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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 spaceborne radar image from NASA's Spaceborne Imaging Radar C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar shows the area just north of the city of Cairo, Egypt, where the Nile River splits into two main branches.
PIA01836:
Space Radar Image of Nile River Delta, Egypt
Full Resolution:     TIFF (25.89 MB)     JPEG (2.052 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1999-04-15 Earth Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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This spaceborne radar image from NASA's Spaceborne Imaging Radar C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar of a mineral-rich region in southern China is being used by geologists to identify potential new areas for mineral exploration.
PIA01837:
Space Radar Image of Mineral Resources, China
Full Resolution:     TIFF (9.551 MB)     JPEG (1.02 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1999-04-15 Earth Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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These spaceborne radar images from NASA's Spaceborne Imaging Radar C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar show a segment of the Great Wall of China in a desert region of north-central China, about 700 kilometers (434 miles) west of Beijing.
PIA01838:
Space Radar Image of Great Wall of China
Full Resolution:     TIFF (16.51 MB)     JPEG (1.113 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1999-04-15 Earth Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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This spaceborne radar image from NASA's Spaceborne Imaging Radar C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar of Belgrade, Serbia, illustrates the variety of land use patterns that can be observed with a multiple wavelength radar system.
PIA01839:
Space Radar Image of Belgrade, Serbia
Full Resolution:     TIFF (26.23 MB)     JPEG (2.34 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1999-04-15 Earth Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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This is a three-dimensional perspective from NASA's Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-band Synthetic Aperture of the eastern front range of the Rocky Mountains, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) west of Great Falls, Montana.
PIA01840:
Space Radar Image of Rocky Mountains, Montana
Full Resolution:     TIFF (5.591 MB)     JPEG (319.5 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1999-04-15 Earth Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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This is a three-dimensional perspective view from NASA's Spaceborne Imaging Radar C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar of Missoula, Montana, created by combining using a technique known as interferometry.
PIA01841:
Space Radar Image of Missoula, Montana in 3-D
Full Resolution:     TIFF (6.282 MB)     JPEG (267.3 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1999-04-15 Earth Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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This spaceborne radar image from NASA's Spaceborne Imaging Radar C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar shows the city of Honolulu, Hawaii and adjacent areas on the island of Oahu. Honolulu lies on the south shore of the island.
PIA01842:
Space Radar Image of Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii
Full Resolution:     TIFF (12.13 MB)     JPEG (961.7 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1999-04-15 Earth Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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This spaceborne radar image from NASA's Spaceborne Imaging Radar C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar shows part of the British territory of Hong Kong, adjacent to mainland China. The South China Sea is shown in dark blue and red on the image.
PIA01843:
Space Radar Image of Hong Kong
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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 radar image from NASA's Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-band Synthetic Aperture of Calcutta, India, illustrates different urban land use patterns; it is the largest city in India, located on the banks of the Hugli River, shown as the thick, dark line.
PIA01844:
Space Radar Image of Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.759 MB)     JPEG (203.7 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1999-04-15 Earth Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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This spaceborne radar image from NASA's Spaceborne Imaging Radar C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar of Munich, Germany highlights different land use patterns in the area surrounding Bavaria's largest city.
PIA01845:
Space Radar Image of Munich, Germany
Full Resolution:     TIFF (26.31 MB)     JPEG (2.135 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1999-04-15 Earth Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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This spaceborne radar image from NASA's Spaceborne Imaging Radar C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar shows part of the remote central Asian region of Tuva, a mostly mountainous region that lies between western Mongolia and southern Siberia.
PIA01846:
Space Radar Image of Tuva, Central Asia
Full Resolution:     TIFF (80.21 MB)     JPEG (6.547 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1999-04-15 Earth Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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This spaceborne radar image from NASA's Spaceborne Imaging Radar C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar shows the city of Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. Phnom Penh lies at the confluence of the Mekong River and the Basak Sab.
