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Reflected sunlight is the source of the illumination for visible wavelength images such as the one above. However,...
NASA Mars Odyssey spacecraft passes above a portion of the planet that is rotating into the sunlight in this artist...
NASA Cassini spacecraft looks toward the night side of Saturn largest moon and sees sunlight scattering through the...
Distant Titan, its northern hemisphere drenched in the sunlight of late spring, hangs above Saturn rings in this...
This Cassini spacecraft view of Pan in the Encke gap shows hints of detail on the moon dark side, which is lit by...
NASA Cassini spacecraft took narrow-angle images of Jupiter outer atmosphere, showing the giant planet as if it were...
A nearly full Rhea shines in the sunlight in this image from NASA Cassini spacecraft. Rhea 949 miles, or 1,527...
The rings of Saturn glow softly as sunlight from below wends its way through. Some of the Sun light bounces off the...
Although the sun is on the other side of Saturn in this dramatic image, some sunlight scatters through the uppermost...
This Southern autumn image captured by NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter offers a view of frosty dunes. The sunlight...
NASA Cassini spacecraft took narrow-angle images of Jupiter outer atmosphere, showing the giant planet as if it were...
Some seasonal ice on Mars is transparent so that the sunlight penetrates to the bottom of the ice. Heat from this...
The low angle of sunlight along the slim crescent of Saturn's moon Enceladus (313 miles or 504 kilometers across)...
On February 15, 2015 the Desert Sunlight solar project in California’s Mojave Desert became operational. This image...
In this artist concept illustration, NASA Phoenix Mars Lander begins to shut down operations as winter sets in. The...
Saturn moon Epimetheus moves in front of the larger moon Janus as seen by NASA Cassini spacecraft. The moons are lit...
NASA Cassini spacecraft looks toward the dark side of Saturn largest moon and captures the halo-like ring produced...
The Cassini spacecraft gazes down through the dark side of Saturn rings toward the softly glowing planet. The night...
Saturn casts its shadow on the rings in this NASA Cassini spacecraft image that also shows how the rings reflect...
After journeying a bit more than an hour across the Solar System, bright sunlight reflects off the gleaming icy...
This image, taken by NASA Galileo spacecraft, shows the darkside of Jupiter, the part not illuminated by sunlight....
Parked in space a million miles from Earth, the Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) onboard the Deep Space...
NASA Cassini spacecraft takes full advantage of the sunlight to capture these amazing views of the north polar...
NASA Cassini spacecraft looks toward the dark side of Saturn largest moon as a circle of light is produced by...