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STS054-80-024 (13-19 Jan 1993) --- As the Shuttle was passing southeast over the coast of India, approaching the Bay...
New data visualizations from the NASA Center for Climate Simulation and NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio show...
Textured rows on the ground in this portion of "Perseverance Valley" are under investigation by NASA's Mars...
AS07-05-1644 (13 Oct. 1968) --- Remarkable cloud patterns as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during its 34th...
The curblike ridge in this view is part of a series of crisscrossing features that form what's called a boxwork...
A water-rich polka dot pattern takes over the traditional rectangular patchwork of fields in this 40 year sequence...
On July 14, 2015, the telescopic camera on NASA's New Horizons spacecraft took the highest resolution images ever...
JANUARY 8, 2013: Astronomers using NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes have probed the stormy atmosphere of a...
AST-01-042 (16 July 1975) --- An oblique view of unique cloud patterns over the Pacific Ocean caused by aircraft...
This image from NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the southwestern floor of a 50-kilometer diameter unnamed...
The unusual surface pattern exists at the margin of the north polar layered deposit
The patterns on the floor of these craters indicates that a volitile, such as ice, likely was present in the floor...
This graphic shows Martian atmospheric temperature data related to seasonal patterns in occurrence of large regional...
The bizarre patterns on the floor of this crater in Nilosyrtis Mensae imaged by NASA Mars Odyssey defy an easy...
The full-circle panorama in approximately true color taken by NASA Phoenix Mars Lander shows the polygonal...
This close-up image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter gives the impression of looking like bacterial cells and...
This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) shows two new craters, both with the same distinctive...
During its time in orbit, Cassini has spotted many beautiful cat's eye-shaped patterns like the ones visible here....
The above images, derived from NASA QuikScat satellite data, show the extensive pattern of rain water deposited by...
The lunar highlands exhibit rhythmic patterns thought to result from slow, downslope creep of the loose regolith...
This spaceborne radar image of Belgrade, Serbia, illustrates the variety of land use patterns that can be observed...
The odd pattern on the floor of this channel suggests that a volitile such as ice played a part in its formation
This collage of six images taken by NASA Mars Odyssey spacecraft, shows examples of the daytime temperature patterns...
Looking toward high northern latitudes on Titan, the Cassini spacecraft spies a banded pattern encircling the pole