Hyperwall Planets

Color mosaic of eastern limb of Mercury

Mosaic of images shows a full disk view of Mercury

Image showing areas on Mercury that are never illuminated by sunlight

This global view of the surface of Venus is centered at 180 degrees east longitude. Magellan synthetic aperture radar mosaics from the first cycle of Magellan mapping are mapped onto a computer-simulated globe to create this image. Data gaps are filled with Pioneer Venus Orbiter data, or a constant mid-range value. Simulated color is used to enhance small-scale structure. The simulated hues are based on color images recorded by the Soviet Venera 13 and 14 spacecraft.

A hemispheric view of Venus

Scientists have long suspected the solar wind of stripping the Martian upper atmosphere into space, turning Mars from a blue world to a red one. Now, NASA's MAVEN orbiter is observing this process in action, providing significant data on solar wind erosion at Mars.Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Complete transcript available.This video is also available on our YouTube channel. || MarsAtmoLossExplainPreview.jpg (1920x1080) [993.6 KB] || APPLE_TV_4370_MAVEN_Mars_Atmo_Loss_appletv_subtitles.m4v (1280x720) [53.7 MB] || WEBM_4370_MAVEN_Mars_Atmo_Loss_APR.webm (960x540) [44.7 MB] || 4370_MAVEN_Mars_Atmo_Loss_appletv.m4v (1280x720) [53.7 MB] || 4370_MAVEN_Mars_Atmo_Loss_APR_Output.en_US.srt [2.3 KB] || 4370_MAVEN_Mars_Atmo_Loss_APR_Output.en_US.vtt [2.3 KB] || NASA_TV_4370_MAVEN_Mars_Atmo_Loss.mpeg (1280x720) [369.5 MB] || 4370_MAVEN_Mars_Atmo_Loss_APR.mov (3840x2160) [5.9 GB] || YOUTUBE_HQ_4370_MAVEN_Mars_Atmo_Loss_youtube_hq.mov (3840x2160) [2.2 GB] || LARGE_MP4_4370_MAVEN_Mars_Atmo_Loss_large.mp4 (3840x2160) [111.3 MB] ||

2012-2015 comparison

A false color image of lineae in Hale crater.

Image of sandstone layers

True-color visualization shows Mars.

This true-color simulated view of Jupiter is composed of four images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. These images were combined and the cylindrical map projected onto a globe in order to illustrate what Jupiter would look like if the cameras used to image this planet had a field-of-view large enough to capture the entire planet. The resolution is about 144 kilometers (89 miles) per pixel. Jupiter's moon Europa is casting the shadow on the planet.

Infrared and visible light images of Jupiter.

Spinning globe of Jupiter, made from first new Hubble map

The latest false color surface map of Jupiters moon Io

Saturn's rings and Earth from the outer solar system, observed by Cassini.

Two false-color images of a storm on Saturn show changes over 11 hours.

Six images of a storm on Saturn.

While cruising around Saturn in early October 2004, Cassini captured a series of images that have been composed into this large global natural color view of Saturn and its rings. This grand mosaic consists of 126 images acquired in a tile-like fashion, covering one end of Saturn's rings to the other and the entire planet in between. The images were taken over the course of two hours on Oct. 6, 2004, while Cassini was approximately 6.3 million km (3.9 million miles) from Saturn. Since the view seen by Cassini during this time changed very little, no re-projection or alteration of any of the images was necessary. Three images (red, green and blue) were taken of each of 42 locations, or "footprints," across the planet. The full color footprints were put together to produce a mosaic that is 8,888 pixels across and 4,544 pixels tall. The smallest features seen here are 38 km (24 miles) across. Many of Saturn's splendid features noted previously in single frames taken by Cassini are visible in this one detailed, all-encompassing view: subtle color variations across the rings, the thread-like F ring, ring shadows cast against the blue northern hemisphere, the planet's shadow making its way across the rings to the left, and blue-grey storms in Saturn's southern hemisphere to the right. Tiny Mimas and even smaller Janus are both faintly visible at the lower left. The Sun-Saturn-Cassini, or phase, angle at the time was 72 degrees; hence, the partial illumination of Saturn in this portrait. Later in the mission, when the spacecraft's trajectory takes it far from Saturn and also into the direction of the Sun, Cassini will be able to look back and view Saturn and its rings in a more fully-illuminated geometry.

A thermal wavelength view of Saturn's north pole.

