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Tiny solid and liquid particles suspended in the atmosphere are called aerosols. Examples of aerosols include...
STS047-54-018 (12-20 Sept. 1992) --- The colors in this photograph provide insight into the relative density of the...
Seen shortly after local Martian sunrise, clouds gather in the summit pit, or caldera, of Pavonis Mons, a giant...
This picture of Neptune was produced from images taken through the ultraviolet, violet and green filters of the...
STS047-54-016 (12 - 20 Sept 1992) --- The colors in this photograph provide insight into the relative density of the...
This narrow-angle color image of the Earth, dubbed Pale Blue Dot, is a part of the first ever 'portrait' of the...
STS049-91-079 (7 - 16 May 1992) --- This 70mm frame, photographed from the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Endeavour,...
These images, from David Weitz’s liquid crystal research, show ordered uniform sized droplets (upper left) before...
This relatively fresh, shallowly incised valley was once filled with water and/or ice and flowed to the west toward...
NASA's Voyager 2 high resolution color image, taken 2 hours before closest approach, provides obvious evidence of...
Cassini made a close flyby of Saturn's moon Iapetus on Sept. 10, 2007, and the visual and infrared mapping...
The dusty side of the Sword of Orion is illuminated in this striking infrared image from the European Space Agency's...
This color image of the sun, Earth and Venus was taken by the Voyager 1 spacecraft Feb. 14, 1990, when it was...
A mosaic of four images taken through the clear filter (610 nanometers) of the solid state imaging (CCD) system...
This false color photograph of Neptune was made from NASA's Voyager 2 images taken through three filters: blue,...
P-34705 This false-color photograph of Neptune was made from Voyager 2 images taken through three filters: blue,...
P-34709 Range: 157,000 kilometers (98,000 miles) This Voyager 2 high resolution color image, taken 2 hours before...
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover recorded this view of the sun setting at the close of the mission's 956th Martian day,...
Scores of baby stars shrouded by dust are revealed in this infrared image of the star-forming region NGC 2174, as...
P-34666 This false color photograph of Neptune was reconstructed from two images taken by Voyager 2's wide angle...
The Chandra X-Ray Observatory has captured this spectacular image of G292.0+1.8, a young, oxygen-rich supernova...
ISS017-E-013842 (19 Aug. 2008) --- A serene view of a portion of the Greater Antilles islands in the Caribbean Sea....
ISS040-E-012110 (15 June 2014) --- Coastlines of the southern Baltic Sea are featured in this image photographed by...
Range : 4.86 million km (3 million mi.) This dramatic view of the crescents of Neptune and Triton was acquired by...