PIA01847:
Space Radar Image of Phnom Phen, Cambodia
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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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The Iveragh Peninsula, one of the four peninsulas in southwestern Ireland, is shown in this spaceborne radar image from NASA's Spaceborne Imaging Radar C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar. The lakes of Killarney National Park are the green patches.
PIA01848:
Space Radar Image of County Kerry, Ireland
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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 spaceborne radar image from NASA's Spaceborne Imaging Radar C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar shows a segment of the Columbia River as it passes through the area of Wenatchee, Washington, east of Seattle.
PIA01849:
Space Radar Image of Wenatchee, Washington
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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 spaceborne radar image from NASA's Spaceborne Imaging Radar C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar shows the intensive agricultural development in central Ukraine, along the Dnieper River. The area shown lies southeast of Kiev and northeast of Odessa.
PIA01850:
Space Radar Image of Dnieper River, Ukraine
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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 spaceborne radar image from NASA's Spaceborne Imaging Radar C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture shows part of the Mojave Desert in the vicinity of Barstow, California and revealing human activities in the arid environment of the southern California deserts.
PIA01851:
Space Radar Image of Barstow, California
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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 spaceborne radar image from NASA's Spaceborne Imaging Radar C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar shows the Pinacate Volcanic Field in the state of Sonora, Mexico, southeast of Yuma, Arizona. The United States/Mexico border is evident.
PIA01852:
Space Radar Image of Pinacate Volcanic Field, Mexico
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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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The northern end of the island country of Taiwan, including the capital city of Taipei, is shown in this spaceborne radar image from NASA's Spaceborne Imaging Radar C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar. Taipei is the bright blue and red area.
PIA01853:
Space Radar Image of Taipei, Taiwan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-04-27 Earth Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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This spaceborne radar image from NASA's Spaceborne Imaging Radar C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar shows part of the vast Namib Sand Sea on the west coast of southern Africa, just northeast of the city of Luderitz, Namibia.
PIA01856:
Space Radar Image of Namibia Sand Dunes
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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 spaceborne radar image from NASA's Spaceborne Imaging Radar C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar shows the famous 'hook' of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The Cape, which juts out into the Atlantic Ocean southeast of Boston.
PIA01857:
Space Radar Image of Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Full Resolution:     TIFF (25.1 MB)     JPEG (3.779 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1999-04-15 Earth Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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This spaceborne radar image from NASA's Spaceborne Imaging Radar C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar shows the 'Valley Island' of Maui, Hawaii. Cloud-penetrating capabilities provide a rare view of many parts of the island, frequently shrouded in clouds.
PIA01858:
Space Radar Image of Maui, Hawaii
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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 spaceborne radar image from NASA's Spaceborne Imaging Radar C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture shows a segment of the Rhine River where it forms the border between the Alsace region of northeastern France on the left and the Black Forest region of Germany.
PIA01859:
Space Radar Image of Rhine River, France and Germany
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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 radar image from NASA's Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-band Synthetic Aperture of Ventura County, California, shows the Santa Clara River valley and the surrounding mountains. The river valley is the linear feature that empties into the Pacific Ocean.
PIA01860:
Space Radar Image of Ventura County, California
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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 is a spaceborne radar image from NASA's Spaceborne Imaging Radar C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar of the city of Sacramento, the capital of California. Urban areas appear pink and the surrounding agricultural areas are green and blue.
PIA01861:
Space Radar Image of Sacramento, California
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This radar image from NASA's Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-band Synthetic Aperture shows the Hampton Roads, Virginia region, where the James River (upper left center) flows into the Chesapeake Bay.
PIA01862:
Space Radar Image of Hampton Roads, Virginia
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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 spaceborne radar image from NASA's Spaceborne Imaging Radar C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar shows how the Atlas Mountains in northwestern Africa dominate the geography of Morocco.
PIA01863:
Space Radar Image of Eastern Morocco
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-08-23 Neptune Voyager
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This dramatic view of the crescents of Neptune and Triton was acquired by Voyager 2 approximately 3 days, 6 and one-half hours after its closest approach to Neptune (north is to the right).
