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September 18, 2019

Tractus Fossae and Tractus Catena

September 18, 2019

Tractus Fossae and Tractus Catena

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows part of both Tractus Fossae and Tractus Catena, some of many north/south trending tectonic graben located south of Alba Mons.
September 18, 2019

Send Your Name to Mars With Brad Pitt

September 18, 2019

Send Your Name to Mars With Brad Pitt

The actor Brad Pitt (right) shows off his boarding pass for Mars with Jennifer Trosper (left), the Mars 2020 project systems engineer, at JPL on Sept. 6, 2019.
September 18, 2019

A Hollywood Star in InSight's Mars 'Sandbox'

September 18, 2019

A Hollywood Star in InSight's Mars 'Sandbox'

In a Mars-like environment at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the fish-eye instrument context camera aboard NASAs InSight lander snapped this image of the actor Brad Pitt on Sept. 6, 2019.
September 18, 2019

InSight's Portrait of a Star (Brad Pitt)

September 18, 2019

InSight's Portrait of a Star (Brad Pitt)

The engineering model of NASAs InSight lander took an image of the actor Brad Pitt at JPL on Sept. 6, 2019, using the instrument deployment camera on the replicas robotic arm.
September 17, 2019

Shalbatana Vallis

September 17, 2019

Shalbatana Vallis

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a section of Shalbatana Vallis. Along side of the major channel is a smaller tributary channel.
September 16, 2019

Sand Dunes

September 16, 2019

Sand Dunes

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a field of sand dunes in an unnamed crater located in Margaritifer Terra.
September 13, 2019

Granicus Valles

September 13, 2019

Granicus Valles

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows Granicus Valles, a complex channel system located west of Elyisum Mons.
September 12, 2019

Comet C/2019 Q4

September 12, 2019

Comet C/2019 Q4

Comet C/2019 Q4 as imaged by the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope on Hawaiis Big Island on Sept. 10, 2019.
September 12, 2019

A Storm of Change

September 12, 2019

A Storm of Change

NASAs Juno spacecraft shows Jupiters iconic Great Red Spot, a storm that has been raging since at least the 1800s.
September 12, 2019

Rover Rotisserie

September 12, 2019

Rover Rotisserie

Speeded up 28 times, this time-lapse shows NASAs Mars 2020 rover on a spin table at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Aug. 29, 2019.
September 12, 2019

Cerberus Fossae

September 12, 2019

Cerberus Fossae

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows part of Cerberus Fossae. These large graben cut across the Tartarus Montes in Elysium Planitia.
September 11, 2019

Hexagon Crater

September 11, 2019

Hexagon Crater

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows the margin between Terra Cimmeria and Elysium Planitia. This boundary region is typified by tectonic fractures forming long, linear depressions.
September 10, 2019

NASA's MISR Observes Hurricane Dorian off the South Carolina Coast

September 10, 2019

NASA's MISR Observes Hurricane Dorian off the South Carolina Coast

NASAs MISR instrument captured this imagery over the eye of Hurricane Dorian on Sept. 5, 2019.
September 10, 2019

Daedalia Planum

September 10, 2019

Daedalia Planum

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a portion of Daedalia Planum. Daedalia Planum is a huge lava flow field that originates at Arsia Mons.
September 9, 2019

Pavonis Mons

September 9, 2019

Pavonis Mons

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows part of the southwestern flank of Pavonis Mons. Pavonis Mons is the central volcano of the three large Tharsis volcanoes.
September 6, 2019

Titan's Rimmed Lakes (Artist's Concept)

September 6, 2019

Titan's Rimmed Lakes (Artist's Concept)

This artists concept of a lake at the north pole of Saturns moon Titan illustrates raised rims and rampartlike features such as those seen by NASAs Cassini spacecraft around the moons Winnipeg Lacus.
September 6, 2019

Chryse Chaos

September 6, 2019

Chryse Chaos

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows part of Chryse Chaos near the terminal end of the huge outflow channels draining from Valles Marineris into the Chyrse Basin.
September 5, 2019

