Earth in true color - The Planetary Society
WEBEarth in true color This spectacular "blue marble" image is the most detailed true-color image of the entire Earth to date. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Using a collection of satellite-based observations, scientists and visualizers stitched together months of observations of the land surface, oceans, sea ice, and clouds into a seamless ...
Pictures of Earth by Planetary Spacecraft
WEBEarth and the Moon from L1. Earthrise by Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Chang'e-5 ascent vehicle approaches orbiter. Hayabusa2 sees Earth after sample dropoff. Earth and Moon from Tianwen-1. Blue Marble by Apollo 17, reprocessed. BepiColombo Earth flyby images. BepiColombo Spots Earth and the Moon.
Crescent Earth and Moon from Voyager 1 - The Planetary Society
WEBCrescent Earth and Moon from Voyager 1. Crescent Earth and Moon from Voyager 1 This picture of a crescent-shaped Earth and Moon -- the first of its kind ever taken by a spacecraft -- was recorded Sept. 18, 1977, by Voyager 1 when it was 11.66 million kilometers (7.25 million miles) from Earth. NASA / JPL. Most NASA images are in the …
Earthrise from Lunar Orbiter 1 | The Planetary Society
WEBEarthrise from Lunar Orbiter 1 On August 23, 1966, Lunar Orbiter 1 took the first photo of Earth as seen from lunar orbit. While a remarkable image at the time, the full resolution of the image was never retrieved from the data stored from the mission. In 2008, this earthrise image was restored by the Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project at ...
Every picture from Venus' surface, ever | The Planetary Society
WEBEvery picture from Venus' surface, ever. Only four spacecraft have ever returned images from Venus’ surface. The world next door doesn’t make it easy, with searing heat and crushing pressure that quickly destroy any lander. In 1975 and 1982, four of the Soviet Union’s Venera probes captured our only images of Venus’ surface.
The coolest new space pictures: August 2024 | The Planetary Society
WEBThe coolest new space pictures: August 2024. This week, the European Space Agency’s Juice mission accomplished the first-ever “double” gravity assist when it flew by both Earth and the Moon. The spacecraft snapped photos of our planet as it sailed past. Earth and the Moon from Juice Earth and the Moon (small dot on the left) seen by ESA's ...
Why are there no stars in most space images? - The Planetary …
WEBDec 17, 2018 · As I mentioned earlier, LORRI has a fixed aperture and high dynamic range and can use a wide range of exposure settings. One of the coolest targets at Jupiter is the volcanic moon Io. Here’s a LORRI picture of Io taken as New Horizons approached the Jupiter system. The photo used a 4-millisecond exposure. Io is well-exposed, and no …
The best space pictures from the Voyager 1 ... - The Planetary …
WEBMar 3, 2022 · Image: NASA / JPL / Ted Stryk. Saturn as seen by Voyager 1 The last picture from Voyager 1’s approach to Saturn in which the entire planet and ring system can be seen in a single frame. Image: NASA/JPL/Björn Jónsson. Voyager 2's best view of Enceladus This was the Voyager mission's best view of Enceladus, captured by Voyager 2 on …
The best pictures of Mars from space | The Planetary Society
WEBNov 9, 2023 · Mariner 4 hand-colored first image One of the colored-in images of Mars returned to Earth in 1965 by Mariner 4. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Dan Goods. Fortunately, space imaging technology has improved by leaps and bounds since then, providing us with exquisite images of Mars on a regular basis. Below, we’ve rounded up some of our …
Iconic view of Earth from Apollo 17 | The Planetary Society
WEBIconic view of Earth from Apollo 17. Iconic view of Earth from Apollo 17 One of the most famous images of the twentieth century, this view of the fully lit globe of Earth was taken from Apollo 17 shortly after its launch on December 7, 1972. The full view was enabled by the fortuitous alignment of Earth, spacecraft, and the Sun. NASA.