Asteroids:
Asteroid
Gaspra compared to Mars' two moons (added January 26, 2008)
Asteroid
Ida and its tiny moon Dactyl (added March 17, 2008)
Astrological Aspects:
Jupiter
conjunct Neptune depiction (added June 13, 2009)
Jupiter
conjunct Saturn depiction (added April 18, 2010)
Saturn
opposite Uranus depiction (added October 13, 2008)
Saturn
square Pluto depiction (added October 15, 2009)
Earth:
Antarctic ice loss,
which has increased dramatically - by 75% during 1996-2006!
(added January 29, 2008)
Antarctic
hole in the ozone layer in 2005 (added March 25, 2008)
Arctic sea ice
minimum in 1980 compared with 2007, below (added March 24, 2008)
Arctic sea ice
minimum in 2007 with a graph of its 29 year decline
(added March 24, 2008)
Bank
run in New York City during the Depression of 1873-1879 (added
January 5, 2009)
Bank
run in New York City during the Great Depression of 1929-1933
(added January 5, 2009)
Burning
of the "Bonus Army Hooverville" during the Great Depression of 1929-1933
(added January 19, 2009)
Declaration of
Independence - the famous painting by John Trumball (added April
16, 2009)
Earth
photo taken by the crew of Apollo 17 while traveling toward
the Moon (added January 31, 2008)
Earthrise
over mountains on the Moon, captured by the Apollo 11 crew
(added February 2, 2008)
Earth is a mere
dot (not visible in this thumbnail) when viewed from Saturn!
(added January 14, 2008)
 
Glaciers in retreat -
McCarty Glacier photographed in 1909 and 2004 (added March 13,
2009)
 
Glaciers in retreat -
Muir Glacier photographed in 1941 and 2004 (added March 13, 2009)
Hurricane
Isabel photographed by satellite (added January 23, 2008)
Hurricane
Katrina photographed by satellite before it flooded New Orleans
(added January 23, 2008)
Hurricane
Katrina image showing the warm sea surface temperatures that fed
her (added March 7, 2008)
Independence Hall -
close-up of the clock tower on the back of the $100 bill (added
April 16, 2009)
Influenza
Pandemic 1918-1919 - poster that appeared in Chicago movie theaters
(added May 15, 2009)
Influenza
Pandemic 1918-1919 - temporary flu hospital in a gymnasium (added
May 15, 2009)
Influenza
Pandemic 2009-2010 - microscopic view of the 2009 swine flu virus
(added May 15, 2009)
Influenza
Pandemic 2009-2010 - CDC posters aimed at those who are sick
(added May 15, 2009)
New
Horizons spacecraft launch in 2006. It will rendevous with
Pluto in 2015 (added February 13, 2010)
New
Orleans after it was flooded by Hurricane Katrina; photographed by
satellite (added April 1, 2010)
Phosphate mining area in
central Florida, photographed in infrared by satellite (added
March 9, 2009)
Women
demonstrating in front of the White House in 1918 for the right to
vote (added January 5, 2009)
Earth’s Moon:
The
heavily cratered far side of the Moon (added February 8,
2008)
Color
mosaic of the Moon's north polar region (added January 31,
2008)
False-color
composite of the Moon makes it very colorful (added
January 24, 2008)
Galaxies:
Galaxies
colliding (added January 16, 2008)
Hurricanes:
Earth's
Hurricane Isabel photographed by satellite (added January 23,
2008)
Earth's
Hurricane Katrina photographed by satellite before it flooded New
Orleans (added January 15, 2008)
Earth's
Hurricane Katrina showing the warm sea surface temperatures that fed
her (added March 7, 2008)
Jupiter's
greatest hurricane - its Great Red Spot - is larger than Earth!
