September 30th, 2008 by admin | 6 Comments
Sent by: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter | From: Mars | Released: Sep, 2008 | Credit: NASA/JPL/MSSS | Image source
The latest Martian weather report indicates scattered clouds over the equatorial regions, which is common during the northern summer. The image above is a composite of wide views from the Mars Color Imager (MARCI) onboard the Mars Reconnaissance [...]
September 26th, 2008 by admin | No Comments
Sent by: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter | From: Mars | Released: Sep, 2008 | Credit: NASA/JPL/JHUAPL | Image source
The Aram Chaos region of Mars intrigues explorers because of its complex landscape and wide variety of minerals. On the left is a stretched natural-color view showing a swath of the region that is about 10 kilometers [...]
September 25th, 2008 by admin | 2 Comments
Sent by: Cassini | From: Saturn | Released: September, 2008 | Credit: NASA/JPL/SSI/Ugarkovic | Image source
Saturn in full-color glory, plus more: four of its moons are visible. From left to right: Janus (a speck within the ring plane), Titan, Prometheus (a speck on the far side of the rings) and Mimas.
This natural-color view was painstakingly [...]
September 24th, 2008 by admin | No Comments
Sent by: MER-A | From: Mars | Sent: September, 2008 | Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell | Image source
A recent Martian landscape, as photographed by the rover Spirit and rendered in natural color (top) and false color. Another example of why it’s useful to see both kinds of views.
September 10th, 2008 by admin | 11 Comments
Sent by: Phoenix | From: Mars | Sent: September, 2008 | Credit: NASA/JPL/UA/Atkinson | Image source
The shadow cast by Phoenix’s soil scoop seems to menace the trenches it has been digging in the Martian ground. The lander’s digging days are numbered as the arctic sun gradually begins to sink lower and lower on the horizon, [...]