Planetary Surface Textures

This cluster features grayscale images of diverse planetary terrains, showcasing tectonic features and sedimentary patterns on celestial bodies like Mars, Venus, and Titan.

February 10, 2004 - This full-resolution Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows details on the floor of an ancient meteor crater in the northeastern part of Noachis Terra. After the crater formed, layers of material, perhaps sediment, were deposited in the crater. These materials became somewhat solidified, but later were eroded to form the patterns shown here. Many windblown ripples in the scene indicate the presence of coarse-grained sediment that was not completely s

Meridiani Outcrops

$This image from NASA's Magellan shows part of the interior of Ovda Regio, one of the large highlands ringing the equator of Venus. Several tectonic events formed this complex block fractured terrain.$

Rivers of Xanadu on Titan

Polar Polygon Patterns

Polygon/Cracked Sedimentary Rock

Tectonic Features

NASA's Cassini spacecraft surveys the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus in this image, which shows newly created terrain in the upper right meeting older, cratered terrain in the lower left.

February 10, 2004 - This full-resolution Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows details on the floor of an ancient meteor crater in the northeastern part of Noachis Terra. After the crater formed, layers of material, perhaps sediment, were deposited in the crater. These materials became somewhat solidified, but later were eroded to form the patterns shown here. Many windblown ripples in the scene indicate the presence of coarse-grained sediment that was not completely s

During its final close flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus, NASA's Cassini orbiter shows this view featuring the nearly parallel furrows and ridges of the feature named Samarkand Sulci.

Europa Triple Band

The shallow, scalloped depression in the center of this picture from NASA's Galileo spacecraft is a caldera-like feature 5 to 20 kilometers wide on Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede. Galileo.

Meridiani Sedimentary Rocks

Close-up of Europa's Surface

This close-up image of the Vinalia Faculae in Occator Crater was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on June 14, 2018 from an altitude of about 24 miles (39 kilometers). This image reveals the intricate pattern between bright and dark material across this flow feature. The complex structure of the dark background is reminiscent of lava flows observed on Earth. However, in the case of Ceres, the flow material likely involved a lot of ice. The bright material is mostly composed of sodium carbonate, a salt whose exposure onto the crater floor involved a liquid source. The center of this picture is located at about 21.0 degrees north latitude and 241.3 degrees east longitude.

Stair-step Scarps in Dark Terrain on Ganymede

Southwest Lakshmi Planum (plains) is bounded on the south by the Danu Montes (mountains) as shown by NASA's Magellan spacecraft.

This electron microscope image shows tubular structures of likely Martian origin. These structures are very similar in size and shape to extremely tiny microfossils found in some Earth rocks.

This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a spectacular summertime view of a portion of the south polar residual cap

North Polar Dune Patterns

Toe of Ganges Chasma Landslide ( 8.0 S, 44.4W)

In this image taken by NASA's Cassini radar system, a previously unseen style of lakes is revealed. The lakes here assume complex shapes and are among the darkest seen so far on Titan.

This MOC image shows material on the floor of a crater in Noachis Terra, west of Hellas Planitia

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Copernicus Dunes

The large dark patch seen on this image at high latitudes surrounding Titan's north pole, is from NASA's Cassini spacecraft's radar system, and most likely a hydrocarbon lake.

Martian Valentine's Day

Cloud Structures in Saturn's Atmosphere

Europa Under Stress

10 Weeks of Change

In the center of this electron microscope image of a small chip from a meteorite are several tiny structures that are possible microscopic fossils of primitive, bacteria-like organisms that may have lived on Mars more than 3.6 billion years ago.

Spirit Examines Light-Toned 'Halley' (Microscopic Image)

Stripped Crater Floor

This MOC image shows the outer edge of the south polar residual cap of Mars

This image is one of seven from the narrow-angle camera on NASA's Cassini spacecraft assembled as a brief movie of cloud movements on Jupiter. The smallest features visible are about 500 kilometers (about 300 miles) across.

This Magellan full resolution mosaic, centered at 12.3 north latitude, 8.3 degrees east longitude, shows an area in the Eistla region of Venus.

Ridges on Europa

This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a dust-mantled plain streaked by spring and summertime dust devils in southern Noachis Terra

Lakes on Saturn's moon Titan reflect radio waves in varying ways in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. If a lake is fully liquid, it looks dark, but if it is only partially liquid, it looks brighter.

Layering in Spallanzani Crater

Microscopic Detail of a Wasps' Nest

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This MOC image shows a variety of materials found on the floor of an impact crater northwest of Hellas Planitia

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Dusty Ejecta Blanket

Sharks

This mosaic was stitched together using images from the Navigation Camera, or Navcam, on NASA's Opportunity rover. The scene shows the rover's tracks made in Perseverance Valley between Sols 5,000 and 5,030. The mosaic has a resolution of about 1 centimeter per pixel; the scene width is 66 feet (20 meters) while the scene height is 39 feet (12 meters). The rover wheel tracks are about 3 feet (1 meter) apart. Shading differences between frames have been adjusted so subtle surface details are more visible.

