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NASA's Image and Video Library is one of the most comprehensive public archives of space imagery in the world, containing over 140,000 images, videos, and audio recordings spanning more than six decades of space exploration. From the earliest Mercury and Gemini missions through the Apollo Moon landings, the Space Shuttle era, and today's cutting-edge observations from the James Webb Space Telescope, this collection documents humanity's journey into the cosmos.

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Use the search bar above to find specific subjects — try queries like "Apollo 11," "Hubble Deep Field," "Mars surface," or "astronaut EVA." You can also filter by media type (image, video, or audio). For a daily curated experience, visit the Astronomy Picture of the Day.

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NASA image: Waves That Feed El Niños
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Oct 29, 2009

Waves That Feed El Niños

Pools of warm water known as Kelvin waves can be seen traveling eastward along the equator black line in this image...

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NASA image: Island wake produced by Antipodes Islands south of New Zealand
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Dec 16, 1973

Island wake produced by Antipodes Islands south of New Zealand

SL4-137-3655 (16 Dec. 1973) --- An island wake produced by the Antipodes Islands in the ocean current south of New...

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NASA image: Mission Makers: Christine Gebara, Engineer on the SWOT Water-Tracking Mission
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Nov 22, 2022

Mission Makers: Christine Gebara, Engineer on the SWOT Water-Tracking Mission

Christine Gebara is part of the team building the international Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite,...

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NASA image: TOPEX/El Niño Watch - Warm Water Pool is Thinning, Feb, 5, 1998
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Jul 3, 1998

TOPEX/El Niño Watch - Warm Water Pool is Thinning, Feb, 5, 1998

This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea surface height measurements taken by NASA U.S.-French...

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NASA image: TOPEX/El Niño Watch - El Niño Warm Water Pool Returns to Near Normal State, Mar, 14, 1998
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Apr 2, 1998

TOPEX/El Niño Watch - El Niño Warm Water Pool Returns to Near Normal State, Mar, 14, 1998

This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea surface height measurements taken by NASA U.S.-French...

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NASA image: TOPEX/El Niño Watch - Satellite shows El Niño-related Sea Surface Height, Mar, 14, 1998
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Nov 4, 1998

TOPEX/El Niño Watch - Satellite shows El Niño-related Sea Surface Height, Mar, 14, 1998

This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea surface height measurements taken by NASA U.S.-French...

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NASA image: TOPEX/El Niño Watch - La Niña looks frozen in Pacific, November 8, 1998
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Dec 5, 1998

TOPEX/El Niño Watch - La Niña looks frozen in Pacific, November 8, 1998

This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea-surface height measurements taken by NASA U.S.-French...

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NASA image: TOPEX/El Niño Watch - El Niño in Retreat, Pacific in Transition, June 14, 1998
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Jul 3, 1998

TOPEX/El Niño Watch - El Niño in Retreat, Pacific in Transition, June 14, 1998

This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea-surface height measurements taken by NASA U.S.-French...

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NASA image: TOPEX/El Niño Watch - October 3, 1997
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Oct 14, 1997

TOPEX/El Niño Watch - October 3, 1997

This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea surface height measurements taken by NASA U.S./French...

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NASA image: TOPEX/El Niño Watch - La Niña Weakening, January 17, 1999
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Apr 15, 1999

TOPEX/El Niño Watch - La Niña Weakening, January 17, 1999

This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea-surface height measurements taken by NASA U.S.-French...

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NASA image: TOPEX/El Niño Watch - Little Change in Pacific, August 13, 1998
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Sep 26, 1998

TOPEX/El Niño Watch - Little Change in Pacific, August 13, 1998

This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea-surface height measurements taken by NASA U.S.-French...

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NASA image: TOPEX/El Niño Watch - Satellite Shows Pacific Running Hot and Cold, September 12, 1998
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Sep 26, 1998

TOPEX/El Niño Watch - Satellite Shows Pacific Running Hot and Cold, September 12, 1998

This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea-surface height measurements taken by NASA U.S.-French...

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NASA image: TOPEX/El Niño Watch - October 23, 1997
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Oct 30, 1997

TOPEX/El Niño Watch - October 23, 1997

This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea surface height measurements taken by NASA U.S./French...

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NASA image: TOPEX/El Niño Watch - El Niño is Still Lingering in the Pacific May 3, 1998
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Jul 3, 1998

TOPEX/El Niño Watch - El Niño is Still Lingering in the Pacific May 3, 1998

This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea-surface height measurements taken by NASA U.S.-French...

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NASA image: Aquarius - SAC-D Artist Concept
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Mar 31, 2011

Aquarius - SAC-D Artist Concept

Artist concept of the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft. Aquarius will take NASA first space-based measurements of ocean...

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NASA image: TOPEX/El Niño Watch - El Niño Warm Water Pool Decreasing, Jan, 08, 1998
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Nov 4, 1998

TOPEX/El Niño Watch - El Niño Warm Water Pool Decreasing, Jan, 08, 1998

This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea surface height measurements taken by NASA U.S.-French...

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NASA image: TOPEX/El Niño Watch - Topex/Poseidon Shows Unusual Pacific, November 29, 1998
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Dec 5, 1998

TOPEX/El Niño Watch - Topex/Poseidon Shows Unusual Pacific, November 29, 1998

This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea-surface height measurements taken by NASA U.S.-French...

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NASA image: TOPEX/El Niño Watch - El Niño Rhythm, Dec, 10, 1997
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Dec 19, 1997

TOPEX/El Niño Watch - El Niño Rhythm, Dec, 10, 1997

This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea surface height measurements taken by NASA U.S.-French...

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NASA image: TOPEX/El Niño Watch - June 25, 1997
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Oct 14, 1997

TOPEX/El Niño Watch - June 25, 1997

This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea surface height measurements taken by NASA U.S./French...

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NASA image: TOPEX/El Niño Watch- September 20, 1997
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Oct 14, 1997

TOPEX/El Niño Watch- September 20, 1997

This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea surface height measurements taken by NASA U.S./French...

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NASA image: Artist Concept of U.S.-European Jason-3 Ocean Altimetry Satellite over California
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May 23, 2013

Artist Concept of U.S.-European Jason-3 Ocean Altimetry Satellite over California

Artist concept of the U.S.-European Jason-3 spacecraft over the California coast. Jason-3 will precisely measure the...

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NASA image: SeaWinds Global Coverage with Detail of Hurricane Floyd
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May 7, 2000

SeaWinds Global Coverage with Detail of Hurricane Floyd

The distribution of ocean surface winds over the Atlantic Ocean, based on September 1999 data from NASA SeaWinds...

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NASA image: STS-54 Earth observation of a ship wake in the Bay of Bengal
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Jan 19, 1993

STS-54 Earth observation of a ship wake in the Bay of Bengal

STS054-72-056 (13-19 Jan 1993) --- A ship wake in the Bay of Bengal is noticeable in this 70mm frame. The sun glint...

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NASA image: El Niño Surges; Warm Kelvin Wave Headed for South America
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Dec 17, 2009

El Niño Surges; Warm Kelvin Wave Headed for South America

The most recent sea-level height data from the NASA/European Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason-2 oceanography...

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NASA's Image and Video Library contains over 140,000 publicly accessible images, videos, and audio files spanning the agency's entire history, from the Mercury program of the 1960s to the latest James Webb Space Telescope discoveries. The collection grows daily as new missions capture imagery and archival materials are digitized. Individual mission archives, such as Mars rover photos, contain hundreds of thousands of additional images.
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