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Frost-free North Polar Layers in the Good Old Summertime

S29-79-092 - STS-029 - STS-29 earth observations

STS085-753-054 - STS-085 - Earth observations taken from orbiter Discovery during STS-85 mission

Spirit Tracks on Mars, Sol 151. NASA public domain image colelction.

STS108-715-046 - STS-108 - Earth observations taken during STS-108

STS079-808-007 - STS-079 - Earth observations taken during the STS-79 mission

STS052-74-037 - STS-052 - Earth observations from Columbia, OV-102, during STS-52

51A-34-024 - STS-51A - 51A earth observations

STS052-74-030 - STS-052 - Earth observations from Columbia, OV-102, during STS-52

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Range : 6 Million km. ( 3.72 million miles ) This photograph of Jupiter, shot from Voyager 2, shows the equator to the southern polar latitudes, near the Great Red Spot. The white oval that appears here is different from the one seen in a similiar position when voyager 1 passed years before. The region of white clouds now extends from east of The Red Spot and around it's northern boundary, preventing small cloud vortices from circling the feature. The disturbed region west of The Red Spot has also changed since Voyager1. It shows more small scale structure and cloud vortices being formed out of the wave structures. ARC-1979-AC79-7102

Range : 5 million km. ( 3 million miles ) This photograph, shot from Voyager I, shows Jupiter's Great Red Spot, turbulent regions immediattely to the west, and, middle right, one of the several white ovals seen on Jupiter from Earth. This photograph represents much better resolution than ever seen by telescopic means to date. The Red Spot and Ovals both reveal intricate, involved structures, the smallest details of which, are estimated at 95 km. ( 55 miles ) across. ARC-1979-AC79-7006

Range :12.2 million kilometers (7.6 million miles) The view in this photo shows Jupiter's Great Red Spot emerging from the five-hour Jovian night. One of the three bright, oval clouds which were observed to form approximately 40 years ago can be seen immediately below the Red Spot. Most of the other features appearing in this view are too small to be seen clearly from Earth. The color picture was assembled from three black and white photos in the Image Processing Lab at JPL. ARC-1979-AC79-7024

Range : 4.3 million km. ( 2.7 million miles ) This photograph taken from Voyager I, shows the area east of the Great Red Spot. The dark halo surrounding the bright spot, just to the right of the bright oval, is said by scientists to be, almost certainly, a five micron hot spot. This is a region of the atmosphere warmer than those around it. The dark halo may represent an area in which we are looking deeper into Jupiter's Atmosphere, although not yet completely understood. ARC-1979-AC79-7007

Range : 14.8 million km. ( 9.2 million miles) P-34595C This contrast enhanced color photograph of Neptune was produced from images taken through the orange, green, and violet filters of the narrow angle camera. As Voyager 2 approaches Neptune, rapidly increasing image resolution is revealing striking new details in the planet's atmosphere, and this pictureshows features as small as a few hundred kilometers in extent. Bright, wispy 'cirrus-type' clouds are seen overlying the Great Dark Spot (GDS) at its southern (lower) margin and over its northwest ( upper left) boundary. This is the first evidence that the GDS lies lower in the atmosphere than these bright clouds, which have remained in its vicinity for several months. Increasing detail in global banding, and the south polar can also be seen. A smaller dark spot at high southern latitudes is dimly visible near the limb at lower left. ARC-1989-AC89-7043

Range : 30 million km. ( 18.6 million miles ) P-34628 C The south pole of Neptune is at the center of this polar projection made from five color images taken by Voyager 2 over the course of one Neptunian day-- about 18 hours. Latitude lines are concentric circles, and the outer circle is at about 15 degrees north latitude. Cloud paterns are organized by the planet's rotation and are generally concentric with the pole . Oval storms, which drift in longitude at relative speeds up to 400 miles an hour, disrupt the circular symmetry. The color composite was made from black and white frames through the Voyager narrow angle camera's clear, orange, and green filters. ARC-1989-AC89-7044

Range : 4.3 million km. ( 2.7 million miles ) This photograph taken from Voyager I shows Jupiter's Great Red Spot and one of the white ovals seen from Earth . These white ovals were seen to have formed in 1939 & 1940, and have remained somewhat consistant since. The Great Red Spot is three times the size of the Earth. This photograph represents the finnest detail seen to date, with the smallest details being 80 km. ( 45 miles ) across. ARC-1979-AC79-7011

Range : 4.2 million km. ( 2.6 million miles ) P-34649 This photograph of Neptune's southern hemisphere taken by Voyager 2's narrow angle camera, through the green and clear filters. The smallest feature that can be seen are 38 km ( 24 miles ) across. the almond shaped structure at the left is a large cloud system that has been seen for several weeks. Internal details in the feature have become increasingly apparent as Voyager 2 has approached. Systems with similiar shapes in Jupiter's atmosphere rotate about their centers, rolling in the local winds that increase toward the south. However, the wispy nature of the white central clouds in this Neptunian feature make confirmation of the syste.m's rotation difficult ARC-1989-AC89-7014

Range : 4.3 million km. ( 2.7 million miles ) Southeast of the Great Red Spot, as seen at upper left, this photograph taken by Voyager I also shows one of Jupiter's 40 year old white ovals, seen at middle left. Along with a variety of other atmospheric features, and flow in and around the ovals, the smallest details in this photograph represent features 80 km. ( 45 miles ) across. ARC-1979-AC79-7010

