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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.
March 12, 2019

Opportunity's Last Message

March 12, 2019

Opportunity's Last Message

Taken on June 10, 2018 (the 5,111th Martian day, or sol, of the mission) this noisy, incomplete image was the last data NASAs Opportunity rover sent back from Mars.
March 11, 2019

Criss-Crossing Lunar Transit

March 11, 2019

Criss-Crossing Lunar Transit

NASAs Solar Dynamics Observatory shows a long lunar transit on Mar. 6, 2019.
March 4, 2019

Colorful Mawrth Vallis

March 4, 2019

Colorful Mawrth Vallis

This image acquired on February 7, 2019 by NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows Mawrth Vallis, a place on Mars that has fascinated scientists because of the clays and other hydrated minerals detected from orbit.
February 21, 2019

Potrillo Volcanic Field, New Mexico

February 21, 2019

Potrillo Volcanic Field, New Mexico

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows the Potrillo volcanic field, located on the Rio Grande Rift in southern New Mexico.
February 20, 2019

A Recent Impact Site in Noachis Terra

February 20, 2019

A Recent Impact Site in Noachis Terra

This image acquired on December 9, 2018 by NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a recent impact in Noachis Terra in the southern mid-latitudes of Mars.
February 19, 2019

Spring 2019 Eclipse Season Arrives

February 19, 2019

Spring 2019 Eclipse Season Arrives

NASAs Solar Dynamics Observatory is in another eclipse season as of Feb. 6, 2019. This image shows the Earth briefly blocking SDOs view of the Sun.

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