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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-26 Earth Jason-1
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Tropical Cyclone Heat Potential (TCHP) field in the Gulf of Mexico during September 22, 2005. The path of Hurricane Rita is indicated with circles spaced every 3 hours with their size and color representing intensity seen by NASA's Jason satellite.
PIA06342:
NASA Data Helps Track Heat Potential Fueling Rita
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-22 Earth Jason-1
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This sea surface height map of the Gulf of Mexico, with the Florida peninsula on the right and the Texas-Mexico Gulf Coast on the left, is based on altimeter data from four satellites including NASA's Topex/Poseidon and Jason.
PIA06427:
Rita Roars Through a Warm Gulf (September 22, 2005)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-21 Earth Jason-1
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This sea surface height map of the Gulf of Mexico, with the Florida peninsula on the right and the Texas-Mexico Gulf Coast on the left, is based on altimeter data from four satellites including NASA's Topex/Poseidon and Jason.
PIA06428:
Rita Roars Through a Warm Gulf (September 21, 2005)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-03-14 Earth Jason-1
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Recent sea-level height data from NASA's U.S./France Jason altimetric satellite during a 10-day cycle ending February 22, 2005, showed that the central equatorial Pacific continues to exhibit an area of higher-than-normal sea surface heights.
PIA07456:
El Niño: The Weak, Getting Weaker
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-12 Earth Jason-1
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Displayed in blue color is the height of sea surface (shown in blue) measured by NASA's Jason satellite two hours after the initial magnitude 9 earthquake hit the region (shown in red) southwest of Sumatra on December 26, 2004.
PIA07219:
NASA/French Satellite Data Reveal New Details of Tsunami
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-11-16 Earth Jason-1
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NASA's U.S./France Jason altimetric satellite during a 10-day cycle ending November 15, 2004 showed that the central equatorial Pacific continued to exhibit an area of higher-than-normal sea surface heights.
PIA05078:
El Nino: Pumping Up or Fizzling Out?
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-08-04 Earth Jason-1
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Sea-level height data from NASA's U.S./France Jason altimetric satellite during a 10-day cycle ending July 27, 2004, show weaker than normal trade winds in the western and central equatorial Pacific have triggered an eastward moving, warm Kelvin wave.
PIA06751:
Warm Pacific Water Wave Heads East, But No El Niño Yet
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-13 Earth Jason-1
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Recent sea level height data from NASA's U.S./France Jason altimetric satellite during a 10-day cycle ending June 27, 2004 shows that Pacific equatorial surface ocean heights and temperatures are near neutral.
PIA06381:
Pacific Decadal Oscillation Influences Drought (June 27, 2004)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-13 Earth Jason-1
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Recent sea level height data from NASA's U.S./France Jason altimetric satellite during a 10-day cycle ending June 15, 2004 showed that Pacific equatorial surface ocean heights and temperatures were near neutral.
PIA06380:
Pacific Decadal Oscillation Influences Drought (June 15, 2004)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-30 Earth Jason-1
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The image from NASA's Jason satellite show that the equatorial Pacific sea surface levels are higher, indicating warmer sea surface temperatures in the central and west Pacific Ocean on Jan. 23, 2004.
PIA05071:
Pacific Dictates Droughts and Drenchings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-11-18 Earth Jason-1
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This image from NASA's Jason-1 is a global map of sea surface height of the equatorial Pacific Ocean. The image represents data collected and composited over a 10-day period, ending on Nov. 3, 2003.
PIA04878:
A Mostly Quiet Pacific
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-07-14 Earth Jason-1
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NASA's Jason oceanography satellite took a 10-day data collection in 2003, indicating that near-equatorial ocean had been very quiet, although sea levels and sea-surface temperatures were near normal or slightly warmer.
PIA04622:
Where is La Niña?
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-06-17 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image taken by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey shows high canyon walls of Valles Marineris on Mars. Geologic materials that are more resistant to erosion produce cliff forming units while landslides and streaks are observed on slope units.
