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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-04-15 Earth Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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This three-frequency space radar image from NASA's Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-band Synthetic Aperture shows the city of Samara, Russia in pink and light green right of center. Samara is at the junction of the Volga and Samara Rivers southeast of Moscow.
PIA01823:
Space Radar Image of Samara, Russia
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-05-01 Earth Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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This is image from NASA's Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar spanning an area of about 20 kilometers by 40 kilometers (12 miles by 25 miles) of NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
PIA01756:
Space Radar Image of Kennedy Space Center, Florida
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-05-01 Earth Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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This X-band image of the volcano Kilauea was taken on October 4, 1994, by NASA's Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar.
PIA01763:
Space Radar Image of Kilauea, Hawaii - Interferometry 1
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-03-10 Earth ARIA
 X-band interferometric synthetic aperture radar
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This image using COSMO-SkyMed radar data, depicts the relative deformation of Earth's surface at Kilauea when a large fissure eruption began on the east rift zone of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano on March 5, 2011.
PIA13910:
INSAR Images Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-11-13 Earth ARIA
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This image, is of Super Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded on Earth, which struck the Philippines Nov. 8, 2013.
PIA17687:
NASA-Generated Damage Map To Assist With Typhoon Haiyan Disaster Response
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-11-26 Earth ARIA
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In mid-November 2013, extratropical cyclone Cleopatra brought devastating flooding to the Italian island of Sardinia as shown by the COSMO-SkyMed satellite.
PIA17738:
NASA Produces Map to Aid in Italian Flood Response
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-09-04 Earth ARIA
 X-band Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar
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A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck southern Napa county northeast of San Francisco, California, on Aug. 24, 2014. NASA satellite data reveal ground defomation.
PIA18798:
NASA Analyses of Global Positioning System Data and Italian Radar Satellite Data Reveal Napa Quake Ground Deformation
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-05-01 Earth ARIA
 X-band Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar
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NASA data and expertise are providing valuable information for the ongoing response to the April 25, 2015, magnitude 7.8 Gorkha earthquake in Nepal.
PIA13911:
NASA-Generated Damage Map to Assist with 2015 Gorkha, Nepal Earthquake Disaster Response
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-05-21 Moon Hubble Space Telescope
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Hubble shoots the moon in a change of venue from peering at the distant universe, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken a look at Earth's closest neighbor in space, the Moon.
PIA01541:
Crater Copernicus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-12-10 Earth Juno
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During its close flyby of Earth, NASA's Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft listened for a coordinated, global transmission from amateur radio operators using its radio and plasma wave science instrument, known as Waves.
PIA17744:
Juno Detects a Ham Radio "HI" from Earth Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-04-07 Earth WATSON
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During 2019 field tests near Greenland's Summit Station,the WATSON instrument is put through its paces to seek out signs of life, or biosignatures, 360 feet (110 meters) down a borehole.
PIA24169:
WATSON's Field Test in Greenland
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-04-07 Earth WATSON
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The tether attached to the top of WATSON and the drill also acts as the power cable and data feed. Care must be taken to ensure a tight connection between the tether and instrument, else the instrument could be lost in the ice.
PIA24170:
Preparing WATSON for Borehole Descent
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-04-07 Earth WATSON
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WATSON produced this fluorescence map of a borehole in Greenland's ice. The left panel shows nebulous blobs of biosignatures, and the right panel shows a colorized version, grouping together similar organic chemicals.
PIA24140:
Fluorescence Map of a Greenland Borehole
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-01-30 Earth Suomi NPP
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Behold one of the more stunningly detailed images of the Earth yet created. This Blue Marble Earth montage, created from photographs taken by the VIIRS instrument on board the Suomi NPP satellite, shows many stunning details of our home planet.
PIA18033:
Earth
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-08 Earth Suomi NPP
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Amid a record heat wave in July, the Phoenix area saw surfaces such as roads and buildings stay hot long after sunset, as documented in NASA-NOAA satellite data that was used to produce this series of maps.
