-drive, while attempting the most difficult climb the mission has faced.
PIA26015:
Curiosity Views Its Tracks Using Its Navcam
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-03 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity used its Mastcam to capture this impact crater in a location nicknamed Jau on July 25, 2023. This was one of dozens of impact craters Curiosity stopped by after completing the most difficult climb of the mission.
PIA26014:
Curiosity Views a Crater at 'Jau'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-03-23 Mars Mars Helicopter
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This animation shows the progress of Perseverance Mars Rover and Ingenuity Mars Helicopter as they make their way up the Jezero river delta. The Mars Helicopter's route is depicted in green. The rover's progress is depicted in orange.
PIA25687:
Ingenuity and Perseverance Make Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-02-14 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover took a selfie with nine of the 10 sample tubes it deposited at a sample depot created within an area of Jezero Crater nicknamed Three Forks.
PIA25735:
Annotated Version of Perseverance Selfie With Sample Tubes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-02-08 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity used its Mastcam to capture this 360-degree panorama of Marker Band Valley on Dec. 16, 2022. Rippled rock textures found in this area are the clearest evidence the rover has seen of water and waves from Mars' ancient past.
PIA25732:
Curiosity's 360-Degree View of Marker Band Valley
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-01-24 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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NASA's Perseverance took a selfie looking down at one of 10 tubes the rover deposited at the sample depot it created in an area within Jezero Crater nicknamed Three Forks. This image was taken on Jan. 22, 2023.
PIA25681:
Perseverance's Three Forks Sample Depot Selfie
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-14 Europa Juno
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NASA's Juno mission captured this view of Jupiter's intriguing, icy moon Europa during a close pass on September 29, 2022.
PIA25694:
Looking for Eruptions at Jupiter's Moon Europa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-06-15 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover spotted these finger-like rocks with its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, on May 15, 2022.
PIA25362:
Curiosity Spots Finger-Like Rocks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-04-07 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, to take this 360-degree panorama on March 23, 2022. The team has informally described the wind-sharpened rocks seen here as gator-back rocks because of their scaly appearance.
PIA25176:
Curiosity's 360-Degree Panorama of Gator-Back Rocks on Greenheugh
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-04-07 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, to survey these wind-sharpened rocks, called ventifacts, on March 15, 2022. The team has informally described these patches of ventifacts as gator-back rocks because of their scaly appearance.
PIA25175:
Curiosity Finds Gator-Back Rocks on Greenheugh
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-11-18 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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Video from the Mastcam-Z instrument aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captures a closeup view of the 13th flight of the agency's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, on September 4, 2021.
PIA24979:
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter's Flight 13: Zoomed-In View From Perseverance
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-11-18 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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Video footage from the Mastcam-Z instrument aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover provides a big-picture perspective of the 13th flight of the agency's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, on September 4, 2021.
PIA24978:
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter's 13th Flight: Wide-Angle Video From Perseverance
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-04-22 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter hovers over Jezero Crater during its second experimental flight test on April 22, 2021. The imagery was captured by the Perseverance rover's Mastcam-Z imager.
PIA24595:
Perseverance's Mastcam-Z Video of Second Flight
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-04-19 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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In this footage captured by the Mastcam-Z imager aboard the Perseverance Mars rover on April 19, 2021, the Ingenuity helicopter lifts of from Mars' surface, hovers for 30 seconds, then touches back down.
PIA24521:
Perseverance's Mastcam-Z Video of Ingenuity's First Full Flight
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-04-19 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter hovers over the Martian surface as viewed by the Mastcam-Z imager aboard the Perseverance Mars rover on April 19, 2021. The helicopter climbed to an altitude of 10 feet (3 meters), hovering for 30 seconds.
PIA24590:
Perseverance's Mastcam-Z Video of Ingenuity Hovering
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-04-07 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover took a selfie with the Ingenuity helicopter, seen here about 13 feet (3.9 meters) from the rover. This image was taken by the WATSON camera on the rover's robotic arm on April 6, 2021.
PIA24542:
Perseverance's Selfie with Ingenuity
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-03-22 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on February 17, 2021 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a field of sand dunes occupying a frosty 5-kilometer diameter crater in the high-latitudes of the northern plains of Mars.
PIA24420:
Frosty Sand Dunes of Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-01-27 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Oblique view looks to the west above Jezero Crater floor over the fan-shaped delta and into the valley that cuts through the crater rim. The illustration was generated by U.S Geological Survey using data from NASA spacecraft.