PIA04577:
Canyon Walls
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-12-12 Earth Jason-1
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The latest image from NASA's Jason oceanography satellite, taken during a 10-day collection cycle ending December 2, 2002, shows the Pacific dominated by two significant areas of higher-than-normal sea level (warmer ocean temperatures).
PIA03889:
El Niño Continues to Grow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-10-10 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a 50-cm contour map of part of Mars' south polar ice cap. The region shown is roughly a kilometer on a side. The shaded relief model is shown with a tenfold vertical exaggeration.
PIA03874:
Derived Topographic Model from Mars Global Surveyor Instruments
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-10-10 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a shaded relief model derived from the MGS MOLA gridded topography for a small part Mars' polar cap.
PIA03873:
Derived Topographic Model from Mars Global Surveyor Instruments
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-08-22 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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NASA's Topex/Poseidon image of sea-surface heights was taken during a 10-day collection cycle ending August 7, 2002. There had been a series of warm Kelvin waves--eastward-moving ocean waves that cross the equatorial Pacific
PIA03855:
Watching for the Next El Niño
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-07-03 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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The Pacific Ocean doesn't show signs of anything that looks like the whopper El Niño of 1997-1998, according to information from NASA's U.S.-French ocean-observing satellite Topex/Poseidon.
PIA03850:
Pacific Ocean in Holding Pattern for El Niño
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-11-07 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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Like fall and winter of 2000, 2001 NASA's Topex/Poseidon satellite data showed that the Pacific ocean continued to be dominated by the strong Pacific Decadal Oscillation, which is larger than the El Niño/La Niña pattern.
PIA03460:
Pacific Decadal Oscillation
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-08-27 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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These data, taken taken by NASA's Topex/Poseidon satellite during August, 2001, showed that above-normal sea-surface heights and warmer ocean temperatures still blanketed the far-western tropical Pacific and much of the north (and south) mid-Pacific.
PIA03457:
Pacific Decadal Oscillation Still Rules in Pacific; No Niño Anytime Soon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-03-28 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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Data taken during a 10-day collection cycle ending March 9, 2001, show that above-normal sea-surface heights and warmer ocean temp. (red and white areas) still blanket the far-western tropical Pacific and much of the north (and south) mid-Pacific.
PIA00556:
Warm Ocean Temperatures Blanket the Far-Western Pacific
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-01-17 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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These maps are global false-color topographic views of Mars at different orientations from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor. The maps are orthographic projections that contain over 200,000,000 points and about 5,000,000 altimetric crossovers.
PIA02820:
Mars Topography
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-11-10 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a color shaded relief image used as the base for the northern hemisphere of Mars on the left, and the southern hemisphere on the right.
PIA02993:
Mars Orbiter Laser Altimiter (MOLA) Globe
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-10-06 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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A global surface map from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows Mars' northern hemisphere is flatter than the douth, and shows some linear slope breaks, for example north of Alba Patera and the Tharsis province.
PIA02809:
MOLA Global Map of Surface Gradients on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-10-06 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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A global surface map from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a heavily cratered terrain in Mars' southern hemisphere as well as that of the Valles Marineris canyon walls and the Olympus Mons aureole deposits.
PIA02808:
MOLA Global Roughness Map of Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-09-08 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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This map was compiled by NASA's Mars Global Surveyor between March 1, 1999 and February 29, 2000 and provides a variety of regional topographic views of the Martian surface.
PIA01049:
Regional Topographic Views of Mars from MOLA
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-09-07 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows Olympus Mons on Mars featuring the volcano's scarp and massive aureole deposit that was produced by flank collapse.
PIA02806:
Major Martian Volcanoes from MOLA - Olympus Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-09-07 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows two views of Olympus Mons on Mars featuring the volcano's scarp and massive aureole deposit that was produced by flank collapse.
PIA02805:
Major Martian Volcanoes from MOLA - Olympus Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-09-07 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows views of Arsia Mons, the southern most of the Tharsis montes on Mars featuring the caldera structure and the flank massive breakout that produced a major side lobe.
PIA02804:
Major Martian Volcanoes from MOLA - Arsia Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-09-07 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows two views of the topography of a major volcano in the Alba Patera region on Mars.