PIA25868:
Phoenix Land-Surface Temperatures Documented Amid Record Heat
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-09-24 Moon Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft observations of Earth's moon on Aug. 19, 1999 show water and hydroxyl at all latitudes on the surface, even areas exposed to direct sunlight.
PIA12228:
Cassini's Look at Water on the Moon
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-09-12 Earth Voyager
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This narrow-angle color image of the Earth, dubbed 'Pale Blue Dot', is a part of the first ever 'portrait' of the solar system taken by NASA's Voyager 1.
PIA00452:
Solar System Portrait - Earth as 'Pale Blue Dot'
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-09-13 Earth Voyager
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These six narrow-angle color images were made from the first ever 'portrait' of the solar system taken by NASA's Voyager 1, which was more than 4 billion miles from Earth and about 32 degrees above the ecliptic.
PIA00453:
Solar System Portrait - Views of 6 Planets
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-05-15 Earth Voyager
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This picture of a crescent-shaped Earth and Moon -- the first of its kind ever taken by a spacecraft -- was recorded Sept. 18, 1977, by NASA's Voyager 1 when it was 7.25 million miles (11.66 million kilometers) from Earth.
PIA01967:
Crescent-shaped Earth and Moon
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-12-10 Earth Voyager
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This image of the Earth is one of 60 frames taken by NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft on Feb. 14, 1990 from a distance of approximately 4 billion miles and about 32 degrees above the ecliptic plane.
PIA02228:
Solar System Portrait - Earth
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-10-30 Earth Voyager
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NASA's Voyager 2 was launched on Aug. 20, 1977 from the NASA Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral in Florida where it was propelled into space on a Titan/Centaur rocket.
PIA01480:
Voyager 2 Launch
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-06-03 Moon DSPSE
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This orthographic projection is centered on the south polar region of the moon as seen by NASA's Clementine spacecraft. The Schrodinger Basin is located in the lower right of the mosaic.
PIA00001:
South Pole Region of the Moon as Seen by Clementine
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-06-03 Moon DSPSE
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Lunar mosaic of ~1500 NASA Clementine images of the north polar region of the moon.
PIA00002:
North Pole Region of the Moon as Seen by Clementine
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-06-03 Moon DSPSE
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The Aristarchus region is one of the most diverse and interesting areas on the Moon. About 500 images from NASA's Clementine spacecraft were processed and combined into a multispectral mosaic of this region.
PIA00090:
Multispectral Mosaic of the Aristarchus Crater and Plateau
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-06-04 Moon DSPSE
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This image taken in 1994 by Clementine 1, Mare Moscoviense (dark albedo feature upper left of image center) and South Pole-Aitken Basin (dark feature at bottom) represent maria regions largely absent on the lunar farside.
PIA00302:
Nearside of Earth's Moon as Seen by the Clementine Spacecraft
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-06-04 Moon DSPSE
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The dark albedo features Mare Smythii (image center) and Mare Marginis (above Smythii) are visible in this image of the Moon from NASA's Clementine spacecraft.
PIA00303:
East Limb View of Earth's Moon as Seen by the Clementine Spacecraft
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-06-04 Moon DSPSE
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Mare Moscoviense (dark albedo feature upper left of image center) and South Pole-Aitken Basin (dark feature at bottom) represent maria regions largely absent on the lunar farside in this image from NASA's Clementine spacecraft.
PIA00304:
Farside View of Earth's Moon as Seen by the Clementine Spacecraft
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-06-04 Moon DSPSE
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Maria Orientale (ringed feature just below image center) is just visible from Earth on the extreme western edge of the nearside of the Moon in this image from NASA's Clementine spacecraft.
PIA00305:
West Limb View of Earth's Moon as Seen by the Clementine Spacecraft
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-06-12 Earth DSPSE
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During its flight and lunar orbit, NASA's Clementine spacecraft returned images of the planet Earth and the Moon.
