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Category: NASA Image of the Day
Unsettled Weather Across Central Australia
In late July 2013, a low pressure system off Australia’s southeast coast and moist onshore winds…
Elliptical Crater on Mercury
This color image, taken on May 1, 2013 by the Wide Angle Camera (WAC) instrument aboard…
First Hint of Sunrise From Space
On July 30, 2013, Expedition 36 Flight Engineer Karen L. Nyberg of NASA took this photograph…
Two Moons Passing in the Night
The Saturn moons Mimas and Pandora remind us of how different they are when they appear…
Cloud Streets over the Bering Sea
In early April 2013, clouds stretched in parallel rows for hundreds of kilometers over the Bering…
Hubble Eyes a Mysterious Old Spiral
This striking cosmic whirl is the center of galaxy NGC 524, as seen with the NASA/ESA…
Loading Operations for Orion Spacecraft Parachute Test
A test version of the Orion spacecraft is loaded onto a C-17 aircraft in preparation for…
View From Mars Orbiter Showing Curiosity Rover at ‘Shaler’
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity appears as a bluish dot near the lower right corner…
Gravity Waves and Sunglint, Lake Superior
From the vantage point of the International Space Station, astronauts frequently observe atmospheric and surface phenomena…