PIA02803:
Major Martian Volcanoes from MOLA - Alba Patera
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-08-30 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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After three years of El Niño and La Niña, the Pacific finally calmed down in the tropics but still showed signs of being abnormal elsewhere, according to the satellite data from NASA's U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon mission in 2000.
PIA02969:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - Los Niños may be Gone, But Pacific Pattern Remains August 14, 2000
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-07-06 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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After dominating the tropical Pacific Ocean for more than two years, the 1998-2000 La Niña 'cool pool' is continuing its slow fade and seems to be retiring from the climate stage, according to satellite data from NASA's U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon mission.
PIA02935:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - Strong, Long-lasting La Niña Just Fading Away, June 19, 2000
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-07 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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NASA's TOPEX/Poseidon data, collected over a 10-day sampling cycle from March 1 to 11, 2000, showed a La Niña condition with sea surface heights reflecting unusual patterns of heat storage in the ocean.
PIA02460:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - La Niña Still a "cool" Problem Child, March 23, 2000
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-01-21 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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A giant horseshoe pattern of higher than normal sea-surface heights developed in 1998 and began to dominate the entire western Pacific and Asiatic oceans according to NASA's TOPEX/Poseidon satellite in 1999.
PIA02448:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - La Niña Persistence May be Part of Larger Climate Pattern, January 8, 2000
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-12-01 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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Unusually warm ocean temperatures off Asia and cool waters in the eastern and equatorial Pacific signaled La Niña's mild return, according to sea-surface heights observed by the joint NASA-French space agency's TOPEX/Poseidon satellite.
PIA02437:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - Mild La Niña Conditions Developing, November 12, 1999
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-11-18 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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Mild La Niña conditions -- with a stormy winter in the Pacific Northwest and a dry winter in the southwestern United States -- will be the likely outcome of sea-surface heights observed by NASA's TOPEX/Poseidon satellite in 1999.
PIA02436:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - La Niña Conditions Likely to Prevail, October 10, 1999
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-08-23 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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The North Pacific Ocean ran hot and cold, with abnormally low sea levels and cool waters in the northeastern Pacific contrasting with unusually high sea levels and warm waters in the northwestern Pacific shown by data from NASA's TOPEX/Poseidon satellite.
PIA02403:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - Pacific Ocean Conditions are Split: Cold in East, Hot in West, July 27, 1999
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-08-23 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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Lingering in the eastern Pacific Ocean, the La Niña phenomenon, with its large volume of chilly water, barely had a pulse June 18, 1999, according to satellite data from NASA's U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon mission.
PIA01586:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - La Niña Barely Has a Pulse, June 18, 1999
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-07-06 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a three-dimensional view of the Mars '98 Polar landing site from MOLA. The vertical exaggeration is 20:1.
PIA02091:
Mars '98 Polar landing site
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-07-06 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the interquartile-scale roughness of the Mars '98 Polar landing site corridor.
PIA02090:
MPL LANDING SITE CORRIDOR
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-07-06 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a digital elevation model of the Mars '98 Polar landing site corridor based on observations through the MGS Orbit Trim Maneuver-2 on June 10, 1999.
PIA02089:
MPL LANDING SITE - DEM
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-07-06 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the latest MOLA topographic map of Mars' from latitude 55° S to the south pole.
PIA02088:
MOLA TOPOGRAPHIC MAP
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-06-23 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a relief model of the topography of the North Polar Region on Mars showing the form of the ice cap and its surroundings.
PIA02053:
North Polar Topography (MOLA)
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-06-23 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a relief model of the topography of the South Polar Region on Mars showing the form of the ice cap and its surroundings.
PIA02052:
South Polar Topography (MOLA)
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-06-21 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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Sea surface height measurements from NASA's TOPEX/Poseidon satellite show that the sea level and temperature of the entire Pacific was 'out of balance,' including a large area of abnormally cool water along the west coast of North America.