Range : 4.0 million km. ( 2.5 million miles ) This brown oval, located between Jupiter's 13 and 18 degree N latitude, may be an opening in the upper cloud deck. It was a selected target to be photographed by Voyager I on its closest approach to Jupiter because, if observed at high resolution, could provide information on deeper, warmer cloud levels. Above the oval, is the pale orange North Temperate Belt, bounded on the south by the North Temperate Current, with winds of 120 meters/sec. ( 260 Mi./hr ). The smallest resolvable features from this photograph is 75 km ( 45 miles ) wide. ARC-1979-AC79-7005

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Range : 4.0 million km. ( 2.5 million miles ) This brown oval, located between Jupiter's 13 and 18 degree N latitude, may be an opening in the upper cloud deck. It was a selected target to be photographed by Voyager I on its closest approach to Jupiter because, if observed at high resolution, could provide information on deeper, warmer cloud levels. Above the oval, is the pale orange North Temperate Belt, bounded on the south by the North Temperate Current, with winds of 120 meters/sec. ( 260 Mi./hr ). The smallest resolvable features from this photograph is 75 km ( 45 miles ) wide.

In 1977, Voyager 1 and 2 started their one-way journey to the end of the solar system and beyond, now traveling a million miles a day. Jimmy Carter was president when NASA launched two probes from Cape Canaveral. Voyager 1 and its twin, Voyager 2, were initially meant to explore Jupiter, Saturn, and their moons. They did that. But then they kept going at a rate of 35,000 miles per hour. Each craft bears an object that is a record, both dubbed the Golden Records. They were the product of Carl Sagan and his team who produced a record that would, if discovered by aliens, represent humanity and "communicate a story of our world to extraterrestrials."

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Flooding - Angola, La. , May 24, 2011 -- Angola State Penitentiary evacuated some of the inmates to Camp C due to the high waters in the Mississippi River to keep them safe in higher ground. Foot, river and air patrols continuously safe guard the perimeter and monitor the river levels. FEMA/Daniel Llargues

Flooding - Bismarck, N. D. , July 10, 2011 -- Flood waters reach up this mailbox in a residential neighborhood. Heavy spring rain and melting snow pack contributed to historic water levels and flooding in the area. Photo by: David Valdez/FEMA

Sec. Wilbur inspecting Sub. V-1 at Navy Yard, 12/3/24

A close-up view of the upper levels on the port side of the island structure aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72)

Sudbury River Conduit, B.W.W., div. 4, sec. 17, Nov. 13, 1876. View near rock-cut on sec. 17 showing ledgemen in the foreground and brickmasons in the background.

The 'Old Man' bobbing around the lake, Crater Lake National Park, 2015.

EDWARDS, Calif. – Against a setting sun, space shuttle Endeavour undergoes recovery operations on Edwards Air Force Base in California after its landing. The orbiter convoy normally begins recovery operations in earnest about two hours before the shuttle is scheduled to land. Specially designed vehicles or units and a team of trained personnel “safe” the orbiter and prepare it for towing. Purge and Coolant Umbilical Access Vehicles are moved into position behind the orbiter to get access to the umbilical areas. The flight crew is replaced aboard the orbiter by exchange sup¬port personnel who prepare the orbiter for ground tow operations, install switch guards and remove data packages from any onboard experiments. After a total safety downgrade, vehicle ground personnel make numerous preparations for the towing operation, including install¬ing landing gear lock pins, disconnecting the nose landing gear drag link, positioning the towing vehicle in front of the orbiter and connecting the tow bar. The decision to land Endeavour at Edwards was made due to weather concerns at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In the 52nd landing at Edwards, Endeavour touched down at 4:25 p.m. EST to end the STS-126 mission, completing its 16-day journey of more than 6.6 million miles in space. Endeavour will be returned to Kennedy atop a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, a modified Boeing 747 jetliner. Photo credit: NASA/Tony Landis, VAFB KSC-08pd3887

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U.S. Navy Interior Communications Electrician 3rd Class Chris Oursler (right) receives a post from above using a safety line from Interior Communications Electrician 3rd Class Jacob Voth aboard the Nimitz Class Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74) on Jan. 30, 2007, while installing a safety rope railing on the upper levels of the fantail during carrier qualifications somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Apprentice Kyle W. Steckler) (Released)

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After greeting the media on the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the STS-122 crew stands in front of space shuttle Atlantis for a final group photo. From left are Mission Specialists Leland Melvin, Hans Schlegel, Rex Walheim and Stanley Love, Pilot Alan Poindexter and Commander Steve Frick. Schlegel represents the European Space Agency. After a round trip of nearly 5.3 million miles, space shuttle Atlantis and crew returned to Earth with a landing at 9:07 a.m. EST. The shuttle landed on orbit 202 to complete the 13-day STS-122 mission. Main gear touchdown was 9:07:10 a.m. Nose gear touchdown was 9:07:20 a.m. Wheel stop was at 9:08:08 a.m. Mission elapsed time was 12 days, 18 hours, 21 minutes and 44 seconds. During the mission, Atlantis' crew installed the new Columbus laboratory, leaving a larger space station and one with increased science capabilities. The Columbus Research Module adds nearly 1,000 cubic feet of habitable volume and affords room for 10 experiment racks, each an independent science lab. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-08pd0407

A hot air balloon flying over a desert landscape. Artmatic voyager moon.

A large waterfall is flowing down a mountain side. Nature river current.

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