December 7th, 2008 by admin | No Comments

A view of the turbulent atmosphere in the north polar region of Saturn. This animation attempts to draw out the three-dimensional texture of the storms by adjusting the the image’s exposure levels.
October 22nd, 2008 by admin | 4 Comments

Cassini’s camera tracks Saturn’s moon Mimas in the foreground, while Prometheus orbits in the background within the rings. These images were sent to Earth on Monday.
October 2nd, 2008 by admin | 2 Comments
Sent by: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter | From: Mars | Released: Sep, 2008 | Credit: NASA/JPL/UA | Image source
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s high resolution camera is revealing never-before-seen details all over the planet. Sometimes, the wider views never hint at what zooming in will uncover. Here, a closer look at dunes near the north pole reveals [...]
September 18th, 2008 by admin | No Comments
Sent by: Phoenix | From: Mars | Sent: September, 2008 | Credit: NASA/JPL/UA/Atkinson | Image source
A series of microscopic views showing tiny Martian dust grains, taken by the optical microscope onboard the Phoenix lander. Apparently some of the grains settled in the pile.
This animation, in highly stretched color, was built from the raw images by [...]
September 16th, 2008 by admin | 4 Comments
Sent by: Cassini | From: Saturn | Sent: September, 2008 | Credit: NASA/JPL/SSI | Image source
Saturn’s moons Dione and Enceladus seem to perform a pas de deux in this sequence of images captured last week.