PIA00432:
Clementine Images of Earth and Moon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-09-15 Earth UAVSAR
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A NASA aircraft equipped with Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) flew above California fires on Sept. 3 and 10 to examine the ground below.
PIA24102:
NASA's UAVSAR Flights Observe California Fires
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-09-20 Earth Delta-X
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A radar instrument flown by the Delta-X mission captured data on an oil slick off the coast of Port Fourchon, Louisiana, on September 1, 2021. The data, along with satellite images helped to confirm the presence of the oil slick in the area.
PIA24540:
Delta-X Oil Slick Radar Signal in Gulf of Mexico
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-10-13 Earth UAVSAR
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The UAVSAR instrument, managed by JPL, detected several potential oil slicks off of Huntington Beach, California, during flights on October 6, 2021.
PIA23782:
UAVSAR Oil Slicks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-10-13 Earth UAVSAR
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JPL researchers Cathleen Jones and Yunling Lou stand with the flight crew in front of the airplane used to fly the UAVSAR instrument on October 6, 2021.
PIA24901:
UAVSAR Flight Crew
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-12-13 Earth UAVSAR
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An oil slick from naturally occurring oil seeps off the coast of Santa Barbara, California. The Marine Oil Spill Thickness (MOST) project can detect the thickest oil in a slick.
PIA23699:
Natural Oil Seepage Off California Coast
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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 2002-07-05 Moon Ranger 9
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On March 24, 1965, a nationwide TV audience watched live video from Ranger 9 as it purposefully crashed into the Moon within the crater Alphonsus. Ranger's six cameras sent back more than 5800 video images during the last 18 minutes of its 3-day journey,
PIA03495:
Live from the Moon - Impact! Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-08-13 Earth Aura
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This vertical profile view from the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) instrument on NASA's Aura satellite depicts the distribution of water vapor molecules over Earth's tropics across one transect of the satellite's orbit on January 6, 2006.
PIA12170:
A NASA Space Sleuth Hunts the Trail of Earth's Water
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-02-06 Earth Aura
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This frame from a time series, from one year of Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) measurements, shows how powerful the TES data are for understanding emissions, chemistry, and transport in the troposphere.
PIA15005:
Annual Variation in Global CO and O3 Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-02-06 Earth Aura
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This frame from an animation depicts the distribution of O3 and CO in the atmosphere over North America. This visualization is based on data acquired by NASA's Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES).
PIA15006:
O3 and CO Transects over North America Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-04-01 Earth Aura
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Technicians install NASA's Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) instrument on NASA's Aura spacecraft prior to launch in July 2004.
PIA15608:
NASA's Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) Instrument Onboard Aura
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-04-26 Earth 2001 Mars Odyssey
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NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey's Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) acquired these images of the Earth using its visible and infrared cameras as it left the Earth.
PIA00558:
2001 Mars Odyssey Images Earth (Visible and Infrared)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-05-01 Earth 2001 Mars Odyssey
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NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft took this portrait of the Earth and its companion Moon. It was taken at a distance of 3,563,735 kilometers (more than 2 million miles) on April 19, 2001 as the 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft left the Earth.
PIA00559:
The Earth and Moon As Seen by 2001 Mars Odyssey's Thermal Emission Imaging System
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-25 Earth European Remote Sensing Satellite Mission (ERS)
Landsat
 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
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A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck a sparsely inhabited area of southeast Iran on March 14, 1998, at 11:10 p.m. local time.
PIA06310:
Shahdad, Southeast Iran, Radar Interferometry -- Silent Earthquake, Perspective View
Full Resolution:     TIFF (4.672 MB)     JPEG (367.1 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2012-02-06 Earth European Remote Sensing Satellite Mission (ERS)
 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
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This frame from an animation depicts a time-series of ground deformation at Mount Etna Volcano between 1992 and 2001. The deformation results from changes in the volume of a shallow chamber centered approximately 5 km (3 miles) below sea level.
