Dunes on Plains, 2001 NASA Mars Odyssey images
These dunes are located on the plains around Doanus Vallis as seen by NASA 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft. NASA/JPL/ASU
The Gulch, NASA history collection
This archival image was released as part of a gallery comparing JPL's past and present, commemorating the 80th anniversary of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Oct. 31, 2016. At the northeast end of the Jet ... More
A Snowy Entrance, NASA history collection
This archival image was released as part of a gallery comparing JPL's past and present, commemorating the 80th anniversary of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Oct. 31, 2016. This photograph from 1949 shows ... More
Shiveluch Volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia
On the night of June 4, 2001, the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) captured this thermal image of the erupting Shiveluch volcano. Located on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, S... More
Odyssey/White Rock, 2001 NASA Mars Odyssey images
These Mars Odyssey images show the White Rock feature on Mars in both infrared left and visible right wavelengths. White Rock is the unofficial name for this landform that was first observed during NASA Mariner... More
Voyager First Science Meeting, Voyager Program, NASA/JPL Photo
This archival image was released as part of a gallery comparing JPL's past and present, commemorating the 80th anniversary of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Oct. 31, 2016. In December 1972, the science st... More
Intercrater Plains and Heavily Cratered Terrain
This image, from NASA 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 bas... More
Dark-rimmed Crater and Extensive Ejecta Blanket
NASA Mariner 10 took this picture about an hour after it passed under the South Pole of Mercury in 1974. NASA/JPL/Northwestern University
Landing Accuracy on Mars: A Historical Perspective
This image illustrates how spacecraft landings on Mars have become more and more precise over the years. Since NASA first Mars landing of Viking in 1976, the targeted landing regions, or ellipses, have shrunk. ... More
Opportunity View After 72-Meter Drive, Sol 1912
NASA Opportunity had driven 72.3 meters southward 237 feet that sol. Engineers drove the rover backward as a strategy to counteract an increase in the amount of current drawn by the drive motor of the right-fro... More
Rover Panorama Taken Amid Murray Buttes on Mars
Original Caption Released with Image: This 360-degree panorama was acquired by the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover while the rover was in an area called "Murray Buttes" on lower Mount ... More
Opportunity View After 72-Meter Drive, Sol 1912 Polar
NASA Opportunity had driven 72.3 meters southward 237 feet that sol. Engineers drove the rover backward as a strategy to counteract an increase in the amount of current drawn by the drive motor of the right-fro... More
Dust Devil West of Spirit, Sol 1913 Stereo
The navigation camera on NASA Spirit caught this stereo view of a dust devil during the on May 21, 2009. The view is to the west from Spirit position at the Troy location where Spirit had become embedded a few ... More
Ariel at Voyager Closest Approach
This picture is part of NASA Voyager 2 imaging sequence of Ariel, a moon of Uranus taken on January 24, 1986. The complexity of Ariel surface indicates that a variety of geologic processes have occurred. http:... More
Saturn - False Color of Southern Hemisphere
This false-color image of Saturn southern hemisphere taken by NASA Voyager 1 on Nov. 6, 1980, shows the unique red oval cloud feature located at 55 degrees south latitude. NASA/JPL
Miranda Geologic History Variety of Terrain
Miranda reveals a complex geologic history in this view, acquired by NASA's Voyager 2 on Jan. 24, 1986, around its close approach to the Uranian moon. At least three terrain types of different age and geologic ... More
Uranus Tenth Ring, Voyager Program, NASA/JPL Photo
On Jan. 23, 1986, NASA Voyager 2 discovered a tenth ring orbiting Uranus. The tenth ring is about midway between the bright, outermost epsilon ring and the next ring down, called delta. http://photojournal.jpl... More
Earth - South America First Frame of Earth Spin Movie
This color image of the Earth was obtained by NASA's Galileo at about 6:10 a.m. Pacific Standard Time on Dec. 11, 1990, when the spacecraft was about 1.3 million miles from the planet during the first of two Ea... More
Venus - Lada Terra Region, Venus Magellan Images
This NASA Magellan radar image mosaic is of part of Venus, centered at 51 degrees south latitude, 21 degrees east longitude. Running from west to east across the center of the image is part of a wide lava chann... More
