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Ancient Rift
The Great Rift
Tethys Great Rift
Rifting at Hiiaka Patera, Io?
This artist's concept from 1963 shows a proposed NERVA (Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application) incorporating...
This image acquired by NASA Terra satellite on December 18, 2002 shows the East African rift -- places where the...
A rift in Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf has grown to 110 miles (175 km) long, making it inevitable that an iceberg...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A visitor to the Robot Rocket Rally tries his hand at virtual reality in a demonstration of...
The 2018 Kilauea, Hawaii eruption began in May on Kilauea's East Rift Zone. Lava fountains up to 100 meters high,...
Volcanic, tectonic, erosional and sedimentary landforms are all evident in this comparison of two elevation models...
This image is a color composite covering the Rift Valley inland area of Ethiopia (south of the region shown in...
This image shows four relatively bright mounds along a linear, curving feature that appears to be a rift zone, where...
The striking contrast of geologic structures in Africa is shown in this shaded relief image of Mt. Elgon on the left...
The area known as the Afar Triangle is located at the northern end of the East Africa Rift, where it approaches the...
Visible in this observation from NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is a section of Cerberus Fossae, which are...
In December, 2011, NASA Terra spacecraft captured this image of a new volcanic island forming in the Red Sea. This...
This radar image from NASA's Magellan spacecraft is of a half crater located in the rift between Rhea and Theia...
ISS030-E-035487 (14 Jan. 2012) --- The East African Rift Valley in Kenya is featured in this image photographed by...
STS101-720-58 (26 May 2000) --- The International Space Station is photographed just after separation from the Space...
The Potrillo volcanic field is located on the Rio Grande Rift in southern New Mexico. Different kinds of volcanism...
Operation IceBridge, a NASA airborne survey of changes in polar ice, recently completed its eighth consecutive...
Operation IceBridge, a NASA airborne survey of changes in polar ice, recently completed its eighth consecutive...
Operation IceBridge, a NASA airborne survey of changes in polar ice, recently completed its eighth consecutive...
Operation IceBridge, a NASA airborne survey of changes in polar ice, recently completed its eighth consecutive...