(added January 24, 2008)
Neptune's
huge hurricanes (added February 11, 2008)
Jupiter:
Jupiter's
Equatorial Zone, in an exaggerated color composite (added
March 7, 2008)
Jupiter's
Great Red Spot (in exaggerated color) is a hurricane larger than
Earth! (added January 24, 2008)
Comet
Shoemaker-Levy striking Jupiter and the huge blotches it left
(added January 19, 2008)
Jupiter’s Moons:
Montage
of Jupiter's Great Red Spot and the four moons first seen by Galileo,
to scale (added February 1, 2008)
Montage
of Jupiter and the Galilean moons (added January 31, 2008)
Jupiter
is "eclipsed" by Europa and Io (added January 21,
2008)
Europa
and Io together as crescents (added January 21, 2010)
Europa
- two images of this ice ball, in false and natural colors
(added February 7, 2008)
Europa
- unique, interesting patterns in its icy crust
(added January 21, 2010)
Ganymede
- enhanced color, global view of the largest moon in our solar
system (added March 16, 2008)
Io
in front of Jupiter and its shadow cast upon the planet's cloud
tops (added January 21, 2010)
Io
appears suspended above Jupiter's cloudtops (added January 21,
2010)
Io
as a thin crescent, showing huge eruptions of sulphur dioxide "snow"
(added December 21, 2009)
Io
very high mountains at sunset
(added January 21, 2010)
Mars:
Mars'
Marineris hemisphere, showing the largest canyon system in the solar
system (added January 20, 2008)
Mars'
permanent, north polar ice cap, composed of dry ice and water ice
(added February 8, 2008)
Mars'
Olympus Mons, the tallest known volcano and mountain in our solar
system (added January 23, 2008)
Mars'
Hebes Chasma in a 3-D closeup image - evidence of water
(added April 28, 2008)
Mars’ Moons:
Montage
comparing Mars' two moons, Deimos and Phobos, with the
asteroid Gaspra (added January 26, 2008)
Mercury:
Mercury
as a crescent, in a close-up that looks like Earth's Moon
(added January 20, 2008)
Mercury's
previously unseen hemisphere shown close-up for the first time
(added February 11, 2008)
Mercury's
Brahms Crater, in the twilight zone (added January 27, 2008)
A rare
Mercury passage into "the heart of the Sun" on May 7, 2003, in
ultraviolet light (added January 20, 2008)
Montages:
Jupiter's
Great Red Spot and the four moons first seen by Galileo, to scale
(added February 1, 2008)
Jupiter
and the four Galilean moons (added January 31, 2008)
Astrological
aspects: Jupiter conjunct Neptune depiction (added June 13, 2009)
Jupiter
conjunct Saturn depiction (added April 18, 2010)
Mars'
two Moons, Deimos and Phobos, compared to the
asteroid Gaspra (added January 26, 2008)
Neptune
and its largest moon Triton (added January 21, 2008)
Pluto
compared in size to Earth, our Moon, and other dwarf planets (added
February 15, 2010)
Pluto
compared in size to Earth, our Moon, Sedna, and Quaoar (added
July 1, 2008)
Saturn
and six of its largest moons (added February 18, 2008)
Astrological
aspects: Saturn opposite Uranus depiction (added October 13, 2008)
Astrological
aspects: Saturn square Pluto depiction (added October 15, 2009)
Solar System -
large depictions of the planets (added September 11, 2006)
Solar
System - planetary images taken by 6 different spacecraft
(added January 19, 2008)
Solar
System - photographs of the planets, to scale (added
February 7, 2008)
Moon
- see Earth’s Moon under Earth
Neptune:
Global
image, including the south pole and the Great Dark Spot hurricane
(added January 18, 2008)
Neptune
and its largest moon Triton as crescents - we will never see
them like this from Earth! (added May 19, 2008)
Neptune's
south pole as a crescent (added February 21, 2010)
Neptune's
streaks of cloudtops 31 miles high stretched by 1300 MPH winds! (added
February 3, 2008)
Neptune's
huge hurricanes (added February 11, 2008)
Neptune's
evanescent "eye" - a large storm system that has since
disappeared (added September 11, 2006)
Neptune’s Moon Triton:
Close-up
of Neptune's largest moon Triton, in a montage with
Neptune (added January 21, 2008)
Pluto and its Moons:
Pluto
compared in size to Earth, our Moon, and other dwarf planets (added
February 15, 2010)
Pluto
compared in size to Earth, our Moon, Sedna, and Quaoar (added
July 1, 2008)
Pluto,
its moon Charon, and the two moons discovered in May 2005,
Nix and Hydra (added September 17, 2006)
New
Horizons spacecraft launch in 2006. It will rendevous with
Pluto in 2015 (added February 13, 2010)
Saturn:
Saturn
eclipses the Sun in this incredible backlit view of the planet never
seen before (added January 20, 2008)
Largest,
most detailed, global, natural color view of Saturn and its
rings ever made (added February 2, 2008)
Spectacular,
natural color mosaic of Saturn and the dark side of the
rings (added March 18, 2008)
Exaggerated,
