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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-12-07 Europa Galileo
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This view of the south polar region of Jupiter's moon Europa shows part of a gray band that formed as plates on the icy surface separated and material filled in the widening gap. North is to the top of this picture from by NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA01643:
A Record of Crustal Movement on Europa
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These cracks and ridges in the south polar region of Jupiter's moon Europa have been rotated into sigmoidal or 'S' shapes by the motion of Astypalaea Linea, a strike-slip fault in the moon's icy surface. Images were captured by NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA01642:
Cracks and Ridges Distorted by Europan Fault Motion
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-11-24 Europa Galileo
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This mosaic of a region in the northern hemisphere of Jupiter's moon, Europa, displays many of the features which are typical on the satellite's icy surface. The images were obtained by the Solid State Imaging (SSI) system on NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA01641:
Double Ridges, Dark Spots, and Smooth Icy Plains on Europa
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-10-21 Callisto Galileo
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This artist's concept, a cutaway view of Jupiter's moon Callisto, is based on recent data from NASA's Galileo spacecraft which indicates a salty ocean may lie beneath Callisto's icy crust.
PIA01478:
Callisto Cutaway with Ocean (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-10-14 Jupiter Galileo
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These images show a newly created large-scale storm on Jupiter, known as a white oval. This storm is the size of Earth and was observed by the Hubble Space Telescope and NASA's Galileo spacecraft's photopolarimeter radiometer in July 1998.
PIA01477:
Jupiter's White Ovals
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-10-13 Europa Galileo
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This view of Jupiter's icy moon Europa from NASA's Galileo spacecraft shows a region shaped like a mitten that has a texture similar to the matrix of chaotic terrain, which is seen in images of numerous locations across Europa's surface.
PIA01640:
Mitten shaped region of Chaotic Terrain on Europa
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-10-13 Jupiter Galileo
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This false-color picture of a convective thunderstorm 10,000 kilometers (6,218 miles) northwest of Jupiter's Great Red Spot was obtained by NASA's Galileo spacecraft on June 26, 1996.
PIA01639:
Water Cloud Thunderstorm Northwest of Great Red Spot
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-10-13 Jupiter Galileo
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This picture highlights a convective storm (left panel) and the associated lightning (right panels) in Jupiter's atmosphere. The images were taken by the solid state imaging camera system on NASA's Galileo spacecraft at a range of 1.1 million kilometers.
PIA01638:
Jovian Lightning and the Daytime Storm
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-10-13 Io Galileo
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This view of Jupiter's moon Io in eclipse was acquired by NASA's Galileo spacecraft while the moon was in Jupiter's shadow. Gases above the satellite's surface produced a ghostly glow that could be seen at visible wavelengths (red, green, and violet).
PIA01637:
Io's Aurorae
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-10-13 Jupiter Galileo
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This view shows lightning storms in three different locations (panels 1, 2, and 3) on Jupiter's night side. Each panel shows multiple lightning strikes, coming from different parts of the same storm. Images captured by NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA01636:
Changing Lightning Storms on Jupiter
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-10-13 Io Galileo
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Views of Jupiter's moon Io in the eclipse of the large planet's shadow are color coded so blue to yellow to red represents increasing brightness. Image from NASA's Galileo spacecraft indicate that the lava at Pillan Patera exceeded 1,700 degrees kelvin.
PIA01635:
Io in Eclipse reveals High Temperature Hot Spots
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-10-13 Callisto Galileo
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This mosaic shows the Asgard multi-ring structure on Callisto, Jupiter's second largest icy moon. Images obtained with the clear filter of the Solid State Imaging (SSI) system when NASA's Galileo spacecraft was less than 9,500 kilometers from Callisto.