Moon - North Pole Mosaic - NASA/JPL Galileo Program Images
This view of the Moon north pole is a mosaic assembled from 18 images taken by NASA's Galileo imaging system through a green filter as the spacecraft flew by on December 7, 1992. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.g... More
Venus - Rhea Mons Volcano, Venus Magellan Images
Two mosaiced pieces of NASA Magellan image strips display the area east of the Rhea Mons volcano on Venus. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00208 NASA/JPL
Venus - 3-D Perspective of Golubkina Crater
This three dimensional representation of brightness variations in NASA Magellan radar image of Golubkina crater enhances the structural features of the crater. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00209 NASA/JPL
Venus - Multiple Views of High-level Clouds
This series of pictures shows four views of the planet Venus obtained by NASA Galileo Solid State Imaging System at ranges of 1.4 to 2 million miles as the spacecraft receded from Venus. http://photojournal.jp... More
Venus - Left and Right Looking Images of Lavinia Region
These two radar images from NASA Magellan spacecraft are centered about 60.5 degrees south latitude and 348.8 degrees east longitude in the eastern Lavinia Region of Venus. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/cat... More
Venus - Comparison of Left and Right Looking Views of Imdr Region
As NASA Magellan mission progressed, areas of Venus became accessible for a second look. During Magellan second 243-day global mapping cycle, the spacecraft was rotated 180 degrees to view the surface from the ... More
Venus - Volcano With Massive Landslides
This is full-resolution mosaic from NASA Magellan spacecraft. The bright feature, slightly south of center is interpreted to be a volcano with a large apron of blocky debris to its right and some smaller aprons... More
Ganymede at 2.6 million miles. NASA public domain image colelction.
Ganymede at 2.6 million miles http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00351 NASA/JPL
Ganymede at 87,000 miles, Voyager Program, NASA/JPL Photo
Ganymede at 87,000 miles http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00354 NASA/JPL
Venus - 3-D Perspective View of Maat Mons
Maat Mons is displayed in this computer generated three-dimensional perspective of the surface of Venus. This NASA's Magellan image was released on April 22, 1992. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA0... More
Early Voyager 1 Images of Jupiter
These Jupiter photographs are part of a set taken by NASA Voyager 1 on December 10 and 11, 1978 from a distance of 83 million km 52 million miles or more than half the distance from the Earth to the sun. At thi... More
Jupiter Great Red Spot and South Equatorial Belt
NASA Voyager 2 shows the Great Red Spot and the south equatorial belt extending into the equatorial region. At right is an interchange of material between the south equatorial belt and the equatorial zone. The ... More
Venus - Venera 8 Landing Site in Navka Region
This image is a mosaic of 24 orbits of the Navka region of Venus. The image is centered at about 10 degrees south latitude and 335 degrees east longitude. The image is about 400 km (240 miles) across. 'Behepa 8... More
Triton - False Color of Cantaloupe Terrain
Voyager violet, green, and ultraviolet images of Triton were map projected into cylindrical coordinates and combined to produce this false color terrain map. Several compositionally distinct terrain and geologi... More
Venus - A Large Elongated Caldera Sacajawea Patera
This image from NASA Magellan spacecraft reveals Sacajawea Patera, a large, elongate caldera located in Western Ishtar Terra on the smooth plateau of Lakshmi Planum. NASA/JPL
Venus - Volcanic Domes on Flank of Volcanic Maat in East Ovda Region
This image from NASA Magellan spacecraft is from the eastern Ovda region of Venus. The image shows some small volcanic domes on the flank of the volcano Maat. NASA/JPL
Venus - Three-Dimensional Perspective View of Alpha Region
A portion of Alpha Regio is displayed in this three-dimensional perspective view of the surface of Venus from NASA Magellan spacecraft. In 1963, Alpha Regio was the first feature on Venus to be identified from ... More
Concentric Rings Surrounding Valhalla, Voyager Program, NASA/JPL Photo
The concentric rings surrounding Valhalla are perhaps the most distinctive geological feature on Callisto. This NASA Voyager 1 close-up shows a segment of the ridged terrain. NASA/JPL
Gaza Strip and the Mediterranean Sea from the Shuttle KidSat Camera
This image from NASA Kidsat electronic still camera was requested by Buist Academy for the purpose of studying the coast of Israel and the Mediterranean Sea. NASA/JPL
The Centaur upper stage of the Titan IV expendable launch vehicle that...