PIA01528:
TOPEX El Niño/La Niña - Entire Pacific is out of Whack, April 7, 1999
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-06-21 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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The cold pool of water in the Pacific known as 'La Nina' is beginning to fade, but ocean conditions have not returned to normal, according to scientists studying images from the U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite.
PIA00031:
TOPEX El Niño/La Niña -La Niña Begins to Fade, April 7, 1999
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-05-27 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the two Martian hemispheres, featured on the cover of Science magazine in May of 1999.
PIA02040:
Science Magazine Cover Image
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-05-27 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows elevations on Mars within the floor of the Valles Marineris canyon system and the adjacent Chryse outflow channels.
PIA02039:
Elevations Within the Floor of the Valles Marineris
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-05-27 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a polar stereographic projection of topography from latitude 55° S to the pole on Mars.
PIA02037:
Polar Stereographic Projection
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-05-27 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a pole-to-equator topography map in the northern hemisphere including the circular depression that is the Utopia Basin on Mars.
PIA02036:
Lambert Equal-Area Projection of Pole-to-Equator
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-05-27 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a topography map of the Tharsis province and the Hellas impact basin.
PIA02035:
Map of Mars' Topography
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-05-27 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a regional topographic model of the Hellas basin on Mars.
PIA02033:
Regional Topographic Model of the Hellas Basin
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-05-27 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a topography map of the vast east-west trending Valles Marineris canyon system and several major volcanic shields including Olympus Mons.
PIA02031:
Maps of Mars Global Topography
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-04-15 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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The cold pool of water in the Pacific known as La Niña is seen by data from NASA's U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite. Very large, unusual area of higher or warmer water (shown here in red and white) appear in the western Pacific Ocean.
PIA01526:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - La Niña Hangs On, February 27, 1999
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-04-15 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea-surface height measurements taken by NASA's U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite showng sea surface height relative to normal ocean conditions on January 17, 1999.
PIA01525:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - La Niña Weakening, January 17, 1999
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-01-07 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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These elevation measurements were collected by NASA's Mars Global Surveyor during the spring and summer of 1998, as the spacecraft orbited Mars in an interim elliptical orbit.
PIA01338:
Elevation Measurement Profile of Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-01-07 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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This 3-dimensional image of Mars' north pole was acquired by NASA's Mars Global Surveyor.
PIA01337:
Laser Provides First 3-D View of Mars' North Pole
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-12-05 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea-surface height measurements taken by NASA's U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite showing sea surface height relative to normal ocean conditions on November 29, 1998.
PIA01498:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - Topex/Poseidon Shows Unusual Pacific, November 29, 1998
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-12-05 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea-surface height measurements taken by NASA's U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite showing sea surface height relative to normal ocean conditions on November 8, 1998.
PIA01497:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - La Niña looks "frozen" in Pacific, November 8, 1998
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-11-04 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea surface height measurements taken by NASA's U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite.
PIA01449:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - Satellite shows El Niño-related Sea Surface Height, Mar, 14, 1998
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-11-04 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea surface height measurements taken by NASA's U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite.
PIA01164:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - El Niño Warm Water Pool Decreasing, Jan, 08, 1998
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-09-26 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea-surface height measurements taken by NASA's U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite showing sea surface height relative to normal ocean conditions on September 12, 1998.
PIA01474:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - Satellite Shows Pacific Running Hot and Cold, September 12, 1998
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-09-26 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea-surface height measurements taken by NASA's U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite showing sea surface height relative to normal ocean conditions on August 13, 1998.
PIA01473:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - Little Change in Pacific, August 13, 1998
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-07-21 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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Height measurements taken by NASA's U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite. The image shows sea surface height relative to normal ocean conditions on July 11, 1998; sea surface height is an indicator of the heat content of the ocean.
PIA01461:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - Satellite shows Pacific Stabilizing, July 11, 1998
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This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea surface height measurements taken by NASA's U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite.
PIA01448:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - Warm Water Pool is Thinning, Feb, 5, 1998
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-07-03 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea-surface height measurements taken by NASA's U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite showing sea-surface height relative to normal ocean conditions on June 14, 1998.