PIA01634:
Asgard Multi-Ring Structure on Callisto
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-10-13 Europa Galileo
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This mosaic shows the Tyre multi-ring structure which is thought to have been formed by a large impact onto Jupiter's moon Europa. Images obtained by the Solid State Imaging (SSI) system on NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA01633:
The Tyre multi-ring Structure on Europa
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-10-13 Callisto Galileo
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This portion of the surface of Callisto, Jupiter's second largest moon, contains an immensely varied crater landscape. Image obtained by the Solid State Imaging (SSI) system on NASA's Galileo spacecraft during its tenth orbit of Jupiter.
PIA01632:
Callisto's Varied Crater Landscape
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-10-13 Callisto Galileo
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This high resolution image from NASA's Galileo spacecraft of Jupiter's icy moon, Callisto, shows two, probably related, phenomena that were quite surprising to planetary scientists. First, a dark, mobile blanket of material covers Callisto's surface.
PIA01631:
So few Small Craters on Callisto
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-10-13 Callisto Galileo
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This image of Jupiter's second largest moon, Callisto, presents one of the mysteries discovered by NASA's Galileo spacecraft. In the upper left corner of the image, what appear to be very small craters are visible (See enlargement.)
PIA01630:
Callisto: Pits or Craters?
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-10-13 Callisto Galileo
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This fascinating region of Jupiter's icy moon, Callisto, shows the transition from the inner part of an enormous impact basin, Asgard, to the outer 'surrounding plains.' Image obtained by the Solid State Imaging (SSI) system on NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA01629:
Textured Terrain in Callisto's Asgard Basin
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-09-15 J Rings Galileo
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The schematic structures of Jupiter's main and gossamer rings are depicted here. Scientists studying data from NASA's Galileo have found that the ring system is made up of impact debris created when meteoroids slam into Jupiter's four smallest satellites.
PIA01628:
Jupiter's Main and Gossamer Ring Structures
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This schematic cut-away view of the components of Jupiter's ring system shows the geometry of the rings in relation to Jupiter and to the small inner satellites, which are the source of the dust which forms the rings.
PIA01627:
Jupiter's Inner Satellites and Ring Components
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-09-15 Io Galileo
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Composite view of Amalthea and Io at the same scale. The visible part of Amalthea is about 150 kilometers across. The Amalthea and Io composites were obtained by the solid state imaging (SSI) camera on NASA's Galileo spacecraft on different orbits.
PIA01626:
Comparison of Amalthea to Io
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-09-15 Amalthea Galileo
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These are the best images of the small inner satellites of Jupiter taken by the solid state imaging (SSI) system on NASA's Galileo spacecraft. From left to right and in order of decreasing distance to Jupiter are Thebe, Amalthea, Adrastea, and Metis.
PIA01625:
Scale Comparison of the Inner Small Satellites of Jupiter
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-09-15 Amalthea Galileo
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The upper series of images represents the best yet of the four small inner satellites of Jupiter taken by the camera on NASA's Galileo spacecraft. From left to right, in order of decreasing distance to Jupiter, are Thebe, Amalthea, Adrastea and Metis.
PIA01624:
Shapes of the Small Inner Satellites of Jupiter
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-09-15 J Rings Galileo
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This mosaic of five images was taken through the clear filter of the solid state imaging system (CCD) aboard NASA's Galileo spacecraft. The top panel displays only the data, while the bottom panel gives the location of some of Jupiter's small ring moons.
PIA01623:
Jupiter's Gossamer Ring Structure
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The top and bottom panels show a mosaic of images of Jupiter's rings taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft. Jupiter is to the right of this mosaic, and different brightness scales accent different parts of the ring system.
PIA01622:
Jupiter's Main Ring and Halo
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-09-15 J Rings Galileo
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This mosaic of Jupiter's ring system was acquired by NASA's Galileo spacecraft when the Sun was behind the planet, and the spacecraft was in Jupiter's shadow peering back toward the Sun.
PIA01621:
Jupiter's Ring System
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-08-03 Ganymede Galileo
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Natural color view of Ganymede from NASA's Galileo spacecraft during its first encounter with the satellite. The dark areas are the older, more heavily cratered regions and the light areas are younger, tectonically deformed regions.