Terrain on Europa under Changing Lighting Conditions

Candor Chasma

This image shows a portion of the north polar dune field where there has been more frost lost from the dunes. This image is from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft.

This MOC image shows a suite of dunes in one of the several north polar dune fields. The bright surfaces adjacent to some of the dunes are patches of frost

Dunes in Noachis Terra

This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows part of Hyperboreae Undae, which is located between Escorial Crater and the margin of Chasma Boreale.

Science in Motion: Isolated Araneiform Topography

Sand dunes are scattered across Mars and one of the larger populations exists in the Southern hemisphere, just west of the Hellas impact basin. as seen by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

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The concentric rings surrounding Valhalla are perhaps the most distinctive geological feature on Callisto. This NASA Voyager 1 close-up shows a segment of the ridged terrain.

This view, taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter from Martian orbit, shows a pale circular shape in the center is a low plateau called Home

Arkhangelsky Dunes

North Polar Dunes

This VIS image of the south pole shows a surface texture called 'thumbprint,' for its uncanny resemblance to human fingerprints.

This MOC image shows a suite of rings on the martian northern plains. Each ring marks the location of a filled and buried (or, in some cases, mostly-filled and nearly-buried) impact crater

Ancient Lakes on Mars Results for Elysium Basin

Planet Venus. three dimensional representation of brightness variations in a Magellan radar image of Golubkina crater enhances the structural features of the crater. Golubkina is 34 kilometres (20.4 miles) in diameter, and is located at about 60.5 degrees north latitude, 287.2 degrees east longitude. Golubkina is characterized by terraced inner walls and a central peak, typical of large impact craters on the Earth, Moon and Mars. The terraced inner walls form at late stages in the formation of an impact crater, due to collapse of the initial cavity formed by the meteorite impact. The central peak forms due to rebound of the inner crater floor.

Carbon Dioxide Landscape

This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows some of the weirdest and least-understood landscapes on Mars are on the floor of the deep Hellas impact basin.

Bunge Dunes

Close-up of 'Tetl' Layers

This VIS image of Olympia Undae was collected during north polar summer. The dunes are now completely frost free and are dark in color due to being made of basaltic sand. The surface between the dunes, where visible, is a bright tone. In some regions of dense dunes, the bright material may be a deposit on the dunes rather than the underlying surface. The presence of gypsum has been suggested for Olympia Undae, gypsum is a lighter tone than basalt in this filter of the THEMIS VIS camera. This VIS image hightlights the density of dunes, the bottom third of the image has fewer dunes, spaced farther apart than the top two thirds of the image. The bottom of the image looks like lace, while the top with the dense dunes with aligned dune crests looks like waves in an ocean. The term used for dune fields on Mar is undae (unda singular). This term translates from Latin as water waves and is used to mean undulatory in planetary nomenclature. All non-Earth dune fields in the solar system are call

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Northern Plains Crater

Tiger Stripes on Enceladus - Fracture Zones and Plumes Sources

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This three dimensional representation of brightness variations in NASA's Magellan radar image of Golubkina crater enhances the structural features of the crater.

Agenor Linea in Color

Europa Wedge Region

Daedalia Flow

Indications of Subsurface Ice: Polygons on the Northern Plains

Russell Dune Gullies

A Study in Contrasts

Northern Plains

This MOC image shows cracks layered, light-toned outcrops of sedimentary rock in Becquerel Crater. The outcrops are juxtaposed against a dark-toned substrate which occupies the upper (northern) portion of the image

$This mosaic shows extraordinary details of tectonic deformation in the fractured south polar region of Saturn's moon Enceladus, where jets of water ice spray outward to form Saturn's E ring. The images were captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.$

Geological Mysteries on Ganymede

Apsus Vallis Region

Southern Terrain

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Graphic Overhead Black and White Drone Image of Chester, Virgina Landfill Facility

This nighttime temperature image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows the ancient, heavily cratered surface of the highlands between Isidis and Elysium Planitia.

This MOC image shows dark sand dunes, formed by winds blowing from the southwest (lower left), in Wirtz Crater. The crater is named for Carl Wilhelm Wirtz , a German astronomer

A huge 12 frame mosaic of the Cygnus area in H-a light.

Nili Buttes and Mesas

Frosty Maze on Mars Seen By Mars Global Surveyor

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Crater Stephania is located at 51.3 degrees latitude, 333.3 degrees longitude in northern Sedna Planitia on Venus.

Polygons in Martian Frost

Mars Rock Formation Poses Mystery-2

image shows a variety of textures observed on a south middle-latitude plain east-southeast of Hellas Planitia. Dark streaks left by passing dust devils are practically ubiquitous across the scene

Enceladus Rev 80 Flyby Skeet Shoot #4

A site in the Crater Highlands of Tanzania reveals the difference between NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) digital elevation model data as originally released in 2004 (left) and as now released at full resolution in 2014 (right).

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