Tolbachik, Russia
Tolbachik Not all volcanoes on the Kamchatka Peninsula create and destroy summit domes. The current eruption at Tolbachik has been issuing long lava flows since November 2012 and even formed a small...
View ArticleGaleras, Colombia
Here is another set of great images of volcanoes seen from above -- including some remote island volcanoes and a trio from Russia. Enjoy! Galeras This isn't an image taken from space, but rather by an...
View ArticleJupiter Rotating
Jupiter Rotating Pioneer 10 and 11 were able to teach scientists a great deal about Jupiter. Among other things, Pioneer 10 showed the mighty power of Jupiter's great radiation belts and proved that...
View ArticleFull Face of Jupiter
Full Face of Jupiter Pioneer 11 peers down on Jupiter from above in this image. By building on the lessons of Pioneer 10's flyby, engineers were able to pass Pioneer 11 nearly 10 times closer to the...
View ArticleJupiter's Main Moons
Jupiter's Main Moons The four largest satellites of Jupiter, first spotted by Galileo more than 400 years ago, are seen here with the best resolution obtained from the two Pioneer probes. Image: NASA
View ArticleApproaching and Departing Jupiter
Forty years ago, a trailblazing new spacecraft left Earth and boldly went where no probe had gone before. Launched on Apr. 5, 1973, NASA's Pioneer 11 and its twin probe, Pioneer 10, were the first...
View ArticleSaturn's Rings
Saturn's Rings Pioneer grabbed this great image of Saturn's famous rings and one of its moons, possibly Rhea. During its flyby, the probe crossed the plane of the great rings twice, once inbound and...
View ArticlePioneer Movie
Pioneer Movie This is a cute retro video created prior to launch showing animation made by NASA of the Pioneer probes planned flybys of Saturn and Jupiter. Video: NASA
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Pioneer Plaque
Pioneer Plaque Pioneer 10 crossed the orbit of Neptune in 1983, becoming the first probe to leave the vicinity of the solar system's planets. The last signals were received from the probe in 2003, when...
View ArticleSaturn and Titan
Saturn and Titan Saturn can be seen here with its largest moon Titan during Pioneer 11's approach. Image: NASA Ames
View ArticleSaturn Through Rings
Saturn Through Rings Pioneer 11 was the first spacecraft to pass near Saturn's gorgeous ring system. NASA engineers heatedly debated exactly what route the probe should take at the ringed giant. No one...
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Saturn and Titan The colorful globe of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, passes in front of the planet and its rings in this true color snapshot from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The north polar hood can be...
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Dynamic and Intricate Gas Sculpture This Hubble Space Telescope view shows one of the most dynamic and intricately detailed star-forming regions in space, located 210,000 light-years away in the Small...
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Dark Matter in the Bullet Cluster This composite image shows the galaxy cluster 1E 0657-56, also known as the "bullet cluster." This cluster was formed after the collision of two large clusters of...
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The Quiet Sun This image taken by the Solar Dynamics Observatory's Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) instrument at 171 Angstrom shows the current conditions of the quiet corona and upper transition...
View ArticleOnthophagus imperator
Onthophagus imperator, India. “I love all beetles,” Schmidt told Wired. But this one is a particular favorite, he said.
View ArticleCeutorhynchus pallidactylus
Ceutorhynchus pallidactylus, “cabbage stem weevil,” Germany.
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