PIA13201:
Mount Etna InSAR Time Series Animation Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-02-06 Earth European Remote Sensing Satellite Mission (ERS)
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This frame from an animation depicts variations in surface elevation resulting from the discharge and recharge of groundwater basins in Southern California.
PIA13202:
Southern California INSAR Time Series Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-03-18 Earth Seasat
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This Seasat synthetic aperture radar image from Aug. 27, 1978, shows the Massachusetts coast from Nantucket Island in the south past Cape Cod and Boston to Cape Ann in the north.
PIA18137:
NASA's Seasat Satellite Shows Massachusetts Coast
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-01-17 Earth Stardust
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The capsule contains cometary and interstellar samples gathered by NASA's Stardust spacecraft.
PIA03669:
Sample Return Capsule
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-06-12 Moon DSPSE
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In this picture the Moon is seen illuminated solely by light reflected from the Earth--Earthshine from NASA's Clementine spacecraft.
PIA00434:
Clementine Observes the Moon, Solar Corona, and Venus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-12-10 Earth Juno
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This frame from a movie was captured by a star tracker camera on NASA's Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft. It was taken over several days as Juno approached Earth for a close flyby that would send the spacecraft onward to the giant planet.
PIA17748:
Juno's Approach to the Earth-Moon System Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-01-22 Earth SPIDER
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Prior to launch, the team laid out the parachute and hang lines in front of SPIDER, seen in the distance. The long-duration balloon that would carry SPIDER into the sky is attached to the end of the parachute shown here in the foreground.
PIA19177:
SPIDER Readied for Launch
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-06 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 Spaceborne Imaging Radar
C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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The Alpine fault runs parallel to, and just inland of, much of the west coast of New Zealand's South Island. This view was created from the near-global digital elevation model produced by NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA06661:
Alpine Fault, New Zealand, SRTM Shaded Relief and Colored Height
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-06 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 Spaceborne Imaging Radar
C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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The Davenport Ranges of central Australia have been inferred to be among the oldest persisting landforms on Earth as seen by NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA06663:
Davenport Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia, SRTM Shaded Relief and Colored Height
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-06 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 Spaceborne Imaging Radar
C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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Australia is the only continent without any current volcanic activity, but it hosts one of the world's largest extinct volcanoes, the Tweed Volcano as seen by NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA06664:
Tweed Extinct Volcano, Australia, Stereo Pair of SRTM Shaded Relief and Colored Height
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-06 Earth Landsat
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 Spaceborne Imaging Radar
C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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Bora Bora, Tahaa, and Raiatea (top to bottom) are Polynesian Islands about 220 kilometers (135 miles) west-northwest of Tahiti in the South Pacific. This image from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA06660:
Bora Bora, Tahaa, and Raiatea, French Polynesia, Landsat and SIR-C Images Compared to SRTM Shaded Relief and Colored Height
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Earth Galileo
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This color picture of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica was taken NASA's Galileo camera about 6:20 p.m. PST on December 8, 1990.
PIA00074:
Antarctica - Ross Ice Shelf
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Moon Galileo
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These color visualizations of the Moon were obtained by NASA's Galileo spacecraft as it left the Earth after completing its first Earth Gravity Assist. The images were acquired Dec. 8-9, 1990.
PIA00075:
Moon Color Visualizations
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Earth Galileo
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This color image of the Earth was obtained by NASA's Galileo spacecraft in Dec. 1990, when the spacecraft was about 1.5 million miles from the Earth. Africa stretches from the center to the top of the picture with the Arabian Peninsula off to its right.
PIA00076:
Earth - Full Disk View of Africa
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Moon Galileo
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These pictures of the Moon were taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft at (right photo) Dec.8, 1990 from a distance of almost 220,000 miles, and at (left photo) Dec. 9, 1990 at a range of more than 350,000 miles.
