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August 12, 2020

HiRISE Finds a Dune and Ripples

August 12, 2020

HiRISE Finds a Dune and Ripples

The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured these sand ripples and the large dune (at center) on Feb. 9, 2009.
August 12, 2020

HiRISE Catches an Avalanche on Mars

August 12, 2020

HiRISE Catches an Avalanche on Mars

The High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (Hi-RISE) camera aboard NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this avalanche plunging down a 1,640-foot-tall (500-meter-tall) cliff on May 29, 2019.
August 12, 2020

Crater Dunes - False Color

August 12, 2020

Crater Dunes - False Color

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a large dune covered sand sheet on the floor of this unnamed crater in Noachis Terra.
August 11, 2020

Crater Dunes - False Color

August 11, 2020

Crater Dunes - False Color

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a large dune field on the floor of an unnamed crater in Noachis Terra.
August 10, 2020

Rabe Crater Dunes - False Color

August 10, 2020

Rabe Crater Dunes - False Color

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows part of the floor of Rabe Crater. Located in Noachis Terra, Rabe Crater is 108 km (67 miles) across.
August 10, 2020

Close-up of Occator Crater

August 10, 2020

Close-up of Occator Crater

This view across the southeastern floor of the large Occator Crater on the dwarf planet Ceres is based on images obtained during NASAs Dawn spacecraft second extended mission in 2018.
August 10, 2020

Highlighting Bright Areas of Ceres' Occator Crater

August 10, 2020

Highlighting Bright Areas of Ceres' Occator Crater

NASAs Dawn spacecraft captured pictures, which were combined to create this false-color view of a region in Occator Crater on the dwarf planet Ceres.
August 10, 2020

Dawn Stereo Anaglyph of Impact Melt Deposits at Occator Crater, Ceres

August 10, 2020

Dawn Stereo Anaglyph of Impact Melt Deposits at Occator Crater, Ceres

This Dawn stereo anaglyph of Occator Crater on Ceres shows impact melt deposits draped on faulted blocks on the northeastern rim of the 57-mile (92-kilometer) diameter crater.
August 10, 2020

Dawn Stereo Anaglyph of Hydrothermal Deposits at Occator Crater, Ceres

August 10, 2020

Dawn Stereo Anaglyph of Hydrothermal Deposits at Occator Crater, Ceres

This Dawn stereo anaglyph of Occator Crater on Ceres shows bright carbonate deposits draped on ridged impact melt deposits in the eastern section of the 57-mile (92-kilometer) crater.
August 10, 2020

Dawn Stereo Anaglyph of Hydrothermal Pits and Domes in Occator Crater, Ceres

August 10, 2020

Dawn Stereo Anaglyph of Hydrothermal Pits and Domes in Occator Crater, Ceres

This Dawn stereo anaglyph of Occator Crater on Ceres shows mounds and pits on the lobate impact melt deposits that cover southeastern Occator.
August 10, 2020

Dawn Stereo Anaglyph of Southeast Floor and Rim of Occator Crater, Ceres

August 10, 2020

Dawn Stereo Anaglyph of Southeast Floor and Rim of Occator Crater, Ceres

This Dawn stereo anaglyph of Occator Crater on Ceres shows impact melt deposits in the southeastern part of the 57-mile (92-kilometer) diameter crater.
August 7, 2020

ARIA Damage Map: Beirut Explosion Aftermath

August 7, 2020

ARIA Damage Map: Beirut Explosion Aftermath

NASAs ARIA team, in collaboration with the Earth Observatory of Singapore, used satellite data to map the extent of likely damage following a massive explosion in Beirut.
August 7, 2020

Rabe Crater - False Color

August 7, 2020

Rabe Crater - False Color

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows part of Rabe Crater.
August 6, 2020

Nectaris Fossae - False Color

August 6, 2020

Nectaris Fossae - False Color

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows part of Nectaris Fossae.
August 5, 2020

A Mushball and Shallow-Lightning Factory (Illustration)

August 5, 2020

A Mushball and Shallow-Lightning Factory (Illustration)

This graphic depicts the evolutionary process of shallow lightning and mushballs on Jupiter.
August 5, 2020

When Jupiter's Clouds Pop Up

August 5, 2020

When Jupiter's Clouds Pop Up

In the center of this JunoCam image, small, bright pop-up clouds seen rise above the surrounding features. Clouds like these are thought to be the tops of violent thunderstorms responsible for shallow lighting.
August 5, 2020