PIA00716:
Ganymede Color Global
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-07-15 Ganymede Galileo
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When NASA's two Voyager spacecraft passed through the Jupiter system in 1979, they captured many high resolution images of the Galilean satellites. One primary objective of NASA's Galileo mission was to acquire images of areas that Voyager could not see.
PIA01606:
Completing a Global Map of Ganymede
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This image is a computer-generated perspective view of ridges in the Uruk Sulcus region of Jupiter's moon, Ganymede. Image was taken on September 6, 1996 by the Solid State Imaging (SSI) system on NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA01620:
Perspective View of Bright Ridges in Uruk Sulcus
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View of the Tiamat Sulcus region on Jupiter's moon, Ganymede, imaged just after local sunrise. The illumination from such a low sun angle highlights the grooved topography of Tiamat. Image from NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA01619:
Morning in Tiamat Sulcus
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View of the Marius Regio and Nippur Sulcus area of Jupiter's moon, Ganymede showing the dark and bright grooved terrain which is typical of this satellite. Image taken by the Solid State Imaging (SSI) system on NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA01618:
Regional View of Ganymede
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This image from NASA's Galileo spacecraft shows a highly fractured lane of grooved terrain, Lagash Sulcus, which runs through an area of heavily cratered dark terrain within Marius Regio on Jupiter's moon Ganymede.
PIA01617:
Marius Regio, Ganymede
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View of a boundary between bright and dark terrain at the southern border of Galileo Regio on Jupiter's moon, Ganymede. Image was taken by the Solid State Imaging (SSI) system on NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA01616:
Highly Fractured Dark and Bright Terrain
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A swath of grooved terrain named Erech Sulcus cuts north-south across the ancient dark terrain of Marius Regio. Mosaic images were taken by the Solid State Imaging (SSI) system on NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA01615:
Swaths of Grooved Terrain on Ganymede
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NASA's Galileo imaging camera targeted an area in Sippar Sulcus on Jupiter's moon, Ganymede. Images obtained in 1979 by NASA's Voyager spacecraft showed that the area contained curvilinear and arcuate scarps or cliffs.
PIA01614:
"Calderas" on Ganymede?
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View of Nicholson Regio on Jupiter's moon, Ganymede, showing heavily fractured dark terrain and a lane of smooth bright terrain. North is to the top of this image from NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA01613:
Fractures in Nicholson Regio
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This image captured by NASA's Galileo spacecraft shows dark terrain of Nicholson Regio on Jupiter's moon, Ganymede. On the left is a crater that has been torn apart by tectonic forces.
PIA01612:
A Tumultuous Past for Ganymede's Dark Terrain
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This image from NASA's Galileo spacecraft show the dark ray crater Kittu on Jupiter's moon, Ganymede. Kittu is seen in approximately true color, as imaged with the Galileo camera's violet, one micrometer, and near infrared filters.
PIA01611:
Kittu Dark Ray Crater
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This image from NASA's Galileo spacecraft shows a chain of craters named Enki Catena on Jupiter's moon, Ganymede. This chain of 13 craters probably formed by a comet which was pulled into pieces by Jupiter's gravity as it passed too close to the planet.
PIA01610:
Anatomy of a Torn Comet
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This image captured by NASA's Galileo spacecraft shows an oblique view of two fresh impact craters in bright grooved terrain near the north pole of Jupiter's moon, Ganymede.
PIA01609:
Fresh Impact Craters on Ganymede
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During NASA's Galileo spacecraft's second orbit, images were obtained within the northern polar cap of Jupiter's moon, Ganymede, across a north-south trending boundary between the grooved terrain of Philae Sulcus and the dark terrain of Galileo Regio.
PIA01608:
High Latitude "Bright" and "Dark" Terrains on Ganymede
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This image from NASA's Galileo spacecraft shows two impact craters that are superimposed on Memphis Facula, a large bright circular feature in the otherwise generally dark terrain in Galileo Regio on Jupiter's moon, Ganymede.