PIA00077:
Moon - 2 Views of Orientale Basin
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-02-02 Moon Galileo
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This color image of the Moon was taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft at 9:35 a.m. PST Dec. 9, 1990, at a range of about 350,000 miles. The concentric, circular Orientale basin, is near the center; the nearside is to the right, the far side to the left.
PIA00113:
Moon Color Composite
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Earth Galileo
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This color image of the Earth was obtained by Galileo at about 6:10 a.m. Pacific Standard Time on Dec. 11, 1990, when the spacecraft was about 1.3 million miles from the planet during the first of two Earth flybys on its way to Jupiter.
PIA00114:
Earth - South America (First Frame of Earth Spin Movie) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-02-28 Earth Galileo
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This color image of the Simpson Desert in Australia was obtained by NASA's Galileo spacecraft at about 2:30 p.m. PST, Dec. 8, 1990, at a range of more than 35,000 miles.
PIA00115:
Earth - Simpson Desert, Central Australia
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-02-01 Earth Galileo
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This color picture of the limb of the Earth, looking north past Antarctica, is a mosaic of 11 images taken during a ten-minute period near 5:45 p.m. PST Dec. 8, 1990, by NASA's Galileo's imaging system.
PIA00116:
Earth - Antarctica Mosaic
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-02-09 Earth Galileo
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This color picture of Antarctica is one part of a mosaic of pictures covering the entire Antarctic continent taken during the hours following NASA's Galileo's historic first encounter with its home planet.
PIA00117:
Earth - Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica
Full Resolution:     TIFF (7.234 MB)     JPEG (268.4 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Moon Galileo
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This image of the western hemisphere of the Moon was taken through a green filter by NASA's Galileo spacecraft at 9:35 a.m. PST Dec. 9 at a range of about 350,000 miles. In the center is the Orientale Basin.
PIA00120:
Moon - Western Hemisphere
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-02-28 Earth Galileo
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This false color image of the Eastern Coast of Australia was obtained by NASA's Galileo spacecraft at about 3:00 p.m. PST, Dec. 8, 1990, at a range of more than 35,000 miles.
PIA00121:
Earth - Eastern Australia Coast
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-02-08 Earth Galileo
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This color image of the Earth was obtained by NASA's Galileo spacecraft on Dec. 11, 1990, when the spacecraft was about 1.5 million miles from the Earth.
PIA00122:
Earth - India and Australia
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Earth Galileo
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This color image of the Earth was obtained by NASA's Galileo spacecraft early Dec. 12, 1990, when the spacecraft was about 1.6 million miles from the Earth.
PIA00123:
Earth - Pacific Ocean
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Moon Galileo
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This view of the north polar region of the Moon was obtained by NASA's Galileo's camera during the spacecraft's flyby of the Earth-Moon system on December 7 and 8, 1992.
PIA00126:
Moon - North Pole
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Earth Galileo
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This image of northeast Africa and the Arabian Peninsula was taken from an altitude of about 500,000 kilometers (300,000 miles) by NASA's Galileo spacecraft on December 9, 1992, as it left Earth en route to Jupiter.
PIA00127:
Earth - Northeast Africa and the Arabian Peninsula
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-02-05 Moon Galileo
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This mosaic picture of the Moon was compiled from 18 images taken with a green filter NASA's Galileo's imaging system during the spacecraft's flyby on December 7, 1992, some 11 hours before its Earth flyby.
PIA00128:
Moon - 18 Image Mosaic
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Moon Galileo
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This false-color mosaic of part of the Moon was constructed from 54 images taken by the imaging system aboard NASA's Galileo as the spacecraft flew past the Moon on December 7, 1992.
PIA00129:
Moon - False Color Mosaic
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-02-05 Moon Galileo
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This view of the Moon's north pole is a mosaic assembled from 18 images taken by NASA's Galileo's imaging system through a green filter as the spacecraft flew by on December 7, 1992.