The Centaur upper stage of the Titan IV expendable launch vehicle that will propel the Cassini spacecraft to Saturn and its moon Titan is unloaded from a jet cargo aircraft at the Skid Strip at Cape Canaveral A... More
Big Joe in the Chryse Planitia. NASA public domain image colelction.
Big Joe in the Chryse Planitia NASA/JPL Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility prepare to begin p...
Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility prepare to begin prelaunch processing of the Huygens probe, which will study the clouds, atmosphere and surface of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, as part of th... More
Large Boulders at Landing Site. NASA public domain image colelction.
Large boulders are visible in this enlargement of pictures taken by the Imager for Mars Pathfinder (IMP) lander camera on July 4, 1997. The landing site is in the dry flood channel named Ares Valles. The boulde... More
Airbags and Sojourner Rover, Mars Pathfinder Images
This image from the Imager for Mars Pathfinder (IMP) camera shows the rear part of the Sojourner rover, the rolled-up rear ramp, and portions of the partially deflated airbags. The Alpha Proton X-ray Spectromet... More
Rover, Airbags, & Surrounding Rocks, Mars Pathfinder Images
This image of the Martian surface was taken by the Imager for Mars Pathfinder (IMP) before sunset on July 4, 1997 (Sol 1), the spacecraft's first day on Mars. The airbags have been partially retracted, and port... More
Rover Touchdown on Martian Surface
This picture taken by the IMP (Imager for Mars Pathfinder) aboard the Mars Pathfinder spacecraft depicts the rover Sojourner's position after driving onto the Martian surface. Sojourner has become the first aut... More
Pathfinder Ramp Deploy Image, Mars Pathfinder Images
Mars Pathfinder's forward rover ramp can be seen successfully unfurled in this image, taken at the end of Sol 2 by the Imager for Mars Pathfinder (IMP). This ramp was not used for the deployment of the microrov... More
The complete remote sensing pallet is lowered by technicians from th...
The complete remote sensing pallet is lowered by technicians from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of the California Institute of Technology to mate with the Cassini spacecraft in the Payload Hazardous Se... More
A Rover Wheel in Soil - Color. NASA public domain image colelction.
A Rover Wheel in Soil - Color NASA/JPL
Sojourner APXS at Work, Mars Pathfinder Images
Sojourner APXS at Work NASA/JPL Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sojourner near Barnacle, Mars Pathfinder Images
Sojourner near Barnacle NASA/JPL Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Forward Ramp and Twin Peaks - 3-D
Many prominent rocks near the Sagan Memorial Station are featured in this image, from NASA Mars Pathfinder. Flat Top and Little Flat Top are at center. 3-D glasses are necessary to identify surface detail. NASA/JPL
Sojourner, Barnacle Bill, Yogi, & Couch
This area of terrain near the Sagan Memorial Station was taken by NASA Mars Pathfinder. The curved rock dubbed Couch. 3D glasses are necessary to identify surface detail. NASA/JPL
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) workers Dan Maynard and John Shuping ...