PIA02215:
Crescents of Neptune and Triton
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-01-19 Mercury Mariner Venus Mercury (Mariner 10)
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The Kuiper Quadrangle was named in memory of Dr. Gerard Kuiper, an imaging team member, and well-known astronomer, of NASA's Mariner 10 Venus/Mercury. The Kuiper crater is seen left of center in this image.
PIA02236:
Mercury: Photomosaic of the Kuiper Quadrangle H-6
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-01-26 Mercury Mariner Venus Mercury (Mariner 10)
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This image, from NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft which launched in 1974, is of the Michelangelo Quadrangle, which lies in Mercury's southern polar region. The Mercurian surface is heavily marred by numerous impact craters.
PIA02237:
Mercury: Photomosaic of the Michelangelo Quadrangle H-12
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This image, from NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft which launched in 1974, is of the Borealis area H-1, located in Mercury's northern hemisphere. The north pole is visible at the top of the image.
PIA02243:
Mercury: Photomosaic of Borealis Quadrangle H-1
Full Resolution:     TIFF (18.07 MB)     JPEG (3.134 MB)
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This image, from NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft which launched in 1974, is of the H-7 Beethoven Quadrangle, and lies in Mercury's Equatorial Mercator. NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft imaged the region during its initial flyby of the planet.
PIA02255:
Mercury: Beethoven Quadrangle, H-7
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-08-26 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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This map of Mars was created using images from NASA's Viking orbiters. It shows the original landing zone selected for the Mars Polar Lander. A bright blue ellipse indicates the landing location of the landing site.
PIA02314:
Proposed Mars Polar Lander Landing Site (Flat Map)
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-08-26 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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A mosaic of 24 images taken by NASA's Mars Global Surveyor on a single northern summer day in April, 1999 are stitched together to create a global view of Mars.
PIA02315:
Proposed Mars Polar Lander Landing Site (Global Perspective)
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-08-26 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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This three-dimensional perspective view of the Martian polar layered terrain was created by combining NASA's Viking images with NASA's Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter measurements of the height of the surface.
PIA02316:
Proposed Mars Polar Lander Landing Site (Perspective View 1)
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-08-26 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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This three-dimensional perspective view of the Martian polar layered terrain was created by combining NASA's Viking images with NASA's Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter measurements of the height of the surface.
PIA02317:
Proposed Mars Polar Lander Landing Site (Perspective View 2)
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-08-26 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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This three-dimensional perspective view of the Martian polar layered terrain was created by combining NASA's Viking images with NASA's Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter measurements of the height of the surface.
PIA02318:
Proposed Mars Polar Lander Landing Site (Perspective View 3)
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.251 MB)     JPEG (110.4 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1999-10-07 Mercury Mariner Venus Mercury (Mariner 10)
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As NASA's Mariner 10 approached Mercury at nearly seven miles per second on March 29, 1974, its TV camera took this picture from an altitude of 35,000 kilometers (21,700 miles) The picture shows a heavily-cratered surface with many low hills.
PIA02407:
Mercury's Heavily Cratered Surface
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Cratered terrain very similar to that on the Moon is shown in this TV photo of Mercury taken by NASA's Mariner 10. Numerous small craters and linear grooves radial to the crater can be seen.
PIA02408:
Mercury's Cratered Terrain
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A fresh new crater in the center of an older crater basin is shown in this picture of the surface of Mercury taken March 29, 1974 by NASA's Mariner 10.
PIA02409:
Fresh Crater in Center of Older Crater Basin
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NASA's Mariner 10 took this picture of the densely cratered surface of Mercury when the spacecraft was 18,200 kilometers (8085 miles) from the planet on March 29, 1974.
PIA02410:
Mercury's Densely Cratered Surface
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NASA's Mariner 10 took this picture some 2 1/2 hours before it passed Mercury on March 29, 1974. The bright-floored crater is the center of a very large bright area which could be seen in pictures from more than two million miles distant
PIA02411:
Kuiper Crater
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A dark, smooth, relatively uncratered area on Mercury was photographed two hours after NASA's Mariner 10 flew by the planet. The prominent, sharp crater with a central peak is 30 kilometers (19 miles) across.