PIA00130:
Moon - North Pole Mosaic
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-02-05 Moon Galileo
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This false-color mosaic was constructed from a series of 53 images taken through three spectral filters by NASA's Galileo's imaging system as the spacecraft flew over the northern regions of the Moon on December 7, 1992.
PIA00131:
Moon - False Color Mosaic
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Moon Galileo
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This false-color photograph is a composite of 15 images of the Moon taken through three color filters NASA's Galileo's solid-state imaging system during the spacecraft's passage through the Earth-Moon system on December 8, 1992.
PIA00132:
Moon - False Color Mosaic
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-08-05 Earth Galileo
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This false-color mosaic of the central part of the Andes mountains of South America (70 degrees w. longitude, 19 degrees s. latitude) is made up of 42 images acquired by NASA's Galileo spacecraft from an altitude of about 25,000 kilometers (15,000 miles).
PIA00133:
Earth - False Color Mosaic of the Andes
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Earth Galileo
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Earth Moon conjuntion image created during the second flyby of NASA's Galileo's spacecraft. Brightly colored Earth contrasts strongly with the Moon.
PIA00134:
Earth - Moon Conjunction
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-02-08 Moon Galileo
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This image of the crescent moon was obtained by the Galileo Solid State imaging system on December 8, 1995 at 5 a.m. PST as NASA's Galileo spacecraft neared the Earth.
PIA00224:
Moon - Western Near Side
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-02-08 Moon Galileo
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This image of the moon was obtained by the Galileo Solid State imaging system on Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. PST as NASA's Galileo spacecraft passed the Earth and was able to view the lunar surface from a vantage point not possible from the Earth.
PIA00225:
Far Side of the Moon
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-02-08 Earth Galileo
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This near-infrared photograph of the Earth was taken by the Galileo spacecraft at 6:07 a.m. PST on Dec. 11, 1990, at a range of about 1.32 million miles. South America is prominent near the center.
PIA00226:
Global View of Earth in the Near-Infrared
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-02-08 Earth Galileo
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Two sets of laser pulses transmitted from Earth to a spacecraft over a distance of 1.4 million kilometers (870,000 miles) in a communications experiment are shown in this long-exposure image made by NASA's Galileo spacecraft's imaging system.
PIA00230:
Galileo Optical Experiment (GOPEX)
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-02-08 Earth Galileo
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This color image of the Earth was taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft on December 11 as it departed on its 3-year flight to Jupiter, about 2 1/2 days after the second Earth flyby.
PIA00232:
Earth - Departing Image by Galileo
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-06-04 Earth Galileo
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During its flight, NASA's Galileo spacecraft returned images of the Earth and Moon. Separate images of the Earth and Moon were combined to generate this view.
PIA00342:
The Earth & Moon
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-10 Earth Galileo
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Global images of Earth from NASA's Galileo orbiter on December 11, 1999. In each frame, the continent of Antarctica is visible at the bottom of the globe.
PIA00728:
Global Images of Earth
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This view of the Earth shows a wonderfully unique but physically impossible view of the southern hemisphere and Antarctica. While a spacecraft could find itself directly over the Earth's pole, roughly half of the image should be in darkness!
PIA00729:
South Polar Projection of Earth
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-12-12 Earth Space Shuttle
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These two gray-scale images from NASA's Space Shuttle show part of the Nile River, near the Fourth Cataract in Sudan.
PIA16179:
Nile River in Black and White
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-08-23 Earth QuikScat
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As super Typhoon Bilis, equal in strength to a category 5 hurricane, bore down on Taiwan, these images from August 21, 2000, show the massive storm's most devastating components: rain and wind.
PIA01047:
Typhoon Bilis
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-07-05 Earth QuikScat
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As super Typhoon Bilis, equal in strength to a category 5 hurricane, bore down on Taiwan, these images from August 21, 2000, show the massive storm's most devastating components: rain and wind.