PIA24310:
Angle on Jezero Crater (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-01-27 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This annotated mosaic depicts a possible route the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover could take across Jezero Crater as it investigates several ancient environments that may have once been habitable.
PIA24379:
Possible Path for Perseverance Rover
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-11-12 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover took this selfie at a location nicknamed Mary Anning after a 19th century English paleontologist. Curiosity snagged three samples of drilled rock at this site on its way out of the Glen Torridon region.
PIA24173:
Curiosity's Selfie at the Mary Anning location on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-10-13 DuAxel Project
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The two-wheeled Axel descends the slope while tethered to its counterpart anchored above the slope. The tether serves as a climbing rope of sorts while also providing power and a means of communication.
PIA24110:
The Tethered Axel Autonomously Descends a Rocky Slope
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-08-05 Jupiter Juno
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This graphic depicts the evolutionary process of shallow lightning and mushballs on Jupiter.
PIA24042:
A Mushball and Shallow-Lightning Factory (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-03-20 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This selfie was taken by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover on Feb. 26, 2020. The crumbling rock layer at the top of the image is the Greenheugh Pediment, which Curiosity climbed soon after taking the image.
PIA23624:
Curiosity at the Hutton Drill Site
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-03-17 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the edge of the north polar cap.
PIA23752:
At the Edge
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-05-15 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This animation shows a proposed route for NASA's Curiosity rover, which is climbing lower Mount Sharp on Mars.
PIA23179:
Curiosity's Proposed Path up Mount Sharp
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-03-11 Sol (our sun) SDO
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NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows a long lunar transit on Mar. 6, 2019.
PIA21905:
Criss-Crossing Lunar Transit Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-01-31 Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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Side-by-side images depict NASA's Curiosity rover (left) and a moon buggy driven during the Apollo 16 mission.
PIA23041:
A Mars Buggy and a Moon Buggy
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-01-23 Ceres Dawn
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft captured this view of Ceres' limb on May 19, 2018.
PIA23017:
View of Ceres' Limb
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-12-28 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a group of sand dunes.
PIA22975:
Dunes on the Move
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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 2018-11-14 Sol (our sun) SDO
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NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows a lunar transit, when the Moon partially blocked SDO's view of the Sun on Nov. 7, 2018.
PIA18142:
SDO Observes a Partial Lunar Eclipse Animation Icon
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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 February 8, 2018 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a small dune field occurring along the summit of the large 1-mile-tall mound near the center of Juventae Chasma.
PIA22785:
Summit Dunes and Their Sand Sources
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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 22, 2018 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a 30-kilometer diameter crater, filled-in with materials that created bedrock, and through subsequent erosion, wind-driven particles.
PIA22782:
Bedforms and Bedrock
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-09-26 Ceres Dawn
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This image of Occator Crater on Ceres' limb -- short exposure -- was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on August 14, 2018 from an altitude of about 1149 miles (1849 kilometers).
PIA22765:
Occator Crater on Ceres' Limb -- Short Exposure
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-09-26 Ceres Dawn
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This image of Occator Crater on Ceres' limb -- long exposure -- was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on August 14, 2018 from an altitude of about 1149 miles (1849 kilometers).
PIA22764:
Occator Crater on Ceres' Limb -- Long Exposure
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-09-04 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on January 2, 2014 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows dune fields located among canyon wall slopes.
PIA22684:
Hanging Sand Dunes within Coprates Chasma
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-08-20 Sol (our sun) SDO
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NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows a minor eruption of charged particles rising up and twisting about before falling back into the Sun in this close-up of the Sun from a two-hour period on Aug. 13, 2018.
PIA22673:
Twisting Outburst Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-06-13 Ceres Dawn
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This image of Ceres' limb was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on May 30, 2018 from an altitude of about 280 miles (450 kilometers).
PIA22522:
Limb View of Ceres
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-05-31 Ceres Dawn
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On the way to its lowest-ever and final orbit, NASA's Dawn spacecraft is observing Ceres and returning new images of the dwarf planet's surface, such as this dramatic image of Ceres' limb.
PIA22476:
Dawn: On its Way to Low Orbit
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-05-16 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows Gale Crater on Mars, the home of the Curiosity Rover.
PIA22393:
Gale Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-05-14 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) shows some of these on the slopes of Nectaris Montes within Coprates Chasma on Mars. Sand dunes in Valles Marineris can be impressive in size, with steep slopes that seem to climb and descend.