PIA01607:
Dark-floored Impact Craters on Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-07-02 Io Galileo
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During its 14th orbit of Jupiter in March 29, 1998, NASA's Galileo spacecraft captured an image of Jupiter's moon, Io, that has the same lighting geometry that will exist during Io's close Io flyby on October 11, 1999 (the 24th orbit).
PIA01605:
Io imaging during Galileo's 24th orbit
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This is the highest resolution color picture taken so far of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io by NASA's Galileo spacecraft. The fiery satellite is seen against a backdrop of Jupiter's cloud tops, which appear blue in this false-color composite.
PIA01604:
Close-up color view of Io
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-06-17 Europa Galileo
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During the first targeted encounter of the icy satellite Europa, NASA's Galileo performed high resolution spectral mapping of the trailing side, a region thought to have minerals other than water ice.
PIA00840:
Infrared Observations of Europa's Trailing Side
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-06-10 Jupiter Galileo
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Mosaics of Jupiter's night side show the Jovian aurora at approximately 45 minute intervals as the auroral ring rotated with the planet below the spacecraft. The images were obtained by the Solid State Imaging (SSI) system on NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA01603:
Time Series of Jupiter's Aurora
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Mosaics of Jupiter's night side show the Jovian aurora at approximately 45 minute intervals as the auroral ring rotated with the planet below the spacecraft. The images were obtained by the Solid State Imaging (SSI) system on NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA01602:
Time Series of Jupiter's Aurora
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Mosaics of Jupiter's night side show the Jovian aurora at approximately 45 minute intervals as the auroral ring rotated with the planet below the spacecraft. The images were obtained by the Solid State Imaging (SSI) system on NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA01601:
Time Series of Jupiter's Aurora
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Mosaics of Jupiter's night side show the Jovian aurora at approximately 45 minute intervals as the auroral ring rotated with the planet below the spacecraft. The images were obtained by the Solid State Imaging (SSI) system on NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA01600:
Time Series of Jupiter's Aurora
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-05-21 Europa Galileo
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This mosaic of the Conamara Chaos region on Jupiter's moon, Europa, clearly indicates relatively recent resurfacing of Europa's surface. The background image in this picture was taken during NASA's Galileo spacecraft's sixth orbit of Jupiter.
PIA01403:
A Closer Look at Chaos on Europa
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During the two year Galileo Europa Mission (GEM), NASA's Galileo spacecraft will focus intensively on Jupiter's intriguing moon, Europa. This montage shows samples of some of the features that will be imaged during eight successive orbits.
PIA01407:
Europa Imaging Highlights During GEM
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This three dimensional effect is created by superimposing images of Jupiter's icy moon, Europa, taken by NASA's Galileo Orbiter. 3D glasses are necessary to identify surface detail.
PIA01406:
Topography within Europa's Mannann'an Crater
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This view taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft of Jupiter's icy moon Europa focuses on a dark, smooth region whose center is the lowest area in this image. To the west, it is bounded by a cliff and terraces, which might have been formed by normal faulting.
PIA01405:
A Dark Spot on Europa
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This high resolution view captured by NASA's Galileo spacecraft shows the Conamara Chaos region on Jupiter's icy moon, Europa. This image reveals craters which range in size from about 30 meters to over 450 meters in diameter.
PIA01404:
Small Craters on Europa
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This composite view taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft shows the rim and interior of the impact crater, Mannann'an, on Jupiter's moon, Europa.
PIA01402:
Mannann'an Crater
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This complex area on the side of Europa which faces away from Jupiter shows several types of features which are formed by disruptions of Europa's icy crust. North is to the top of the image, taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA01401:
Scrambled Ice
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This image shows features on Jupiter's moon Europa that may be 'flows' from ice volcanoes. It was taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft solid state imaging (CCD) system during its seventh orbit around Jupiter.