PIA01453:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - El Niño in Retreat, Pacific in Transition, June 14, 1998
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This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea-surface height measurements taken by NASA's U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite.
PIA01451:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - El Niño is Still Lingering in the Pacific May 3, 1998
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-07-03 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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This series of six images shows the evolution of atmospheric water vapor over the Pacific Ocean during the 1998 El Niño condition.
PIA01450:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - Moisture in the Atmosphere, Jan & Feb, 1998
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This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea surface height measurements taken by NASA's U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite.
PIA00837:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - El Niño Warm Water Pool Returns to Near Normal State, Mar, 14, 1998
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-12-19 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea surface height measurements taken by NASA's U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite.
PIA01140:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - El Niño Rhythm, Dec, 10, 1997
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-12-08 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea surface height measurements taken by NASA's U.S./French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite. The image shows sea surface height relative to normal ocean conditions on Dec. 1, 1997.
PIA01099:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - "Double Peak" Pattern Complete, Dec, 1, 1997
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-11-20 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea surface height measurements taken by the U.S./French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite. The image shows sea surface height relative to normal ocean conditions on Nov. 10, 1997.
PIA01085:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - Warm Water Pool is Increasing, Nov. 10, 1997
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Contingency science passes are seen in this image of a portion of Mars from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor.
PIA01014:
Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter Passes
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Contingency science passes are seen in this image of a portion of Mars from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor.
PIA01013:
MGS Contingency Science Passes
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This laser altimeter profile across Arsia Mons volcano is from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor.
PIA01012:
Arsia Mons Caldera
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This laser altimeter profile across Olympus Mons volcano is from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor.
PIA01011:
Olympus Mons Volcano
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This laser altimeter profile across Martian volcanoes is from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor.
PIA01010:
Laser Altimeter Profiles Across Martian Volcanoes
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-11-10 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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This laser altimeter profile across Amazonis Planitia is from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor.
PIA01009:
Laser Altimeter Profiles Across Amazonis Planitia
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-10-30 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea surface height measurements taken by NASA's U.S./French TOPEX/POSEIDON satellite.
PIA01053:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - October 23, 1997
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-10-14 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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These images of the Pacific Ocean near Indonesia were produced using sea surface height measurements taken by NASA's U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite.
PIA00742:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - Indonesia Area, December, 1996 and August, 1997
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This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea surface height measurements taken by NASA's U.S./French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite.
PIA00741:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - October 3, 1997
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-10-14 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea surface height measurements taken by NASA's U.S./French TOPEX/POSEIDON satellite.
PIA00736:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch- September 20, 1997
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-10-14 Earth TOPEX/Poseidon
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This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea surface height measurements taken by NASA's U.S./French TOPEX/POSEIDON satellite.
PIA00735:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - June 25, 1997
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These four views of the Pacific Ocean were produced using sea surface height measurements taken by NASA's U.S./French TOPEX/POSEIDON satellite.
PIA00734:
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - March thru June, 1997
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-10-13 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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Among the myriad of interesting landforms sampled by NASA's Mars Global Surveyor on its first traverse across the red planet on 15 September 1997.
PIA00959:
MGS Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter Topographic Profile of Impact Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-10-13 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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Comparison of the cross-sectional relief of the deepest portion of the Grand Canyon (Arizona) on Earth versus NASA's Mars Global Surveyor's view of a common type of chasm on Mars in the western Elysium region during the MGS capture orbit calibration pass.
PIA00960:
MGS Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) - Mars/Earth Relief Comparison
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-10-13 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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Topographic profile across the northern hemisphere of Mars from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor. The profile was obtained during the MGS capture orbit calibration pass on September 15, 1997.
PIA00958:
3000 Mile Laser Altimeter Profile Across Northern Hemisphere of Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-10-13 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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A 'picket fence' rendition of surface topography in the northern hemisphere of Mars from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor. The profile was obtained during the MGS capture orbit calibration pass on September 15, 1997.
PIA00957:
MGS Mars Orbiter Laser (MOLA) Surface Topography of Northern Hemisphere
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