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1989 Map: Ron Beck, USGS Land Processes Data Center, Satellite Systems Branch
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Helix Nebula Details Close-up view of gas droplets in the Helix nebula. At 650 light-years away, the Helix is one of the nearest planetary nebulae to Earth. A planetary nebula is the glowing gas around...
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Minimalist Jupiter Jupiter's faint ring system is shown in this color composite as two light orange lines protruding from the left toward Jupiter's limb. This picture was taken in Jupiter's shadow...
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Snow on Mars Water-carved valleys on Mars appear to have been caused by runoff from precipitation, likely meltwater from snow. Early Martian precipitation would have fallen on mountainsides and crater...
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What the Rover Sees
The rover's software builds a 3-D model of its environment that allows it to avoid obstacles.
View ArticleJuly 29, 2013
Chelyabinsk Meteor from Space What are those strange, long clouds hovering over the limb of the Earth? They are streaks in the upper atmosphere left behind by a meteorite that flared over Chelyabinsk...
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Eight-Spotted Crab Spider Platythomisus octomaculatus Singapore, January 2013 Platythomisus octomaculatus, one of the largest crab spiders at more than an inch across, is dressing up as a honeybee...
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David Bowie
Huntsman Heteropoda davidbowie Singapore, October 2011 Don’t you think this spider looks like David Bowie? Maybe just a little? Turns out, this big old huntsman is named after the glam-rocking star of...
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