Nasa picture of the day panoramic5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() This image is a panoramic view of Pathfinder's Ares Vallis landing site, and reveals traces of a warmer, wetter past, showing a floodplain covered with a variety of rock types, boulders, rounded and semi-rounded cobbles and pebbles. How far have we come since, but it all started there, from landing with airbags, which would be the signature of the Spirit and Opportunity missions that followed, and remote commands for science and operations. Remember this little guy? Pathfinder was our very first rover on Mars and had some major accomplishments to its name despite its small size. Jeff posted this image on Twitter, commenting: "The last month has gone by quickly…full Moon again!"Īlthough the sky proved to be too cloudy to get a photo of the recent partial solar eclipse, photographer Fefo Bouvier managed to capture beautiful crepuscular rays during the sunset. The core of the galaxy, which is a black hole, also appears obscured as a result of the massive amounts of light that orbit around it.Ī full Moon on August 19, 2016, as photographed from aboard the International Space Station by NASA astronaut Jeff Williams. The brightest stars in the galaxy appear black. This image of the Andromeda Galaxy was processed using HDR (High Dynamic Range) negative, which makes the colors look opposite to what they would be with their visible light coloration. Pathfinder, the Moon, Andromeda Galaxy and so much more. Justin Wilkinson, Texas State University, Jacobs Contract at NASA-JSC.Welcome to our weekly recap of our Planetary Picture of the Day (PPOD)! Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. The International Space Station Program supports the laboratory as part of the ISS National Lab to help astronauts take pictures of Earth that will be of the greatest value to scientists and the public, and to make those images freely available on the Internet. The image has been cropped and enhanced to improve contrast, and lens artifacts have been removed. The image was taken by a member of the Expedition 43 crew. Mount Rainier lies immediately southeast of Seattle about 65 kilometers (40 miles) away.Īstronaut photograph ISS042-E-294596 was acquired on February 28, 2015, with a Nikon D4 digital camera using a 22 millimeter lens, and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations Facility and the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Johnson Space Center. In this image, Portland, the Seattle-Tacoma metropolis, and Vancouver are all visible. In the foreground, the Columbia River drains the basin, cuts directly through the Cascades at Columbia River Gorge, and then flows into the Pacific Ocean.Ĭities typically appear as dull gray zones, but astronauts learn to detect these sometimes difficult targets. By contrast, the tan colors of the dry Columbia Basin (lower right) show the rain shadow effect of the Cascades in preventing rain-bearing air masses from reaching the basin. Greener, forested landscapes are evidence of the wet climate experienced by people who live near the coast and on the seaward slopes of the mountains. ![]() The cloud bands of an approaching winter storm (upper left) signal a bout of approaching rain to what is one of the wettest parts of North America. Short-lens panoramic views often reveal environmental patterns. ![]() One of the space station’s solar arrays points into the view on the upper left. Helens, Mount Rainier and Mount Hood-dot the Cascades. northwest in the foreground gives way to the Rocky Mountains and Coast Mountains in Canada, with Vancouver Island just offshore. The snow-covered Cascade Range of the U.S. This panoramic photograph was taken by an astronaut looking north from the International Space Station. ![]()
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