Posts Tagged ‘JPL’
Streaking on Mars
19 May 2011
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Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Streaks along a crater rim on Mars take on a wavy and ghostly appearance in this image form NASA’s HiRISE camera.
Martian Pie Shell
27 April 2011
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Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Gullies and debris litter the bottom of this Martian crater making it resemble a pie shell that has been dropped.
Rough hide of Mars
20 April 2011
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Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
From orbit, some landscapes of Mars resemble a rough animal hide. Explore this image from the HiRISE camera aboard Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and you can find just about every type of sand dune known to exist. What shapes and stories can your imagination dream up from this image? Share a note below.
A Wispy “OK”
06 April 2011
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Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/2MASS/B. Whitney (SSI/University of Wisconsin)
A wispy nebula forms an “OK” sign in this image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope.
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