PIA01084:
Flow-like Features On Europa
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This six frame mosaic of Europa's surface shows a variety of interesting geologic features. These images were obtained by the Solid State Imaging (CCD) system on NASA's Galileo spacecraft during its sixth orbit around Jupiter.
PIA01092:
Geologic Evidence of Internal Activity on Europa
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In this family portrait the four largest moons of Jupiter are shown to scale in increasing distance from Jupiter are (left to right) Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. This image was taken by NASA's Galileo in November, 1997.
PIA01400:
The Galilean Satellites
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This composite includes the four largest moons of Jupiter which are known as the Galilean satellites. Shown from left to right are Io, closest to Jupiter, followed by Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.
PIA01299:
The Galilean Satellites
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Jupiter's icy moon Callisto is shown in approximate natural color (left) and in false color to enhance subtle color variations (right). These color images were obtained by the Solid State Imaging (SSI) system on NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA01298:
Global Color Variations on Callisto
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Four views of Jupiter's second largest moon, Callisto, highlight how increasing resolutions enable interpretation of the surface. North is to the top of these frames which were taken by the Solid State Imaging (SSI) system on NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA01297:
View of Callisto at Increasing Resolutions
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This image of Jupiter's icy satellite Europa shows surface features such as domes and ridges, as well as a region of disrupted terrain including crustal plates which are thought to have broken apart and 'rafted' into new positions.
PIA01296:
Europa "Ice Rafts" in Local and Color Context
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This color composite view combines violet, green, and infrared images of Jupiter's intriguing moon, Europa, for a view of the moon in natural color (left) and in enhanced color designed to bring out subtle color differences in the surface (right).
PIA01295:
Europa Global Views in Natural and Enhanced Colors
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-04-02 Jupiter Galileo
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This map shows temperatures for the region around Jupiter's Great Red Spot and an area to the northwest. This map was made from data taken by NASA's Photopolarimeter/Radiometer (PPR) instrument on June 26, 1996.
PIA01234:
PPR Great Red Spot Temperature Map
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This map shows temperatures for the region around Jupiter's Great Red Spot and an area to the northwest. This map was made from data taken by NASA's Photopolarimeter/Radiometer (PPR) instrument on June 26, 1996.
PIA01233:
Photopolarimeter/Radiometer (PPR) Temperature Map of Great Red Spot
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-04-02 Ganymede Galileo
 Photopolarimeter-Radiometer
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This map shows the temperatures for most of the surface of Ganymede made from data taken by on Jun. 26, 1996 as NASA's Galileo approached the sunlit side of the moon.
PIA01232:
Temperature Map of Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-03-26 Europa Galileo
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This high resolution image of the icy crust of Europa, one of Jupiter's moons, reveals a surface criss-crossed by multiple sets of ridges and fractures. This image was taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft on February 20, 1997.
PIA00849:
Ridges and Fractures on Europa
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-03-26 Io Galileo
 Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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NASA's Galileo spacecraft's Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (NIMS) shows the distribution of volcanic hotspots on the surface of Io during the G! encounter on June 29, 1996.
PIA00835:
NIMS Observation of Hotspots on Io
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The three images of Io in eclipse (top) show volcanic hot spots and airglow associated with volcanic plumes and Io's atmosphere. They were acquired by NASA's Galileo spacecraft during three separate orbits of Jupiter when the Io was in Jupiter's shadow.
PIA00739:
Eclipse Images of Io (3 views)
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-03-26 Europa Galileo
 Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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NASA's Galileo spacecraft imaged most of Europa, including the north polar regions, at high spectral resolution during the G1 encounter on June 28, 1996.
PIA00834:
NIMS G1 Observation of Europa
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-03-26 Jupiter Galileo
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This mosaic of the Great Red Spot on Jupiter from NASA's Galileo orbiter was taken over a 75 second interval beginning at universal time 4 hours, 18 minutes, 8 seconds on June 26, 1996.
