Mars Surface and Atmosphere Views

False color images of Mars captured by NASA's Odyssey orbiter. Highlights icy clouds and unique surface features from a high altitude.

Full-Circle 'Bonestell' Panorama from Spirit
Full-Circle 'Bonestell' Panorama from Spirit
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This false color image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows part of Claritas Fossae.
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Two Russian Search and Rescue helicopters land near the Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft shortly after touch down with Expedition 25 Commander Doug Wheelock and Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Fyodor Yurchikhin near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Friday, Nov. 26, 2010. Russian Cosmonaut Yurchikhin and NASA Astronauts Wheelock and Walker, are returning from nearly six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 24 and 25 crews.
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Nazca lines from the aircraft Mysterious figures Nazca desert from the aircraft Copyright: xZoonar.com/MassimoxLamax 11585541
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Mysterious figures Nazca desert from the aircraft
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Mysterious figures Nazca desert from the aircraft
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Testicles guinea pig testicular cross -section under the microscope 100x copyright: xzoonar.com/dr.xnorbertxlangex 13702150
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its Mastcam instrument to take the 32 individual images that make up this panorama of the outcrop nicknamed Mont Mercou. It took a second panorama, rolling sideways 13 feet (4 meters), to create a stereoscopic effect similar to a 3D viewfinder. The effect helps scientists get a better idea of the geometry of Mount Mercou's sedimentary layers, as if they're standing in front of the formation. Both panoramas were taken on March 4, 2021, the 3,049th Martian day, or sol, of the mission, from a distance of about 130 feet (40 meters) from the cliff face, which is about 20 feet (6 meters) tall. They have been white-balanced so that the colors of the rock materials resemble how they would appear under daytime lighting conditions on Earth. Animation available at
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The THEMIS VIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color image. These false color images may reveal subtle variations of the surface not easily identified in a single band image. Today's false color images shows part of the plains and craters of Terra Cimmeria. Orbit Number 59405 Latitude -38.6916 Longitude 158.645 Instrument VIS Captured 2015-05-06 02 53
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An SUV-sized Asteroid 2008TC# Impacts on October 7, 2008 in the Nubian Desert, Northern Sudan Dr. Peter Jenniskens, NASA/SETI joined Muawia Shaddas of the University of Khartoum in leading an expedition on a search for samples. (meteorite-brick-reenactment)
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S81-33178 (12 April 1981) --- The two solid rocket boosters are jettisoned from the climbing space shuttle Columbia as a successful launch phase continues for NASA's first manned space mission since 1975. Astronauts John W. Young and Robert L. Crippen are aboard Columbia.
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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover used one of its navigation cameras to capture these dust devils swirling across Jezero Crater on July 20, 2021, the 148th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. This GIF has been enhanced in order to show maximal detail, with some color distortion. The three images that have been included were taken about 15 seconds apart. A key objective for Perseverance's mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover will characterize the planet's geology and past climate, pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, and be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith (broken rock and dust). Subsequent NASA missions, in cooperation with ESA (European Space Agency), would send spacecraft to Mars to collect these sealed samples from the surface and return them to Earth for in-depth analysis. The Mars 2020 Perseverance mission is part of NASA's Moon to Mars exploration approach, which include
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A761046 U12G TUNNEL HYDRA FRAC MINEBACK BILL VOLLENDORF (PROJECT ENGINEER) AUG 12 76 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 8/12/1976 EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; HYDRA FRAC; HYDRA FRAC MINEBACK; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; MEASURED; MEASUREMENT & RELATIONSHIP; MEASURING DEVICES (EXC UTENSIL; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; PICKAXES; ROCKS & MINERALS (MISC); ROCKS (MISCELLANEOUS); TAPE MEASURES; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; VOLLENDORF, BILL historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.
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A88114 U12P MISSION CYBER POST SHOT G-SAC JOHN WEYDERT (PROJECT ENGINEER) JAN 11 88 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 1/11/1988 EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; FLASHLIGHTS; GSAC; MISSION CYBER; MISSION CYBER POST SHOT; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; U12P MISSION CYBER POST SHOT historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.
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3D rendering illustration of water molecules at surface
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Grus, small angular fragments of granitic material formed by chemical (hydrolysis) and mechanical weathering of granitic rock, Montana
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Aerial view of a fishing boat casting a large circular net in the deep blue sea, Sitka, Alaska, United States.
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Exavation of ancient Gordium in Turkey
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Theropods Dinosaur Footprints - lower Jurassic. Tuba city, Arizona, USA.
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model of a medium size dinosaur footprint. Dated 2014
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A770107 U3KI COVE SLIFER INSTALLATION J. BROUILLARD(Project Engineer) JAN 15 77EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 1/15/1977 BROUILLARD, J.; COVES; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; MEASURED; MEASURING TAPE; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; SLIFER INSTALLATION; SLIFERS; TEST SITES; WEAPONS RELATED historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.
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A760964 U7AN BILLET GENERATOR DAMAGE J. CHAEL (PROJECT ENGINEER) JUL 28 76 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 7/28/1976 CHAEL, J.; DAMAGED; DAMAGES; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; GENERATOR DAMAGE; GENERATORS, STANDBY; HOSES; MOUNTAIN RIDGES; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.
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Arawana (Osteoglossum bicirrhosum) at night, Rewa River, Guyana
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This anaglyph from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity at the rim of Victoria Crater. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
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The THEMIS VIS camera contains 5 filters. Data from different filters can be combined in many ways to create a false color image. This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows sand dunes and sand materials in depressions near the south pole.
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The Venus of Willendorf made from Oolitic limestone.
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This series of images reconstructs the geology of the region around Mars' Mount Sharp, where NASA's Curiosity Mars rover landed and is now driving. The images were taken on Earth and have been altered for the illustration.
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A740721 U12G HYDRA FRAC BILL VOLLENDORF (Project Engineer) SEP 10 74EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 9/10/1974 ARM (HUMAN); EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; HYDRA FRAC; MARKED; MARKINGS; MEASURED; MEASUREMENT & RELATIONSHIP; MEASUREMENTS; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; PICKAXES; ROCK FORMATIONS; ROCK STRUCTURES; TAPE MEASURES; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; VOLLENDORF, BILL historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.
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Test Setup and UltraViolet (UV) Lighting with Frank Caradonna, Ames and Kurtis Long, Project Scientist. Ship Airwake Investigation 7 x 10 ft#2 Wind Tunnel Settling Chamber.
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Sign of WOODWORM or FURNITURE BEETLE (Anobium punctatum) (note the 1/8-inch holes and dust or frass produced by the larva)
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Hybridization between a giant salamander of Japan and China
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Box jellyfish Chironex fleckeri victims scars
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The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket launches from Pad-0A with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, Sunday, July 13, 2014 at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The Cygnus spacecraft is filled with over 3,000 pounds of supplies for the International Space Station, including science experiments, experiment hardware, spare parts, and crew provisions. The Oribital-2 mission is Orbital Sciences' second contracted cargo delivery flight to the space station for NASA.
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Naturalists observing footprints of Sauropod Dinosaurs
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A lightweight simulator version of NASA's Resource Prospector undergoes a mobility test in a regolith bin at the agency's Kennedy Space center in Florida. The Resource Prospector mission aims to be the first mining expedition on another world. Operating on the moons poles, the robot is designed to use instruments to locate elements at a lunar polar regions, then excavate and sample resources such as hydrogen, oxygen and water. These resources could support human explores on their way to destinations such as farther into the solar system.
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suit worn by soviet cosmonaut V.A. Janibekov as he worked at the Salyut-7 station in 1985