NASA's AIRS Displays Sulfur Dioxide Plumes After Raikoke Eruption, June 2019

September 5, 2019

NASA's AIRS Displays Sulfur Dioxide Plumes After Raikoke Eruption, June 2019

In this image from NASAs Aqua satellite, sulfur dioxide (SO2) in the volcanic plume is observed over several overpasses on July 2, 2019, days after the Raikoke volcanic eruption.
September 5, 2019

Salar de Atacama, Chile

September 5, 2019

Salar de Atacama, Chile

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows Salar de Atacama (Atacama salt flats) in Chiles Atacama Desert. It receives 2 mm rain per year.
September 5, 2019

Layers in Danielson Crater

September 5, 2019

Layers in Danielson Crater

This image, acquired on June 10, 2019 by NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows sedimentary rock and sand within Danielson Crater, located in the southwest Arabia Terra region of Mars.
September 5, 2019

Avalanche Season

September 5, 2019

Avalanche Season

This image, acquired on May 29, 2019 by NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows the stack of layers at the North Pole of Mars known as the north polar layered deposits.
September 5, 2019

The Bedrock Riddles of Nili Fossae

September 5, 2019

The Bedrock Riddles of Nili Fossae

This image, acquired on May 20, 2019 by NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows the Nili Fossae region, to the west of the great Isidis basin, with layered bedrock and many impact craters.
September 5, 2019

Frost Highlights in the Springtime

September 5, 2019

Frost Highlights in the Springtime

This image, acquired on April 20, 2019 by NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows bright white flows coming from gullies in a crater wall.
September 5, 2019

Morava Valles

September 5, 2019

Morava Valles

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows Morava Valles, located in Margaritifer Terra. It is one of several channels that empty northward towards Chryse Planitia.
September 4, 2019

NASA Telescope Spots Mystery in Fireworks Galaxy

September 4, 2019

NASA Telescope Spots Mystery in Fireworks Galaxy

This visible-light image of the Fireworks galaxy (NGC 6946) comes from the Digital Sky Survey, and is overlaid with data from NASAs NuSTAR observatory (in blue and green).
September 4, 2019

TEMPEST-D CubeSat Sees Hurricane Dorian in 3D

September 4, 2019

TEMPEST-D CubeSat Sees Hurricane Dorian in 3D

Hurricane Dorian off the coast of Florida, as seen by the small satellite TEMPEST-D at 2 a.m. EDT on Sep. 3, 2019 (11 p.m PDT on Sept. 2, 2019). The layers in the animation reveal slices of the hurricane from four depths.
September 4, 2019

Olympia Undae

September 4, 2019

Olympia Undae

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows part of Olympia Undae, the largest of several dune fields that encircle the north polar cap.
September 3, 2019

Flooding from Dorian Seen from Space

September 3, 2019

Flooding from Dorian Seen from Space

NASAs ARIA team used satellite data acquired on Sept. 2, 2019, to map flooding in the Bahamas in the wake of Hurricane Dorian.
September 3, 2019

Elysium Fossae

September 3, 2019

Elysium Fossae

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows an area west of Elysium Mons in the region called Elysium Fossae.
September 2, 2019

Wind Eroded Vallis

September 2, 2019

Wind Eroded Vallis

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows several named and unnamed channels located south of the Medusa Fossae Formation on the margin with Terra Sirenum.
August 30, 2019

Cerberus Fossae

August 30, 2019

Cerberus Fossae

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows the linear depressions that are some of the graben that comprise Cerberus Fossae.
August 29, 2019

Small Satellite TEMPEST-D Sees Hurricane Dorian off Coast

August 29, 2019

Small Satellite TEMPEST-D Sees Hurricane Dorian off Coast

Hurricane Dorian off the coast of Puerto Rico, as seen by the small satellite TEMPEST-D on Aug. 28, 2019 (local time). The colors in the image reveal the heavy rain and moisture inside the storm.

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