PIA00831:
Mosaic of Jupiter's Great Red Spot (Violet Filter)
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Mosaic of Jupiter's southern hemisphere between -25 and -80 degrees (south) latitude. These images were taken on May 7, 1997, at a range of 1.5 million kilometers by the Solid State Imaging system on NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA01229:
Jupiter's Southern Hemisphere in the Near-Infrared (Time Set 3)
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Mosaic of Jupiter's southern hemisphere between -25 and -80 degrees (south) latitude. These images were taken on May 7, 1997, at a range of 1.5 million kilometers by the Solid State Imaging system on NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA01228:
Jupiter's Southern Hemisphere in the Near-Infrared (Time Set 2)
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Mosaic of Jupiter's southern hemisphere between -10 and -80 degrees (south) latitude. These images were taken on May 7, 1997, at a range of 1.5 million kilometers by the Solid State Imaging system on NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA01227:
Jupiter's Southern Hemisphere in the Near-Infrared (Time Set 1)
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-03-26 Callisto Galileo
 Solid-State Imaging
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This image shows a heavily cratered region near Callisto's equator. It was taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft Solid State Imaging system on its ninth orbit around Jupiter on June 25, 1997.
PIA01054:
Har Crater on Callisto
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These images of Jupiter's volcanic moon, Io, show the results of a dramatic event that occurred on the fiery satellite during a five-month period (April 4-Sept 19, 1997.
PIA00744:
Arizona-sized Io Eruption
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-03-26 Europa Galileo
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These 15 frames show the great variety of surface features on Jupiter's icy moon, Europa, which were revealed by NASA's Galileo spacecraft Solid State Imaging (CCD) system during its first six orbits around Jupiter from June 1996 to February 1997.
PIA00746:
Various Landscapes and Features on Europa
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-03-26 Io Galileo
 Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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NASA's Galileo spacecraft obtained this image of half of Io's disk in darkness on Sept. 19, 1997.
PIA01226:
Two New Hot Spots on Io
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-03-26 Callisto Galileo
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This two frame mosaic of images from NASA's Galileo spacecraft shows an area in the southern hemisphere of Jupiter's moon, Callisto, that was not imaged during the 1979 flyby of NASA's Voyager spacecraft.
PIA01225:
Craters in a Newly Imaged Area on Callisto
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 Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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The NIMS instrument onboard NASA's Galileo orbiter observes the structure and composition of Jupiter clouds.
PIA01224:
NIMS Observes the Structure and Composition of Jupiter's Clouds
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-03-26 Callisto Galileo
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This mosaic covers part of the equatorial region of Jupiter's moon, Callisto. The mosaic combines six separate image frames obtained by the solid state imaging (CCD) system on NASA's Galileo spacecraft during its ninth orbit around Jupiter.
PIA00745:
Callisto's Equatorial Region
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-03-26 Io Galileo
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This color composite of Io was acquired by NASA's Galileo spacecraft during its sixth orbit (E6) of Jupiter as part of a sequence of images designed to monitor changes in the surface color due to volcanic activity.
PIA01223:
Changes on Io's Loki-Pele hemisphere
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The images used to create this enhanced color composite of Io were acquired by NASA's Galileo spacecraft during its seventh orbit (G7) of Jupiter. Low sun angles near the terminator offer lighting conditions which emphasize the topography on volcanic Io.
PIA00738:
Topography and Volcanoes on Io (color)
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 Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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NASA's Galileo spacecraft observed Io on nearly every orbit as part of a program monitoring the level of volcanic activity on this moon. Io is the most volcanically active body in the Solar System.
PIA00899:
New Hot Spot on Io Discovered by NIMS During Orbit C9
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This five-frame mosaic of the Jovian satellite Callisto shows a surface densely populated with impact craters. These images were obtained by NASA's Galileo spacecraft on its eighth orbit around Jupiter in 1997.