PIA02412:
Uncratered Area on Mercury
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After passing Mercury the first time and making a trip around the Sun, NASA's Mariner 10 again flew by Mercury on Sept. 21, 1974. This encounter brought the spacecraft in front of Mercury in the southern hemisphere.
PIA02413:
Hero Rupes Scarp
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After passing Mercury the first time and making a trip around the Sun, NASA's Mariner 10 again flew by Mercury on Sept. 21, 1974. This encounter brought the spacecraft in front of Mercury in the southern hemisphere.
PIA02414:
Similarities to Lunar Highlands
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After passing Mercury the first time and making a trip around the Sun, NASA's Mariner 10 again flew by Mercury on Sept. 21, 1974. The south pole is located on the right hand edge of Chao Meng Fu crater that has only its rim sticking up into the light.
PIA02415:
Mercury's South Pole
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NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft was coaxed into a third and final encounter with Mercury in March of 1975. This is one of the highest resolution images of Mercury acquired by the spacecraft.
PIA02416:
High Resolution View of Mercury
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NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft was coaxed into a third and final encounter with Mercury in March of 1975. This is one of the highest resolution images of Mercury acquired by the spacecraft. The prominent scarp snaking up the image was named Discovery Rupes.
PIA02417:
Discovery Rupes Scarp
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This mosaic, made from over 140 individual TV frames taken about two hours after encounter, shows the planet Mercury as seen by NASA's Mariner 10 as it sped away from the planet on March 29, 1974.
PIA02418:
Outgoing Hemisphere
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This image, from NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft which launched in 1974, shows a crater just north of the Caloris Planitia displays interior and central peaks rising up from a hilly floor.
PIA02419:
Interior Peaks and Hilly Floored Crater
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This crater illustrates the narrow hummocky rim facies, radial ridges, and surrounding extensive field of secondary craters. This image of Mercury was taken by NASA's Mariner 10.
PIA02420:
Terraced Craters
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This image, from NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft which launched in 1974, is located about 500 km east of the Caloris basin and shows hummocky plains interpreted as Caloris ejecta in the upper half of the picture and smooth plains in the lower half.
PIA02421:
Hummocky and Smooth Plains
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This image, from NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft which launched in 1974, includes part of the floor of the Caloris basin showing the ridges and fractures.
PIA02422:
Ridges and Fractures on Floor of Caloris Basin
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The craters in this image NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft, which launched in 1974, have interior rings of mountains and ejecta deposits which are scarred by deep secondary crater chain groves.
PIA02423:
Crater Chain Groves Inside Larger Craters
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This image, from NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft which launched in 1974, features a 140 kilometer diameter crater and its surrounding zone of secondary craters. T
PIA02424:
Large Mercurian Crater
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This image, from NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft which launched in 1974, shows young craters superposed on smooth plains. Larger young craters have central peaks, flat floors, terraced walls, and radial ejecta deposits.
PIA02425:
Young Craters on Smooth Plains
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This image, from NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft which launched in 1974, shows that several west-facing lobate scarps occur in the hummocky plains interpreted as Caloris ejecta.
PIA02426:
Lobate Scarps within the Hummocky Plains East of Caloris Basin
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This image, from NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft which launched in 1974, is of the northeastern quadrant of the Caloris basin showig the smooth hills and domes between the inner and outer scarps and the well-developed radial system east of the outer scarp.
PIA02427:
Northeastern Quadrant of the Caloris Basin
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This image, from NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft which launched in 1974, was taken during the spacecraft's first encounter with Mercury.
PIA02428:
Lineated Terrain
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This photograph of Mercury, taken by NASA's Mariner 10, shows two prominent rayed craters. Bright halos extend as far as 2 crater diameters beyond crater rims. Individual rays extend from halo.