PIA01048:
Typhoon Bilis
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-08-09 Earth QuikScat
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This image shows wind speeds and direction in the Pacific Ocean on August 1, 1999, gathered by NASA's Seawinds radar instrument flying onboard NASA's QuikScat satellite.
PIA01346:
Pacific Ocean Surface Winds from QuikScat
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-08-09 Earth QuikScat
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This image shows wind speeds and direction in the Atlantic Ocean on August 1, 1999, gathered by NASA's Seawinds radar instrument flying onboard NASA's QuikScat satellite.
PIA01347:
Atlantic Ocean Surface Winds from QuikScat
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-09-08 Earth QuikScat
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NASA's QuikScat satellite instrument kept an eye on an iceberg the size of Rhode Island, the first time this space technology had been used to track a potential threat to international shipping.
PIA02329:
SeaWinds Watches for Breakup of Giant Iceberg
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-09-16 Earth QuikScat
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NASA's SeaWinds radar instrument eyed the center of a massive hurricane, Floyd, as it ripped past Georgia and the Carolinas Wednesday afternoon, September 15, 1999, then marched toward a midnight strike at Cape Fear, North Carolina.
PIA02334:
SeaWinds Radar Stares Into The Eye Of Angry Hurricane Floyd
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-08-25 Earth QuikScat
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The SeaWinds instrument onboard NASA's QuikScat ocean-viewing satellite captured this image of Hurricane Dora in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean on August 10, 1999, as it was blowing at speeds of nearly 40 meters per second (90 miles per hour).
PIA02404:
SeaWinds Radar Clocks Hurricane Dora's Wind Speeds
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-07 Earth QuikScat
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The distribution of ocean surface winds over the Atlantic Ocean, based on September 1999 data from NASA's SeaWinds instrument on the QuikScat satellite, shows wind direction, superimposed on the color image indicating wind speed.
PIA02455:
SeaWinds Global Coverage with Detail of Hurricane Floyd
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-07 Earth QuikScat
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This image demonstrates the capability of the SeaWinds instrument on NASA's QuikScat satellite in monitoring both sea ice and ocean surface wind, thus helping to further our knowledge in wind-ice interaction and its effect on climate change.
PIA02456:
SeaWinds Wind-Ice Interaction
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-07 Earth QuikScat
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NASA's SeaWinds instrument on the QuikScat satellite shows winds are blocked by an island mountain barrier on South Georgia Island, in the South Atlantic Ocean in the year 2000.
PIA02457:
SeaWinds - South Georgia Island
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-08 Earth QuikScat
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The SeaWinds scatterometer on NASA's QuikScat satellite makes global radar measurements day and night, in clear sky and through clouds. Greenland and the polar ice cap are shown here on September 20, 1999.
PIA02458:
SeaWinds - Oceans, Land, Polar Regions
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-08 Earth QuikScat
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The frequent coverage provided by NASA's SeaWinds instrument on the QuikScat satellite in 1999 provided unprecedented capability to monitor daily and seasonal changes in the key melt zones of Greenland.
PIA02459:
SeaWinds - Greenland
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-01-08 Earth QuikScat
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High-resolution ocean surface wind data from NASA's Quick Scatterometer (QuikScat) illustrate the strength of Santa Ana winds that pounded Southern California in 2003.
PIA03892:
Santa Ana Winds Over Los Angeles
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-01-13 Earth QuikScat
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The SeaWinds instrument on NASA's Quick Scatterometer (QuikScat) spacecraft captured these near-real-time backscatter images of melting on the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica's Weddell Sea between October 27 (left) and October 29 (right).
PIA03894:
QuikScat Captures an Early Melt
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-02-24 Earth SeaWinds
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One of NASA's Earth-observing instruments, the SeaWinds scatterometer aboard Japan's Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (Adeos) 2--now renamed Midori 2--has successfully transmitted its first radar data to our home planet.
PIA03896:
NASA's Newest SeaWinds Instrument Breezes Into Operation
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