PIA00898:
Moderate-resolution view of Callisto's surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-03-26 Jupiter Galileo
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This image is a mosaic of Jupiter's northern hemisphere, taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft in 1997. Jupiter's atmospheric circulation is dominated by alternating eastward and westward jets from equatorial to polar latitudes.
PIA00897:
Jupiter's Northern Hemisphere in False Color (Time Set 3)
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This image is a mosaic of Jupiter's northern hemisphere, taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft in 1997. Jupiter's atmospheric circulation is dominated by alternating eastward and westward jets from equatorial to polar latitudes.
PIA00896:
Jupiter's Northern Hemisphere in True Color (Time Set 3)
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This image is a mosaic of Jupiter's northern hemisphere, taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft in 1997. Jupiter's atmospheric circulation is dominated by alternating eastward and westward jets from equatorial to polar latitudes.
PIA00895:
Jupiter's Northern Hemisphere in False Color (Time Set 2)
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This image is a mosaic of Jupiter's northern hemisphere, taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft in 1997. Jupiter's atmospheric circulation is dominated by alternating eastward and westward jets from equatorial to polar latitudes.
PIA00894:
Jupiter's Northern Hemisphere in True Color (Time Set 2)
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This image is a mosaic of Jupiter's northern hemisphere, taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft in 1997. Jupiter's atmospheric circulation is dominated by alternating eastward and westward jets from equatorial to polar latitudes.
PIA00893:
Jupiter's Northern Hemisphere in False Color (Time Set 1)
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This image is a mosaic of Jupiter's northern hemisphere, taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft in 1997. Differences in coloration are due to the composition and abundance of trace chemicals in Jupiter's atmosphere.
PIA00892:
Jupiter's Northern Hemisphere in True Color (Time Set 1)
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Jupiter's atmospheric circulation is dominated by alternating eastward and westward jets from equatorial to polar latitudes. This image was taken on April 3, 1997, by NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA00890:
Jupiter's Northern Hemisphere in Violet Light (Time Set 3)
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Jupiter's atmospheric circulation is dominated by alternating eastward and westward jets from equatorial to polar latitudes. This image was taken on April 3, 1997, by NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA00889:
Jupiter's Northern Hemisphere in a Methane Band (Time Set 3)
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Jupiter's atmospheric circulation is dominated by alternating eastward and westward jets from equatorial to polar latitudes. This image was taken on April 3, 1997, by NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA00888:
Jupiter's Northern Hemisphere in a Methane Band (Time Set 3)
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Jupiter's atmospheric circulation is dominated by alternating eastward and westward jets from equatorial to polar latitudes. This image was taken on April 3, 1997, by NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA00887:
Jupiter's Northern Hemisphere in the Near-Infrared (Time Set 3)
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This mosaic shows the features of Jupiter's main visible cloud deck and the hazy cloud layer above it as seen by NASA's Galileo spacecraft on April 3, 1997.
PIA00886:
Jupiter's Northern Hemisphere in Violet Light (Time Set 2)
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Jupiter's atmospheric circulation is dominated by alternating eastward and westward jets from equatorial to polar latitudes. This image was taken on April 3, 1997, by NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA00885:
Jupiter's Northern Hemisphere in a Methane Band (Time Set 2)
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Jupiter's atmospheric circulation is dominated by alternating eastward and westward jets from equatorial to polar latitudes. This image was taken on April 3, 1997, by NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA00884:
Jupiter's Northern Hemisphere in a Methane Band (Time Set 2)
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Jupiter's atmospheric circulation is dominated by alternating eastward and westward jets from equatorial to polar latitudes. This image was taken on April 3, 1997, by NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA00883:
Jupiter's Northern Hemisphere in the Near-Infrared (Time Set 2)
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Jupiter's atmospheric circulation is dominated by alternating eastward and westward jets from equatorial to polar latitudes. This image was taken on April 3, 1997, by NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA00882:
Jupiter's Northern Hemisphere in Violet Light (Time Set 1)
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