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On June 14, 2011, NASA Earth Observing-1 EO-1 spacecraft obtained this image showing ash-rich volcanic plume...
Blazing like an icy torch, the plume of Enceladus shines in scattered sunlight as the moon casts a shadow onto...
This image from NASA Galileo spacecraft is of Prometheus sunlit plume and Io illuminated crescent.
STS064-08-032 (10 Sept. 1994) --- At the commander's station on the space shuttle Discovery's forward flight deck,...
STS064-72-093 (10 Sept. 1994) --- With the blue and white Earth as a backdrop 130 miles below, the Shuttle Plume...
NASA's Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) detected a cluster of 12 methane plumes on Sept. 1,...
On Sunday, November 3, 2002, Mt. Etna's ash-laden plume was imaged by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and...
The JunoCam instrument aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft captured two volcanic plumes rising above the horizon of...
This Mars Global Surveyor MGS Mars Orbiter Camera MOC image shows dust plumes created by gusting winds on a plain...
The plumes of Enceladus continue to gush icy particles into Saturn orbit, making this little moon one of a select...
These images from NASA Terra satellite, captured on October 18, 2002, display a large dust plume extended across...
Peeking over the crescent of Enceladus, the Cassini spacecraft views the towering plume of ice particles erupting...
On July 24, 2022, the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite captured...
iss074e0432048 (April 1, 2026) --- The exhaust plume left behind by the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket that...
iss074e0431736 (April 1, 2026) --- The exhaust plume left behind by the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket that...
Barren Island, a small volcanic island which is part of the Andaman Island group in the Andaman Sea west of...
39,000 acres (60 square miles, or 160 square kilometers). Thousands of residents were evacuated, and the fire...
Axiom Mission 2 crew members return to Earth, discussing unidentified anomalous phenomena, and a water plume off of...
For the first time in 40 years, the Calbuco volcano in southern Chile erupted on April 22, 2015. The eruption caused...
Atmospheric methane is a potent greenhouse gas and an important contributor to air quality. Future instruments on...
SL4-136-3475 (February 1974) --- A vertical view of the Gulf coast area of Louisiana (29.0N, 92.0W) as seen from the...
ISS040-E-016513 (21 June 2014) --- Dust plumes and the Namib Desert coast are featured in this image photographed by...
ISS040-E-016514 (21 June 2014) --- Dust plumes and the Namib Desert coast are featured in this image photographed by...
These images from NASA Terra satellite are of the Central Valley and the Sierra Nevada Mountains showing several...