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June 17, 2019

Jakobshavn Glacier Grows for Third Year in a Row

June 17, 2019

Jakobshavn Glacier Grows for Third Year in a Row

These images from NASAs Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) mission, show the mass Greenlands Jakobshavn Glacier has gained from 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19.
June 6, 2019

Mt. Etna, Italy June 4, 2019

June 6, 2019

Mt. Etna, Italy June 4, 2019

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows new fissure vents opened on the New Southeast Crater of Mt. Etna, Italy, during the most recent eruption which began May 30, 2019.
May 24, 2019

NASA's Mars 2020 Mission Drops in on Death Valley

May 24, 2019

NASA's Mars 2020 Mission Drops in on Death Valley

LVS is an integral part of a guidance system called Terrain-Relative Navigation (TRN) that will steer NASAs Mars 2020 rover away from hazardous areas during its final descent to Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021.
May 23, 2019

Lake St. Clair, US and Canada

May 23, 2019

Lake St. Clair, US and Canada

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows Lake St. Clair connects Lake Huron, via the St. Clair River, to Lake Erie, via the Detroit River.
May 23, 2019

The Mars 2020 Spacecraft Readies for Testing

May 23, 2019

The Mars 2020 Spacecraft Readies for Testing

The completed spacecraft that will carry the Mars 2020 rover to the Red Planet, next year hangs suspended by cables inside the Space Simulator Facility at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The image was taken on May 9, 2019.
May 17, 2019

Mars 2020 Is Coming Together

May 17, 2019

Mars 2020 Is Coming Together

An engineer inspects the completed spacecraft that will carry NASAs next Mars rover to the Red Planet, prior to a test in the Space Simulator Facility at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
May 17, 2019

SMAP Sea Surface Salinity and Soil Moisture Time Lapse

May 17, 2019

SMAP Sea Surface Salinity and Soil Moisture Time Lapse

This animation shows a time lapse of sea surface salinity and soil moisture from NASAs Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite from April 2015 through February 2019.
May 16, 2019

ASTERIA Image of Los Angeles 2

May 16, 2019

ASTERIA Image of Los Angeles 2

This image of the greater Los Angeles area was taken on March 29, 2019, by ASTERIA, the Arcsecond Space Telescope Enabling Research in Astrophysics satellite. It shows a region of about 43.5 square miles with a resolution of about 100 feet per pixel.
May 16, 2019

ASTERIA Image of Los Angeles 1

May 16, 2019

ASTERIA Image of Los Angeles 1

This image of the greater Los Angeles area was taken on March 29, 2019 by ASTERIA, the Arcsecond Space Telescope Enabling Research in Astrophysics satellite. The Port of Long Beach is visible near the center of the image.
May 13, 2019

Graben on the Moon

May 13, 2019

Graben on the Moon

These graben - a kind of trench that is formed as a surface expands - were imaged near a region of the Moon called Mare Frigoris by NASAs Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).
May 13, 2019

Lobate Scarps on the Moon

May 13, 2019

Lobate Scarps on the Moon

This image of lobate scarps - a kind of curved hill - was taken near a region of the Moon called Mare Frigoris by NASAs Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).
May 13, 2019

Wrinkle Ridges on the Moon

May 13, 2019

Wrinkle Ridges on the Moon

Scientists have discovered these wrinkle ridges in a region of the Moon called Mare Frigoris. These ridges add to evidence that the Moon has an actively changing surface. This image was taken by NASAs Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).
May 13, 2019

The Moon's Mare Frigoris

May 13, 2019

The Moon's Mare Frigoris

New surface features of the Moon have been discovered in a region called Mare Frigoris. This image is a mosaic composed of many images taken by NASAs Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).
May 3, 2019

Now Mars 2020 Can Phone Home

May 3, 2019

Now Mars 2020 Can Phone Home

NASAs Mars 2020 engineers and technicians prepare the high-gain antenna for installation on the rovers equipment deck.
May 2, 2019

NASA's AIRS Images Cyclone Fani Before Landfall

May 2, 2019

NASA's AIRS Images Cyclone Fani Before Landfall

NASAs Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument shows Tropical Cyclone Fani just off the east coast of India in the Bay of Bengal on May 2, 2019.
April 29, 2019

Alluvial Fan, China and Mongolia

April 29, 2019

Alluvial Fan, China and Mongolia

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows on the border between Mongolia and China, southward draining ephemeral streams have carved a series of parallel channels.
April 29, 2019