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) workers Dan Maynard and John Shuping prepare to install a radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG) on the Cassini spacecraft in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHS... More
Diversity of Soils near Rover Deploy Region
Diversity of Soils near Rover Deploy Region NASA/JPL/Johns Hopkins University
Three Classes of Martian rocks. NASA public domain image colelction.
Three Classes of Martian rocks NASA/JPL/Johns Hopkins University Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sojourner at "Mermaid Dune", Mars Pathfinder Images
This is an image of the rover Sojourner at the feature called Mermaid Dune at the MPF landing site. Mermaid is thought to be a low, transverse dune ridge, with its long (approximately 2 meters) axis transverse ... More
Diverse Rock Named Squash, Mars Pathfinder Images
Diverse Rock Named Squash NASA/JPL Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Atmospheric Pressure During Landing, Mars Pathfinder Images
Atmospheric Pressure During Landing NASA/JPL
Dust Devil Schematic, Mars Pathfinder Images
Dust Devil Schematic NASA/JPL Public domain photograph related to NASA research activity, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sojourner at Wedge, Mars Pathfinder Images
Sojourner at Wedge NASA/JPL Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Detail of Ganymede Uruk Sulcus Region as Viewed by Galileo and Voyager
Detail of Ganymede Uruk Sulcus Region as Viewed by Galileo and Voyager NASA/JPL
Europa Active Surface, NASA / JPL Europa Image
On June 27, 1996, during Galileo first orbit around Jupiter, a newly discovered impact crater could be seen just right of the center of this image of Jupiter moon Europa returned by NASA Galileo spacecraft came... More
MGS Approach Image - 172.4° W Longitude
MGS Approach Image - 172.4° W Longitude NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
The Cassini spacecraft, covered by an environmentally controlled prote...
The Cassini spacecraft, covered by an environmentally controlled protective enclosure, is lifted at Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Air Station (CCAS), in preparation to mate it to the top of its Titan IV/Cen... More
New View of Twin Peaks Region. NASA public domain image colelction.
New View of Twin Peaks Region NASA/JPL Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sojourner Farthest Journey, Mars Pathfinder Images
Sojourner Farthest Journey NASA/JPL Public domain photograph of planet Mars surface, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
3000 Mile Laser Altimeter Profile Across Northern Hemisphere of Mars
3000 Mile Laser Altimeter Profile Across Northern Hemisphere of Mars NASA/JPL/GSFC
Sockets and Pebbles, Mars Pathfinder Images
Sockets and Pebbles NASA/JPL/USGS
Launch of Cassini Orbiter and Huygens Probe on Titan IV
A seven-year journey to the ringed planet Saturn begins with the liftoff of a Titan IVB/Centaur carrying NASA Cassini orbiter and its attached Huygens probe. NASA/JPL/KSC
360-degree Color Panorama, Mars Pathfinder Images
360-degree Color Panorama NASA/JPL Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter Passes
Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter Passes NASA/JPL/GSFC
Magnetic Anomalies on Mars, NASA Mars Images
Magnetic Anomalies on Mars NASA/JPL/GSFC Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Callisto Southern Hemisphere - NASA/JPL Galileo Program Images
These views of Callisto southern hemisphere were taken by NASA Galileo spacecraft on May 6, 1997. The upper left view contains Buri, a crater with a diameter of about 60 km. NASA/JPL
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - Warm Water Pool is Increasing, Nov. 10, 1997
This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea surface height measurements taken by the U.S./French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite. The image shows sea surface height relative to normal ocean conditions on No... More
Ridges on Europa, NASA / JPL Europa Image
