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ALT SuperCam laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy spectrum of the target Montdenier. Below the spectrum is a colored bar, with the length of each color corresponding to the abundance of the major element oxides: SiO2, TiO2, Al2O3, FeOT, MgO, CaO, Na2O, K2O. Background image is a "selfie" of the rover taken at the same location.
ALT A screenshot of the AreoBrowser website. On the left of the screen, there is a narrow side-bar with a vertical scrolling list of all models that can be viewed. To the right of that are two panels stacked on top of each other, filling the rest of the screen. The top panel is a 3D view of the selected model - in this case a dramatic slice of mountainous terrain in the Valles Marineris canyon, one of Mars' most striking features. The bottom pane shows a map view of the Martian surface, zoomed into show Valles Marineris. On top of the black and white map image are many green rectangles, each of which represents a model that is available to view in 3D.
ALT Cover of "Icy Mystery - Ice on Mars" science comic story. Designed as old 1940's pulp comic.
ALT Panel 1 of "Icy Mystery - Ice on Mars" science comic story. Mars' climate history.
ALT Panel 2 of "Icy Mystery - Ice on Mars" science comic story. More details on the meteorite that impacted Mars on December 24, 2021.
ALT Panel 3 of "Icy Mystery - Ice on Mars" science comic story. Panel shows satellite reconnaissance of impact and subsurface.
ALT An aerial view of Meteor Crater, in Coconino County Arizona
ALT A multicolor display of the ‘Northern Lights’ over the artic.
ALT Image card with an image of a person holding a piece of Moon decor with a graphic of an astronaut flashing a peace sign with their hand, riding a rocket. Text in the front reads "Tell me you're a Planetary Scientist without teling me you're a planetary scientist; There are moons all over my house - moon globe, moon night light, moon lamps"
ALT View through Paraitepuy pass, with lots of rocky mounds, sand, and rover tracks.
ALT This black and white image was taken by LICIACube, a small cubesat that rode along with NASA's DART mission which impacted the asteroid Dimorphos. Dimorphos is the bright object in the upper center of the image, with filaments of debris streaming out in all directions. The concentric rectangles around Dimorphos indicate successive changes in contrast to bring out details in the ejecta filaments. Credit: ASI/NASA/APL
ALT This black and white Navcam image, taken on sol 3624 (October 16, 2022), shows Curiosity's robotic arm placed over the recent drill hole named "Canaima". The light-toned block of layered rock is one among many in the area, separated by darker sand which forms centimeter-scale ripples. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
ALT This JWST infrared image is mostly black, with the planet Neptune glowing brightly just below and to the right of the center of the image. Rings are clearly visible around the planet, along with several bright dots: small moons. A very bright dot in the upper left shines in green and blue. This is the bright icy moon Triton. Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
ALT Image of a coloring sheet and geologic map of Jezero crater in the background with text in front. The text in the upper left corner reads "Jezero Crater" and in the bottom reads "Color your own Geologic Map; #EarthScienceWeek"
ALT The image cube's front panel is a true-color view of part of southwestern Libya observed by NASA's EMIT mission. The side panels depict the spectral fingerprints for every point in the image, showing kaolinite, a reflective clay mineral, and goethite and hematite, iron oxides that absorb heat. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
ALT The mineral map shows a part of southwestern Libya, in the Sahara, observed by NASA's EMIT mission. It depicts areas dominated by kaolinite, a reflective clay mineral that scatters light, and goethite and hematite, iron oxides that absorb heat and warm the surrounding air. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech