June 30th, 2008 by admin | No Comments
Sent by: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter | From: Mars | Released: June 25, 2008 | Credit: NASA/JPL/UA | Image source
In this view of the Nili Fossae region on Mars, data from three different instruments on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have been combined to create a colorful study of the landscape’s shape, composition and geological [...]
June 30th, 2008 by admin | No Comments
Sent by: Cassini | From: Saturn | Released: June 28, 2008 | Credit: NASA/JPL/SSI/Ugarkovic | Image source
Saturn’s moon Mimas (about 250 miles across) floats against the backdrop of its massive host planet. The dark intersecting bands are the rings and the shadows of the rings. This is one section of a huge Saturn portrait made [...]
June 28th, 2008 by admin | 6 Comments
Sent by: MER-B | From: Mars | Sent: June 28, 2008 | Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell/Canvin | Image source
Part of a new panorama taken inside Victoria Crater showing Opportunity’s new, closer view of the promontory called “Cape Verde.” It was rendered in approximate natural color and painstakingly stitched together from the raw data by James Canvin. Below [...]
June 27th, 2008 by admin | No Comments
Sent by: Cassini | From: Saturn | Sent: June 25, 2008 | Credit: NASA/JPL/SSI | Image source
On Wednesday, Cassini captured this striking view looking up from below at Saturn (right) and the rings (left). Where they disappear behind the planet’s sphere, the rings appear bent by Saturn’s atmosphere. The combined effect suggests two flowing streams [...]
June 26th, 2008 by admin | No Comments
If you’re using version 1.1 or earlier of the Riding with Robots widget for Apple Dashboard on the Mac, or version 3 or earlier of the Yahoo or Opera widget on any platform, it will not currently be displaying a picture.
The service that hosts those images generously donated unlimited bandwidth to Riding with Robots [...]