This view of Jupiter's moon Europa shows a portion of the surface that has been highly disrupted by fractures and ridges. This picture covers an area about 238 kilometers (150 miles) wide by 225 kilometers (140... More
Callisto Crater Chain Mosaic - NASA/JPL Galileo Program Images
Callisto Crater Chain Mosaic NASA/JPL/ASU
Jovian Lightning - NASA/JPL Galileo Program Images
Jovian Lightning NASA/JPL Public domain photograph related to NASA research activity, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A Regional View of Mars on Orbit 63
A Regional View of Mars on Orbit 63 NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
MOC View of Mars98 Landing Zone - 12/24/97
MOC View of Mars98 Landing Zone - 12/24/97 NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
Europa Pwyll Crater, NASA / JPL Europa Image
Europa Pwyll Crater NASA/JPL/ASU
Very High Resolution Image of Icy Cliffs on Europa
Very High Resolution Image of Icy Cliffs on Europa NASA/JPL
Jupiter Equatorial Region in Violet Light Time Set 2
Jupiter Equatorial Region in Violet Light Time Set 2 NASA/JPL-Caltech
Jupiter Equatorial Region in a Methane Band Time Set 4
Jupiter Equatorial Region in a Methane Band Time Set 4 NASA/JPL-Caltech
Jupiter Belt-Zone Boundary Methane filter, 732 nm
Mosaic of a belt-zone boundary near Jupiter equator as seen by NASA Galileo orbiter in 1996. NASA/JPL-Caltech
NIMS Observes Increased Activity at Loki Patera, Io
On Feb. 21, 1997, the Galileo spacecraft observed Io in daylight from a range of approximately 703,000 km 440,000 miles. Loki Patera, historically the most active and persistent hot spot on Io, is located on th... More
Jupiter Long-lived White Ovals in a Methane Time Set 4
This mosaic shows the features of Jupiter main visible cloud deck and upper-tropospheric haze, with higher features enhanced in brightness over lower features as seen by NASA Galileo orbiter on February 19, 19... More
Jupiter Long-lived White Ovals in Violet Light Time Set 4
These images, taken on February 19, 1997 by NASA Galileo orbiter, show two of the three long-lived White Ovals that formed to the south of the Jupiter Great Red Spot. NASA/JPL-Caltech
Jupiter Long-lived White Ovals in the Near-Infrared Time Set 4
These images, taken on February 19, 1997 by NASA Galileo orbiter, show two of the three long-lived White Ovals that formed to the south of the Jupiter Great Red Spot. NASA/JPL-Caltech
Ancient Impact Basin on Europa. NASA public domain image colelction.
Ancient Impact Basin on Europa NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Jupiter Southern Hemisphere in the Near-Infrared Time Set 1
Jupiter Southern Hemisphere in the Near-Infrared Time Set 1 NASA/JPL-Caltech
Ridges and Fractures on Europa. NASA public domain image colelction.
Ridges and Fractures on Europa NASA/JPL/ASU
Safsaf Oasis, Egypt - NASA satellite images
These images show two views of a region of south-central Egypt. On the left is an optical image from NASA Landsat Thematic Mapper, and on the right is a radar image from NASA Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-band S... More
Cydonia Region - Pass #2, NASA Mars Images
Cydonia Region - Pass #2 NASA/JPL/MSSS
Hubble Look at Mars Shows Canyon Dust Storm, Cloudy Conditions for Pat...
Hubble Look at Mars Shows Canyon Dust Storm, Cloudy Conditions for Pathfinder Landing JPL/NASA/STScI
Springtime Dust Storm Swirls at Martian North Pole
Springtime Dust Storm Swirls at Martian North Pole JPL/NASA/STScI
Month-long Evolution of the D/G Jupiter Impact Sites from Comet P/Shoe...
Month-long Evolution of the D/G Jupiter Impact Sites from Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 JPL/NASA/STScI
Global Color Variations on Callisto
Global Color Variations on Callisto NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
The Galilean Satellites, NASA / JPL Europa Image
In this "family portrait," the four Galilean Satellites are shown to scale. These four largest moons of Jupiter shown in increasing distance from Jupiter are (left to right) Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. ... More
Flow-like Features On Europa. NASA public domain image colelction.
Flow-like Features On Europa NASA/JPL/ASU
Small Craters on Europa, NASA / JPL Europa Image
Small Craters on Europa NASA/JPL