PIA22455:
Dunes in Nectaris Montes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-03-22 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This mosaic taken by NASA's Mars Curiosity rover looks uphill at Mount Sharp. The scene has been white-balanced so the colors of the rock materials resemble how they would appear under daytime lighting conditions on Earth.
PIA22313:
Curiosity is Ready for Clay
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-03-22 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This mosaic taken by NASA's Mars Curiosity rover looks uphill at Mount Sharp. Highlighted is an area in white with clay-bearing rocks that scientists are eager to explore.
PIA22312:
Curiosity is Ready for Clay (Highlighted)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-03-08 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft of Olympia Undae was collected during north polar spring. The crests of the dunes and other surfaces are light colored, indicative of a frost covering.
PIA22291:
Investigating Mars: Olympia Undae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-01-31 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars, taken on Jan 23, 2018, rover shows the vehicle on Vera Rubin Ridge, which it's been investigating for the past several months.
PIA22207:
Mount Sharp 'Photobombs' Curiosity
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-01-30 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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Climbing 'Vera Rubin Ridge' provided NASA's Curiosity Mars rover this sweeping vista of the interior and rim of Gale Crater, including much of the rover's route during its first five-and-a-half years on Mars.
PIA22210:
Wide-Angle Panorama from Ridge in Mars' Gale Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-01-04 Jupiter Juno
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NASA's Juno spacecraft was a little more than one Earth diameter from Jupiter when it captured this mind-bending, color-enhanced view of the planet's tumultuous atmosphere.
PIA21973:
High Above Jupiter's Clouds
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-12-06 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Late-afternoon shadows include one cast by the rover itself in this look toward the floor of Endeavour Crater by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. The rover recorded this scene on Nov. 11, 2017.
PIA22071:
Opportunity's View Downhill Catches Martian Shadows
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-11-20 Rhea Cassini-Huygens
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This image is of NASA's Cassini spacecraft's final observation of Saturn's icy moon Rhea on May 2, 2017. The spacecraft was at the time high above the plane of Saturn's rings, looking down at Rhea's northern hemisphere.
PIA21354:
Above Rhea
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-10-16 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn looms in the foreground of this mosaic of NASA's Cassini images, taken by the spacecraft on May 28, 2017. The planet is adorned by ring shadows. The icy rings emerge from behind the planet. Cassini ended its mission on Sept. 15, 2017.
PIA21897:
Inside-Out Rings: Over the Limb
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-09-25 Enceladus Cassini-Huygens
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The brightly lit limb of a crescent Enceladus looks ethereal against the blackness of space as seen by NASA's Cassini's spacecraft. The rest of the moon, lit by light reflected from Saturn, presents a ghostly appearance.
PIA21346:
Phantom Limb
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-09-13 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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The Mastcam on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this view of 'Vera Rubin Ridge' about two weeks before the rover started ascending this steep ridge on lower Mount Sharp.
PIA21851:
Looking Up at Layers of 'Vera Rubin Ridge' on Sol 1790
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-09-13 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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Researchers used the Mastcam on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover to gain this detailed view of layers in 'Vera Rubin Ridge' from just below the ridge.
PIA21850:
Martian Ridge Looming Above Curiosity Prior to Ascent
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-09-13 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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'Vera Rubin Ridge,' a favored destination for NASA's Curiosity Mars rover even before the rover landed in 2012, rises near the rover nearly five years later in this panorama from Curiosity's Mastcam.
PIA21849:
Curiosity View of 'Vera Rubin Ridge' From Below, Sol 1734
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-08-14 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Clouds on Saturn take on the appearance of strokes from a cosmic brush thanks to the wavy way that fluids interact in Saturn's atmosphere in this false color view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA21341:
Cloudy Waves (False Color)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-07-24 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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This false-color view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft gazes toward the rings beyond Saturn's sunlit horizon, where a thin haze can be seen along the limb.
PIA21621:
Haze on the Horizon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-06-19 Ceres Dawn
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This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows the largest crater on Ceres, called Kerwan. Kerwan is very relaxed and looks like a pancake especially when viewed near Ceres' limb.
PIA21411:
Kerwan in Full
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-04-24 Tethys Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the low angle of the sun over Tethys' massive canyon, Ithaca Chasma (near the terminator, at right), highlights the contours of this enormous rift.