PIA02429:
Prominent Rayed Craters
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Antoniadi Ridge, over 450 kilometers long, runs along the right side of this acquired image during NASA's Mariner 10's first encounter with Mercury after its launch in 1974.
PIA02430:
Antoniadi Ridge
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This image, from NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft which launched in 1974, shows a broadly curved lobate scarp running from left to right in the large crater to the right of center in this image.
PIA02431:
Curved Lobate Scarp on Crater Floor
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This image, from NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft which launched in 1974, shows a scarp (upper left corner of the image) about 130 kilometers long cutting two craters (older crater is at extreme left corner, younger is diagonally below).
PIA02432:
Crater Rim Offset 10 Kilometers by Scarp
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-01-15 Mercury Mariner Venus Mercury (Mariner 10)
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This image, from NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft which launched in 1974, shows several scarps, which appear to be confined to crater floors. The scarp in the crater at the upper left of the image has been diverted by the central peaks.
PIA02433:
Scarps Confined to Crater Floors
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-01-15 Mercury Mariner Venus Mercury (Mariner 10)
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This image, from NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft which launched in 1974, is a high-resolution picture of a 65-kilometer diameter crater and the scarp transecting its floor.
PIA02434:
Crater Rim Offset 10 kilometers by Scarp-High Resolution
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-12-07 Mercury Mariner Venus Mercury (Mariner 10)
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This photograph of Mercury was taken by NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft shows smooth plains areas on Mercury that are thought to be volcanic in origin with lava flows filling in heavily cratered areas.
PIA02438:
Heavily Cratered Terrain and Smooth Plain
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-12-07 Mercury Mariner Venus Mercury (Mariner 10)
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Caloris Basin on Mercury, is one of the largest basins in the solar system, its diameter exceeds 1300 kilometers and is in many ways similar to the great Imbrium basin on the Moon. This image is from NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft which launched in 1974.
PIA02439:
Caloris Basin
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-12-07 Mercury Mariner Venus Mercury (Mariner 10)
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Updated calibration and subsequent mosaicing led to substantial improvements in NASA's Mariner 10 color image data; the spacecraft launched in 1974.
PIA02440:
Incoming Hemisphere - Enhanced Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-12-21 Earth Mariner Venus Mercury (Mariner 10)
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The Earth and Moon were imaged by NASA's Mariner 10, launched on November 3, 1973, from 2.6 million km while completing the first ever Earth-Moon encounter by a spacecraft capable of returning high resolution digital color image data.
PIA02441:
Earth and Moon as Viewed by Mariner 10
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-01-18 Mercury Mariner Venus Mercury (Mariner 10)
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This image, from NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft which launched in 1974, shows plains filling this basin are uniformly brighter and slightly redder than the surrounding cratered terrain.
PIA02443:
Smooth Volcanic Plains
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-01-18 Mercury Mariner Venus Mercury (Mariner 10)
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Intercrater plains and heavily cratered terrain typical of much of Mercury outside the area affected by the formation of the Caloris basin are shown in this image taken during the NASA's Mariner 10's first encounter with Mercury in 1974.
PIA02444:
Intercrater Plains and Heavily Cratered Terrain - First Encounter
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-01-18 Mercury Mariner Venus Mercury (Mariner 10)
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This image, from NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft which launched in 1974, shows hilly and lineated terrain and a patch of smooth plains in a large degraded crater.
PIA02445:
Hilly and Lineated Terrain
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-01-18 Mercury Mariner Venus Mercury (Mariner 10)
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One of the most prominent lobate scarps (Discovery Scarp), photographed by NASA's Mariner 10 during it's first encounter with Mercury, is located at the center of this image (extending from the top to near bottom).
PIA02446:
Discovery Scarp
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-01-18 Mercury Mariner Venus Mercury (Mariner 10)
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This image was taken by NASA's Mariner 10 during it's first encounter with Mercury in 1974. The scarp forms a broad lobe whose southern end abuts against and follows closely the irregular contour of the crater wall.