Shallow Lightning on Jupiter (Illustration)

August 5, 2020

Shallow Lightning on Jupiter (Illustration)

This illustration uses data obtained by NASAs Juno mission to depict high-altitude electrical storms on Jupiter.
August 5, 2020

Hesperia Planum Crater - False Color

August 5, 2020

Hesperia Planum Crater - False Color

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows the western rim of an unnamed crater in Hesperia Planum.
August 4, 2020

Stacks of VITAL Ventilators

August 4, 2020

Stacks of VITAL Ventilators

Prototypes of the VITAL ventilator, designed and tested NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory in just 37 days to address the needs of COVID-19 patients.
August 4, 2020

Ariadnes Colles - False Color

August 4, 2020

Ariadnes Colles - False Color

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows part of Ariadnes Colles. The term colles means hills or knobs.
August 3, 2020

ECOSTRESS Spies Apple Fire's Smoke Plume

August 3, 2020

ECOSTRESS Spies Apple Fire's Smoke Plume

This ECOSTRESS observation shows the burn area and smoke plume created by the Apple fire that was raging in Southern California on Aug. 1, 2020.
August 3, 2020

ECOSTRESS Gauges the Apple Fire's Temperature From Space

August 3, 2020

ECOSTRESS Gauges the Apple Fire's Temperature From Space

This ECOSTRESS temperature map shows the dry vegetation surrounding the Apple fire that was raging in Southern California on Aug. 1, 2020.
August 3, 2020

Curiosity's Rock Collection as of July 2020

August 3, 2020

Curiosity's Rock Collection as of July 2020

These 26 holes represent each of the rock samples NASAs Curiosity Mars rover has collected as of early July 2020. A map in the upper left shows where the holes were drilled along the rovers route.
August 3, 2020

Curiosity Captures a Spaghetti Western Landscape on Mars

August 3, 2020

Curiosity Captures a Spaghetti Western Landscape on Mars

This wide panorama was taken by NASAs Curiosity Mars rover on Dec. 19, 2019. On the righthand foreground is Western Butte. The ridge with a crusty cap in the background is the Greenheugh pediment.
August 3, 2020

A Dramatic View of Mars' Mount Sharp

August 3, 2020

A Dramatic View of Mars' Mount Sharp

The Mast Camera, or Mastcam, on NASAs Curiosity Mars rover used its telephoto lens to capture Mount Sharp in the morning illumination on Oct. 13, 2019.
July 31, 2020

Nirgal Vallis

July 31, 2020

Nirgal Vallis

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a small section of Nirgal Valles. Located in Noachis Terra, Nirgal Valles is 610km long (379 miles).
July 30, 2020

Nishinoshima Volcano, Japan

July 30, 2020

Nishinoshima Volcano, Japan

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows an ash and steam plume emanating from the central crater of Nishinoshima, a small volcanic island located about 1000 km south of Tokyo, Japan.
July 30, 2020

Hephaestus Fossae

July 30, 2020

Hephaestus Fossae

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey is located in Utopia Planitia and shows part of Hephaestus Fossae.
July 29, 2020

Athabasca Valles

July 29, 2020

Athabasca Valles

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows part of Athabasca Valles. Several streamlined islands are visible, with tails pointing downstream.
July 28, 2020

NASA Astronauts on Mars With Helicopter (Illustration)

July 28, 2020

NASA Astronauts on Mars With Helicopter (Illustration)

This illustration shows NASA astronauts working on the surface of Mars. A helicopter similar to the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is airborne at left.
July 28, 2020

SHERLOC Cal Target

July 28, 2020

SHERLOC Cal Target

This calibration target will help fine-tune settings for SHERLOC, one of the instruments carried aboard NASAs Perseverance Mars rover. The target carries the first spacesuit materials sent to Mars as well as a fragment of a Martian meteorite.
July 28, 2020

SHERLOC Cal Target With Scientist Trevor Graff

July 28, 2020

SHERLOC Cal Target With Scientist Trevor Graff

NASA scientist Trevor Graff peers at a calibration target, which will help fine-tune settings on the SHERLOC instrument carried aboard NASAs Perseverance Mars rover. The target carries the first spacesuit materials sent to Mars.

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