PIA20527:
Dark Chasm
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-04-19 Jupiter Juno
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This enhanced color Jupiter image, taken by the JunoCam imager on NASA's Juno spacecraft, showcases several interesting features on the apparent edge (limb) of the planet.
PIA21389:
The Edge of Jupiter
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-03-24 Pluto New Horizons
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This is the highest-resolution color departure shot of Pluto's receding crescent from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, taken when the spacecraft was 120,000 miles (200,000 kilometers) away from Pluto.
PIA21590:
Blue Rays: New Horizons' High-Res Farewell to Pluto
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-03-20 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows Juventae Chasma, located north of the main Valles Marineris canyon system. The floor of the canyon is covered by a sea of sand, but the hills rise above the sand.
PIA21567:
The Hills are Colorful in Juventae Chasma
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-03-13 Mimas Cassini-Huygens
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Mimas' gigantic crater Herschel lies near the moon's limb in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA20523:
The Big One
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-02-25 Ceres Dawn
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Occator Crater and Ahuna Mons appear together in this view obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on Feb. 11, 2017. Ahuna Mons, on the limb at right, is a mountain 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) tall. Occator hosts the mysterious 'bright spots' called faculae.
PIA11240:
Occator and Ahuna
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-02-08 Jupiter Juno
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This enhanced-color image of Jupiter's south pole and its swirling atmosphere was created by citizen scientist Roman Tkachenko using data from the JunoCam imager on NASA's Juno spacecraft.
PIA21381:
Jupiter From Below (Enhanced Color)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-02-04 Jupiter Juno
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Cyclones swirl around the south pole, and white oval storms can be seen near the limb of Jupiter's south polar region taken by NASA's Juno spacecraft on Feb. 2, 2017.
PIA21380:
Jovian 'Antarctica'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-12-13 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This graphic illustration shows NASA's Curiosity Mars rover in Gale Crater, near the Red Planet's equator.
PIA21255:
Now and Long Ago at Gale Crater, Mars (Illustration) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-12-13 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This series of pie charts shows similarities and differences in the mineral compositions of mudstones at 10 sites where NASA's Curiosity Mars rover collected rock-powder samples and analyzed them with the rover's Chemistry and Mineralogy instrument.
PIA21146:
Mudstone Mineralogy from Curiosity's CheMin, 2013 to 2016
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-12-13 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This graphic depicts aspects of the driving distance, elevation, geological units and time intervals of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover mission, as of late 2016.
PIA21145:
Curiosity Rover's Martian Mission, Exaggerated Cross Section
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-11-18 Ceres Dawn
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NASA's Dawn took this image on Oct. 17 showing the limb of dwarf planet Ceres shows a section of the northern hemisphere. A shadowy portion of Occator Crater can be seen at the lower right.
PIA21230:
Dawn XMO2 Image 10
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-11-18 Ceres Dawn
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Occator Crater, home of Ceres' intriguing brightest areas, is prominently featured in this image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft.
PIA21078:
Occator on Ceres' Limb
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-09-12 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's shadow stretched beyond the edge of its rings for many years after NASA's Cassini first arrived at Saturn, casting an ever-lengthening shadow that reached its maximum extent at the planet's 2009 equinox. This image was captured in 2015.
PIA20498:
Barely Bisected Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-09-05 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, Saturn's rings appear to bend as they pass behind the planet's darkened limb due to refraction by Saturn's upper atmosphere.
PIA20497:
A Dark Bend
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-09-02 Jupiter Juno
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NASA's Juno was about 48,000 miles (78,000 kilometers) above Jupiter's polar cloud tops when it captured this view, showing storms and weather unlike anywhere else in the solar system.
PIA21031:
Close-Up Views of Jupiter's North Pole
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-08-10 Ceres Dawn
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft looked northward toward the limb of Ceres to capture this scene, with Rao Crater (7 miles, 12 kilometers) at bottom.
PIA20869:
Dawn LAMO Image 147
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-07-25 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, Saturn's A and F rings appear bizarrely warped where they intersect the planet's limb, whose atmosphere acts here like a very big lens.
PIA20491:
Bent Rings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-07-07 Ceres Dawn
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft took this image on June 13, 2016, showing the limb of Ceres from above an equatorial region east of Kirnis Crater.
PIA20825:
Dawn LAMO Image 125
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-07-06 Ceres Dawn
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft took this image on June 13, 2016, showing the limb of Ceres from above an equatorial region east of Kirnis Crater.
PIA20824:
Dawn LAMO Image 124
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