PIA02447:
Scarps Confined to Crater Floors - High Resolution
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-08-17 Earth European Remote Sensing Satellite Mission (ERS)
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This image of California's Hayward fault is an interferogram created using a pair of images taken by ESA's ERS-1 and ERS-2 in June 1992 and September 1997 over the central San Francisco Bay in California.
PIA02651:
Hayward Fault, California Interferogram
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-01-17 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a vertical gravity map of Mars color-coded in mgals based on radio tracking.
PIA02817:
Mars Gravity Anomoly Map
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-08-05 Mercury Mariner Venus Mercury (Mariner 10)
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A faint double ring crater is seen at upper right in this picture of Mercury taken one hour and 40 minutes before NASA's Mariner 10's second rendezvous with the planet Sept. 21, 1975
PIA02936:
Double Ring Craters
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-08-05 Mercury Mariner Venus Mercury (Mariner 10)
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NASA's Mariner 10 photo reveals a heavily cratered terrain on Mercury with a prominent scrap extending several hundred kilometers across the upper left. A crater, nested in a larger crater, is at top center.
PIA02937:
Heavily Cratered Terrain at South Pole
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-08-05 Mercury Mariner Venus Mercury (Mariner 10)
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A field of bright rays, created by ejecta from a crater, radiating to the north (top) from off camera (lower right) is seen in this view of Mercury taken Sept. 21, 1974 by NASA's Mariner 10.
PIA02938:
Field of Bright Rays
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-08-05 Mercury Mariner Venus Mercury (Mariner 10)
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NASA's Mariner 10 took this picture about an hour after it passed under the South Pole of Mercury in 1974.
PIA02939:
Dark-rimmed Crater and Extensive Ejecta Blanket
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-08-05 Mercury Mariner Venus Mercury (Mariner 10)
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One of NASA's Mariner 10's two TV cameras took this picture of a densely cratered region of Mercury on Sept. 21, 1974, 80 minutes prior to the spacecraft's second close encounter with the planet.
PIA02940:
Densely Cratered Region
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-08-05 Mercury Mariner Venus Mercury (Mariner 10)
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Mercury's south pole was photographed by one of NASA's Mariner 10's TV cameras; the pole is located inside the large crater on Mercury's limb (lower center).
PIA02941:
Mercury's South Pole
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-08-05 Mercury Mariner Venus Mercury (Mariner 10)
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Taken about 40 minutes before NASA's Mariner 10 made its close approach to Mercury on Sept. 21,1974, this picture shows a large double-ringed basin (center of picture) located in the planet's south polar region
PIA02942:
Large Double-ringed Basin
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-08-06 Mercury Mariner Venus Mercury (Mariner 10)
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A scarp, or cliff, extends diagonally from upper left to lower right in this picture of Mercury taken by NASA's Mariner 10. The structures are believed to be formed by the compressive forces due to crustal shortening.
PIA02943:
300 Kilometer Long Scarp
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-08-05 Mercury Mariner Venus Mercury (Mariner 10)
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During its second encounter with Mercury on Sept. 21, 1974, NASA's Mariner 10 took this picture of the planet's South Polar Region. Many of the craters have denuded rims peppered by smaller craters.
PIA02944:
Small Craters Peppering South Polar Region
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-08-05 Mercury Mariner Venus Mercury (Mariner 10)
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A cratered area near Mercury's South Pole was photographed by NASA's Mariner 10 during its second flyby of the planet of Sept. 21, 1974 (the spacecraft made its first encounter with Mercury on March 19, 1974).
PIA02945:
South Pole - Ridges, Scarps, Craters
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-08-05 Mercury Mariner Venus Mercury (Mariner 10)
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As NASA's Mariner 10 passed by Mercury on its second encounter with the planet on Sept. 21, 1974, this picture of a large circular (350 kilometer, 220 mile diameter) basin was obtained near the morning terminator.
PIA02946:
Large Circular Basin Flooded and then Cratered
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-08-05 Mercury Mariner Venus Mercury (Mariner 10)
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This image, from NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft which launched in 1974, shows intercrater plains and heavily cratered terrain typical of much of Mercury outside the area affected by the formation of the Caloris basin.