false color photo of Saturn, its rings, and four of its
moons (added March 26, 2008)
The
rings, viewed edge-on, cast a dramatic shadow on Saturn's
cloud tops (added March 26, 2008)
Saturn’s Moons and Rings:
Montage
of Saturn and six of its largest moons (added February 18, 2008)
Dione
appears to roll down the rings while tiny Atlas looks
like a mere speck (added March 16, 2008)
Dione
is eclipsed by smaller Mimas above the rings
(added February 21, 2010)
Enceladus
as a crescent below the rings, spraying a distinct jet of
ice particles (added March 26, 2008)
Enceladus
and the E ring it creates, including a view of Earth
from Saturn (added January 14, 2008)
Enceladus
in a color-enhanced image of one of the moon's geysers (added
September 19, 2006)
Enceladus,
Mimas, the dark side of Saturn, and the rings (added
February 13, 2010)
Mimas
half lit, showing the outline of its largest crater
(added February 21, 2010)
Mimas
- a closeup in front of the edge of Saturn showing its cratered surface
(added February 28, 2010)
Mimas
is highlighted by strikingly beautiful, blue shadows of the rings
(added February 13, 2010)
Mimas'
shadow stretches across the rings at Saturn's equinox (added
December 21, 2009)
Phoebe
- closeup of a small, irregular shaped, icy moon (added February 28, 2010)
Rhea,
Saturn's 2nd largest moon, "eclipses" Saturn (added January 16, 2008)
Rhea
is partially hidden by the rings
(added September 9, 2006)
Tethys,
Titan and the dark side of the rings
(added February 21, 2010)
Titan,
Saturn's largest moon, is cut by the rings and partially
eclipsed by Enceladus (added September 11, 2006)
Titan
appears bisected by the rings, seen here as a black line
(added September 11, 2006)
The dark side of Saturn's
rings (added January 13, 2008)
Saturn
illuminated by "ringlight" and the dark side of the rings
(added February 21, 2010)
Solar System:
Montage of
planetary images taken by 6 different spacecraft (added
January 19, 2008)
Montage of large
depictions of the planets (added September 11, 2006)
Montage
of photographs of the planets, to scale (added February 7, 2008)
Sun:
A huge sunspot,
as large as 15 Earths and the largest seen since 1989 (added
February 18, 2008)
The
Sun in extreme ultraviolet light showing its corona and magnetic
storms (added January 9, 2008)
The
Sun in ultraviolet light with a huge solar prominence (added
September 19, 2006)
A
rare Venus passage in front of the Sun on June 8, 2004, in
ultraviolet light (added September 19, 2006)
Uranus:
Uranus
as a crescent - we will never see it this way from Earth!
(added January 21, 2008)
Uranus
as a large crescent, taken by Voyager 2 (added December 28,
2009)
Uranus’
atmosphere is revealed in this multi-colored image (added
February 1, 2008)
Uranus’ Moons:
Two
images of Uranus, its rings and 8 of its moons, showing their
movement over time (added January 19, 2008)
Ariel
- mosaic of the most detailed photos showing its very long and deep canyons (added December 21,
2009)
Miranda
- global mosaic showing its bizarre geography (added April 22,
2008)
Miranda
- photo of its amazing, 12 mile-high, shear cliffs! (added
February 3, 2008)
Venus:
Hemispheric,
multi-colored composite of radar images of elevation (added
January 17, 2008)
Multi-colored
composite of radar images of elevation (the hemisphere opposite the
above) (added January 27, 2008)
Beautiful,
multi-colored, radio-thermal emissions image of a volcano on
Venus (added January 30, 2008)
Three-dimensional
view of three impact craters on Venus (added February 26, 2008)
Computer-generated,
three-dimensional view of two volcanoes on Venus (added
January 17, 2008)
A rare
Venus passage in front of the Sun on June 8, 2004, close-up of the
beginning (added September 13, 2006)
A rare
Venus passage in front of the Sun on June 8, 2004, in ultraviolet
light (added September 19, 2006)
Acronyms in photo credits are NASA - National Aeronautics and Space
Administration; JPL - Jet Propulsion Laboratory (at Caltech -
California Institute of Technology); USGS - United States
Geological Survey; NSSDC - National Space Science Data Center;
STScI - Space Telescope Science Institute; SVS - Scientific
Visualization Studio; ESA - European Space Agency; TRACE - Transition
Region and Coronal Explorer; LMSAL - Lockheed Martin Solar and
Astrophysics Laboratory; MODIS - Moderate Resolution Imaging
Spectroradiometer; SOHO - Solar and Heliospheric Observatory.
Links to Gary’s Favorite Fantastic Photos on Other Sites:
Cassiopeia A:
Beautiful, multi-colored, composite image of a
supernova remnant shell of gases (link added January 16, 2008)
Crab Nebula:
Clearest, most detailed image of the nebula ever
made (link added January 16, 2008)
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