A backlit view of Saturn

A 1998 Hubble image of Uranus

These two pictures of Uranus — one in true color (left) and the other in false color — were compiled from images returned Jan. 17, 1986, by the narrow-angle camera of Voyager 2. The spacecraft was 9.1 million kilometers (5.7 million miles) from the planet, several days from closest approach. The picture at left has been processed to show Uranus as human eyes would see it from the vantage point of the spacecraft. The picture is a composite of images taken through blue, green and orange filters. The darker shadings at the upper right of the disk correspond to the day-night boundary on the planet. Beyond this boundary lies the hidden northern hemisphere of Uranus, which currently remains in total darkness as the planet rotates. The blue-green color results from the absorption of red light by methane gas in Uranus' deep, cold and remarkably clear atmosphere. The picture at right uses false color and extreme contrast enhancement to bring out subtle details in the polar region of Uranus. Images obtained through ultraviolet, violet and orange filters were respectively converted to the same blue, green and red colors used to produce the picture at left. The very slight contrasts visible in true color are greatly exaggerated here. In this false-color picture, Uranus reveals a dark polar hood surrounded by a series of progressively lighter concentric bands. One possible explanation is that a brownish haze or smog, concentrated over the pole, is arranged into bands by zonal motions of the upper atmosphere. The bright orange and yellow strip at the lower edge of the planet's limb is an artifact of the image enhancement. In fact, the limb is dark and uniform in color around the planet. The Voyager project is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

A Neptune full disk view taken by the Voyager 2 narrow angle camera.

An enhanced view of Pluto shows color variations across the surface

A high-resolution enhanced color view of Charon

Image of Pluto from July 2015 New Horizons Flyby

This fly through of Pluto's Mountains has been prepapred for display on the hyperwall.This simulated flyover of Pluto’s Norgay Montes (Norgay Mountains) and Sputnik Planum (Sputnik Plain) was created from New Horizons closest-approach images. Norgay Montes have been informally named for Tenzing Norgay, one of the first two humans to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Sputnik Planum is informally named for Earth’s first artificial satellite. The images were acquired by the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) on July 14 from a distance of 48,000 miles (77,000 kilometers). Features as small as a half-mile (1 kilometer) across are visible. ||

Images of Pluto from New Horizons prepared for the hyperwall. ||

Images of Pluto from New Horizons prepared for the hyperwall. || Close-up of a Mountain range on Pluto || pluto_icy_mountains_20150715_print.jpg (1024x574) [146.7 KB] || pluto_icy_mountains_20150715.jpg (1515x1005) [524.8 KB] || pluto_icy_mountains_20150715_searchweb.png (320x180) [83.3 KB] || pluto_icy_mountains_20150715_thm.png (80x40) [25.3 KB] || close_up_Pluto_30619.key [2.8 MB] || close_up_Pluto_30619.pptx [321.9 KB] ||

Images of Pluto from New Horizons prepared for the hyperwall. || The Ralph instrument detected frozen methane, nitrogen, and carbon monoxide on Pluto || pluto_ices_print.jpg (1024x574) [83.9 KB] || pluto_ices.png (4096x2304) [3.2 MB] || pluto_ices_searchweb.png (320x180) [37.2 KB] || pluto_ices_thm.png (80x40) [3.1 KB] || pluto_ices_30618.key [6.2 MB] || pluto_ices_30618.pptx [3.6 MB] ||

Images of Pluto from New Horizons prepared for the hyperwall. || A photo of Pluto backlit by the sun reveals a layer of haze || pluto_haze_print.jpg (1024x574) [27.2 KB] || pluto_haze.jpg (1920x1080) [196.4 KB] || pluto_haze_searchweb.png (320x180) [12.9 KB] || pluto_haze_thm.png (80x40) [7.6 KB] || pluto_haze_30617.key [2.5 MB] || pluto_haze_30617.pptx [115.9 KB] ||

A collage shows nine radar images of near-Earth asteroid 2007 PA8

Emily Lakdawalla's cheatsheet for some of Vesta's most distinctive craters.

Simulated flight over asteroid Vesta

Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). The Moon moves right to left, passing through the penumbra and umbra, leaving in its wake an eclipse diagram with the times at various stages of the eclipse.

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Artist's conception of the March 17, 2013 lunar impact as seen from near the impact site in Mare Imbrium.This video is also available on our YouTube channel. || impactb.0172_print.jpg (1024x576) [43.7 KB] || impactb.0172_searchweb.png (320x180) [39.8 KB] || impactb.0172_thm.png (80x40) [3.6 KB] || from_moon_720p30.webmhd.webm (960x540) [249.9 KB] || from_moon_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [629.5 KB] || from_moon_720p30.mp4 (1280x720) [298.3 KB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/from_moon/ (1920x1080) [16.0 KB] || from_moon_360p30.mp4 (640x360) [100.4 KB] || from_moon_4242.key [2.8 MB] || from_moon_4242.pptx [390.9 KB] ||