The Gulf Stream in Infrared
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This image shows a small portion of the Gulf Stream off of South Carolina as it appeared in infrared data collected by the Landsat 8 satellite in April 2013.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/the-gulf-stream-in-infrared
The Blue Marble: The View From Apollo 17
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Fifty years ago, on April 22, 1970, people around the world marked the first Earth Day.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/the-blue-marble-the-view-from-apollo-17
Jessica Meir and Her Crewmates Return Safely from the Space Station
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay NASA astronaut Jessica Meir gives a thumbs up after she, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka and NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan landed in their Soyuz MS-15.
Kepler-1649c: Earth-Size, Habitable Zone Planet Hides in Plain Sight
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This artist's illustration shows what Kepler-1649c could look like from its surface.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/kepler-1649c-earth-size-habitable-zone-planet-hides-in-plain-sight
Checkpoint: OSIRIS-REx Practices Sample Collection
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This image shows sample site Nightingale Crater, OSIRIS-REx’s primary sample collection site on asteroid Bennu.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/checkpoint-osiris-rex-practices-sample-collection
NASA 'Optometrists' Verify Mars Perseverance Rover's 20/20 Vision
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Equipped with visionary science instruments, the Mars Perseverance rover underwent an "eye" exam after several cameras were installed.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/nasa-optometrists-verify-mars-perseverance-rovers-2020-vision
Hubble Spots Spirals Within a Spiral
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay A galaxy having so many distinct rings is rare, making NGC 2273 unusual. Galaxy NGC 2273 hosts an inner ring and two outer “pseudorings." Rings are created when a galaxy's spiral arms appear to loop around and nearly close upon one another.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2020/hubble-spots-spirals-within-a-spiral
Imagining Apollo 13 on the Lunar Surface
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Apollo 13 launched on April 11, 1970, on a journey to become the third crew to land on the Moon. The crew never made it.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/imagining-apollo-13-on-the-lunar-surface
Launching the Next Crew to the Space Station
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The Soyuz MS-16 lifts off from Site 31 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday, April 9, 2020.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/launching-the-next-crew-to-the-space-station
Assembling the X-59 QueSST Wing
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay The X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology, or QueSST, wing assembly is lifted by a crane and moved to another area of the manufacturing floor in preparation for wing skin installation.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/assembling-the-x-59-quesst-wing
Cardiac Research on the Space Station
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Jessica Meir conducts cardiac research inside the Life Sciences Glovebox.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/cardiac-research-on-the-space-station
Eagle Nebula’s Pillars of Creation in Infrared
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay In this Hubble Space Telescope image, researchers has revisited one of Hubble's most iconic and popular images: the Eagle Nebula’s Pillars of Creation.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/eagle-nebula-s-pillars-of-creation-in-infrared
Hubble Captures a Cannibal Galaxy
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This remarkable spiral galaxy, known as NGC 4651, may look serene and peaceful as it swirls in the vast, silent emptiness of space, but don’t be fooled — it keeps a violent secret.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2020/hubble-captures-a-cannibal-galaxy
Rosette Nebula Gives Birth to Stars
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This 2010 image from the Herschel Space Observatory shows dust clouds associated with the Rosette Nebula, a stellar nursery about 5,000 light-years from Earth in the Monoceros, or Unicorn, constellation.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/rosette-nebula-gives-birth-to-stars
Klotho and Lina
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Appearing as strings of orange dots, the brightest sets of dots belong to asteroids Klotho and Lina. Both orbit out in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
Be An Astronaut
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay In March 2017, Peggy Whitson broke the then-spacewalking record for female astronauts.
Celebrating NASA's Astronaut-Physicians
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Today is National Doctors' Day!
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/celebrating-nasas-astronaut-physicians
Hubble Hooks a One-Arm Galaxy
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay Located about 21 million light-years from our galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici, NGC 4618 has a diameter of about one-third that of our Milky Way. Together with its neighbor, NGC 4625, it forms an interacting galaxy pair, which means that the two galaxies are close enough to influence each other gravitationally.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2020/hubble-hooks-a-one-arm-galaxy
Denman Glacier in East Antarctica
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay This photograph shows ripples in the surface of Denman Glacier in East Antarctica that throw shadows against the ice.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/denman-glacier-in-east-antarctica
Tracking Methane Sources and Movement Around the Globe
#NASA #ImageOfTheDay NASA’s new three-dimensional portrait of methane concentrations shows the world’s second largest contributor to greenhouse warming.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/tracking-methane-sources-and-movement-around-the-globe