PIA02947:
Intercrater Plains and Heavily Cratered Terrain
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-08-05 Mercury Mariner Venus Mercury (Mariner 10)
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This image, from NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft which launched in 1974, shows an old basin's hummocky rim is partly degraded and cratered by later events.
PIA02948:
Old Basin Filled by Smooth Plains
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-08-05 Mercury Mariner Venus Mercury (Mariner 10)
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This double ring basin (top center of image) was photographed during NASA's Mariner 10's second encounter and shows two craters about 30 km in diameter which have been engulfed by smooth plains on the floor of the inner ring.
PIA02949:
Small Craters Engulfed by Smooth Plains
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-08-24 Mercury Mariner Venus Mercury (Mariner 10)
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This picture, taken only minutes after NASA's Mariner 10 made its closest approach to Mercury, is one of the highest resolution pictures obtained. Abundant craters in various stages of degradation dot the surface.
PIA02961:
Mercury at First Encounter Closest Approach
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-08-24 Mercury Mariner Venus Mercury (Mariner 10)
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NASA's Mariner 10 shows a close-up view of one-half of a circular basin the largest observed on Mercury. Hills and valleys extend in a radial fashion outward from the main ring.
PIA02962:
Large Circular Basin - 1300-km diameter
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-11-04 Mars Mariner Mars 1964 (Mariner 4)
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This image from NASA's Mariner 4 shows the crater named after it. A linear ridge runs through the bottom of the crater which is part of Sirenum Fossae on Mars.
PIA02979:
Mariner Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-11-04 Mars Mariner Mars 1964 (Mariner 4)
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This image from NASA's Mariner 4 shows a crater in the Atlantis region. Mariner 4 revealed Mars to have a cratered, rust-colored surface.
PIA02980:
Atlantis Region on Mars - Mariner 4
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-11-04 Mars Mariner Mars 1969 (Mariner 7)
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This image from NASA's Mariner 7 shows NIX Olympia (later identified as the giant shield volcano Olympus Mons), and polar caps on Mars.
PIA02981:
Mars full disk approach view from Mariner 7
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-11-04 Mars Viking
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Color mosaic of Olympus Mons volcano on Mars from NASA's Viking 1 Orbiter. The mosaic was created using images from orbit 735 taken 22 June 1978. Olympus Mons is about 600 km in diameter and the summit caldera is 24 km above the surrounding plains.
PIA02982:
Color Mosaic of Olympus Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-11-04 Mars Mariner Mars 1971 (Mariner 9)
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A Martian shield volcano, ~25 miles across at the crater, photographed consecutively by NASA's Mariner 9 with the wide-angle and telephoto lenses. The summit crater and groves down the flank were produced by subsidence flowing subsurface movement of magma
PIA02983:
Mariner 9 views of shield volcano
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-11-04 Mars Viking
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NASA's Viking Orbiter 1 photomosaic of Olympus Mons summit caldera. The caldera comprises a series of craters formed by repeated collapses after eruptions.
PIA02984:
Photomosiac of Olympus Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-11-04 Mars Viking
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NASA's Viking Orbiter 2 image shows a large dust storm over the Thaumasia region on Mars. This large disturbance soon grew into the first global dust storm observed by the Viking Orbiters.
PIA02985:
Dust storm in the Thaumasia region of Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-11-04 Earth Shuttle Imaging Radar A (SIR-A)
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The objective of NASA's Shuttle Imaging Radar A (SIR-A) was to observe the Earth by use of radar imagery, acquire and transmit data of different geologic regions. This is a view of China in 2000.
PIA02986:
Radar view of China
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-11-07 Mars Viking
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NASA's Viking 1 Orbiter color mosaic of the eastern Tharsis region on Mars. At left, from top to bottom, are the three 25 km high volcanic shields, Ascraeus Mons, Pavonis Mons, and Arsia Mons.
PIA02987:
Photomosiac of the Tharsis Region
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