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This diagram presents some of the processes and clues related to a long-ago lake on Mars that became stratified,...
It's spring in the Northern Hemisphere of Mars (when this image was taken), and this area was recently completely...
Holden Crater was once filled by at least two different lakes. The sediments deposited in those lakes are relatively...
Perched on the northern rim of the enormous Hellas Basin, Terby Crater, imaged by NASA Mars Odyssey, is host to an...
This area, on the western edge of Milankovic Crater on Mars, has a thick deposit of sediment that covers a layer...
Ian Clark walks past mission countdown clocks in the Perseverance offices at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in...
jsc2022e031230 (8/13/2021) --- A preflight view of the interior of the BioServe Centrifuge in nominal configuration...
STS073-E-5096 (30 Oct. 1995) --- Central Chesapeake Bay. The lower Potomac River and Patuxent River join the Bay,...
jsc2024e043753 (7/10/2024) --- Confocal microscopy image of a bimodal attractive colloidal suspension with size...
Sometimes Mars' surface is just beautiful as seen through the eyes of HiRISE. This is one example on the floor of...
jsc2022e031231 (8/13/2021) --- A preflight closeup view of the BioServe Centrifuge’s user interface. The BioServe...
ISS002-E-6239 (14 May 2001) --- This digital still camera's image, recorded by one of the Expedition Two crew...
51F-37-059 (29 July-6 Aug 1985) --- The mouth of the Betsiboka River in northwest Madagascar is seen. The estuary at...
This long image is entirely over the extensive central peak complex of Hale Crater. Of particular interest are...
This image, acquired by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on Sept. 16, 2013, shows Roddy Crater on Mars, home to...
Meet Jim Rice, an astrogeologist whose work has taken him to every continent on the globe. Among the many activities...
Meet Jake Bleacher, an astrogeologist in the solar system exploration division at Goddard Space Flight Center. He...
ISS009-E-15488 (7 July 2004) --- Solimoes-Negro River confluence at Manaus, Amazonia is featured in this image...
This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows Gorgonum Basin, one of several large basins within the...
STS089-703-056 (22-31 Jan. 1998) --- This oblique picture of Argentina and other parts of South America was...
The sinuous ridges in this image display strong characteristics of ancient meandering riverbeds that are preserved...
ISS010-E-13029 (13 January 2005) --- The Perigoso Channel and Amazon River mouth are featured in this image...
This is a radar image of the Mississippi River Delta where the river enters into the Gulf of Mexico along the coast...
This pair of drawings depicts the same location on Mars at two points in time: now and billions of years ago. The...