Asteroid Apophis

April 29, 2019

Asteroid Apophis

This animation shows the distance between the Apophis asteroid and Earth at the time of the asteroids closest approach.
April 29, 2019

Testing OCO-3

April 29, 2019

Testing OCO-3

OCO-3 sits on the large vibration table (known as the shaker) in the Environmental Test Lab at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
April 25, 2019

NASA's AIRS Images Cyclone Kenneth over Mozambique

April 25, 2019

NASA's AIRS Images Cyclone Kenneth over Mozambique

NASAs AIRS instrument shows the temperature of clouds or the surface in and around Tropical Cyclone Kenneth as it was about to make landfall in northern Mozambique on Thursday, April 25.
April 25, 2019

Spitzer Captures Messier 87

April 25, 2019

Spitzer Captures Messier 87

The galaxy M87, imaged here by NASAs Spitzer Space Telescope, is home to a supermassive black hole that spews two jets of material out into space at nearly the speed of light.
April 15, 2019

Comet C/2018 Y1 Iwamoto

April 15, 2019

Comet C/2018 Y1 Iwamoto

This image shows comet C/2018 Y1 Iwamoto as imaged in multiple exposures of infrared light by NASAs Near-Earth Object Wide-field Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) space telescope.
April 12, 2019

NASA's ASTER Images Sabancaya Volcano

April 12, 2019

NASA's ASTER Images Sabancaya Volcano

NASAs Terra spacecraft obtained this ASTER image on April 10, 2019, of Perus Sabancaya stratovolcano.
April 11, 2019

Curiosity's First Clay Unit Drill Hole

April 11, 2019

Curiosity's First Clay Unit Drill Hole

The Mast Camera, or Mastcam, on NASAs Curiosity Mars rover captured this set of images before and after it drilled a rock on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
April 11, 2019

Curiosity Sees Waves in the Clay Unit

April 11, 2019

Curiosity Sees Waves in the Clay Unit

The Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASAs Curiosity Mars rover captured this mosaic as it explored the clay-bearing unit on Jan. 23, 2019 (Sol 2299).
April 11, 2019

Curiosity Surveys the Clay-Bearing Unit

April 11, 2019

Curiosity Surveys the Clay-Bearing Unit

The Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASAs Curiosity Mars rover captured this mosaic as it explored the clay-bearing unit on February 3, 2019 (Sol 2309).
April 1, 2019

Satellites Image Mozambique Flooding after Cyclone Idai

April 1, 2019

Satellites Image Mozambique Flooding after Cyclone Idai

The ARIA team at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory created these flood proxy maps depicting areas of Mozambique that are likely flooded as a result of Cyclone Idai.
March 28, 2019

Lake Karakul, Tajikistan

March 28, 2019

Lake Karakul, Tajikistan

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows Lake Karakul in northeast Tajikistan, a hypersaline lake with no external drainage, receiving less than 3 cm precipitation per year.
March 21, 2019

MODIS Images Fireball over Bering Sea

March 21, 2019

MODIS Images Fireball over Bering Sea

NASAs MODIS instrument, aboard the Terra satellite, captured this true-color image showing the remnants of a meteors passage, seen as a dark shadow cast on thick, white clouds on Dec. 18, 2018.
March 21, 2019

MISR Images Fireball Over Bering Sea (Anaglyph)

March 21, 2019

MISR Images Fireball Over Bering Sea (Anaglyph)

This stereo anaglyph combines two views from the MISR instrument, aboard NASAs Terra satellite, which captured a bright meteor explosion over the Bering Sea on December 18, 2018.
March 21, 2019

MISR Images Fireball Over Bering Sea

March 21, 2019

MISR Images Fireball Over Bering Sea

This image sequence shows views from five of nine cameras on the MISR instrument, onboard NASAs Terra satellite, a few minutes after a bright meteor exploded over the Bering Sea on Dec. 18, 2018.
March 14, 2019

Atlantic Ocean Road, Norway

March 14, 2019

Atlantic Ocean Road, Norway

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows the Atlantic Ocean Road, an 8.3 kilometer road that runs through an archipelago in Eide and Averoy in More of Romsdal, Norway.
March 12, 2019

Opportunity Legacy Pan (False Color)

March 12, 2019

Opportunity Legacy Pan (False Color)

This is the last panorama NASAs Opportunity rover acquired before the solar-powered rover succumbed to a global Martian dust storm on June 10, 2018.

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