![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | A72-1280 - NASA/Ames Research Center Photographer: JPL 210' Dish Antenna at Goldstone Ca - used in tracking Pioneer spacecraft Keywords: Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Downloads: 42 |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | A72-2699 - NASA/Ames Research Center Photographer: JPL Deep Space Antenna 210' at Goldstone, CA (JPL ref: P-116594AC) Keywords: Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Downloads: 16 |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | A79-7025 - NASA/Ames Research Center Photographer : JPL Range : 9.2 million kilometers (3.7 million miles) This photo shows Jupiter's Great Red Spot and its surroundings. Shown is cloud detail that is 100 miles (160 km) across. The colorful, wavy cloud pattern to the left of the Red Spot is a region of complex and variable wave motion. Photo taken through a violet filter. Keywords: Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Downloads: 7 |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | A79-7072 - NASA/Ames Research Center Photographer: JPL P-21737 BW This picture shows a region of the southern hemisphere extending from the Great Red Spot to the south pole. The white oval is seen beneath the Great Red Spot, and several small scale spots are visible farther to the south. Some of these organized cloud spots have similiar morphologies, such as anticyclonic rotations and cyclonic regions to their west. The presence of the white oval causes the streamlines of the flow to bunch up between it and the Great Red Spot. Keywords: Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Downloads: 8 |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | AC79-7025 - NASA/Ames Research Center Photographer : JPL Range : 5.7 million miles(9.2 million kilometers) Image shows Jupiter's Great Red Spot and surroundings. Cloud detail as small as 100 miles (160 kilometers) across can be seen. Colorful, wavy cloud pattern left of the Red Spot is a region of complex and variable wave motion. Keywords: Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Downloads: 10 |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | A79-7081 - NASA/Ames Research Center Photographer: JPL P-21747 BW Range: 2,200,000 miles This image shows a region of the Jovian atmosphere from approximately 25 _ N to the equatorial region. The north temperate jet, at approximately 23 _ N, where the wind speed is about 150 meters per second, is seen as a dark brown line from the left-hand edge to the right-hand corner of the picture. The wispy clouds of the north equatorial belt appear as shades of brown... Keywords: Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Downloads: 9 |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | AC79-7081 - NASA/Ames Research Center Photographer: JPL P-21747 C Range: 2,200,000 miles This image shows a region of the Jovian atmosphere from approximately 25 _ N to the equatorial region. The north temperate jet, at approximately 23 _ N, where the wind speed is about 150 meters per second, is seen as a dark brown line from the left-hand edge to the right-hand corner of the picture. The wispy clouds of the north equatorial belt appear as shades of brown... Keywords: Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Downloads: 5 |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | AC79-7072 - NASA/Ames Research Center Photographer: JPL P-21737 C This picture shows a region of the southern hemisphere extending from the Great Red Spot to the south pole. The white oval is seen beneath the Great Red Spot, and several small scale spots are visible farther to the south. Some of these organized cloud spots have similiar morphologies, such as anticyclonic rotations and cyclonic regions to their west. The presence of the white oval causes the streamlines of the flow to bunch up between it and the Great Red Spot. Keywords: Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Downloads: 9 |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | JET PROPULSION LABORATORY JPL GOLDSTONE TESTS - NASA/Glenn Research Center JET PROPULSION LABORATORY JPL GOLDSTONE TESTS Keywords: Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Downloads: 6 |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | Big Wheels and Tumbleweed Inflatable Rovers - NASA The Jet Propulsion Laboratory Inflatable Rover Program focuses on two types of inflatable vehicles for transport of instrument payloads on distant planets and moons. One, referred to as ''Big Wheels,'' is a lightweight, motor-controlled vehicle with large balloon tires, and the other is a large, wind-blown sphere, referred to as ''Tumbleweed.'' The use of inflatables to increase speed and range is a critical enabling technology that will allow transporting other rovers to distant sites, transpor... Keywords: Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL Downloads: 31 |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | Astronaut Autogragh - NASA NASA astronaut Jose Hernandez signs autographs for students at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory during the Summer of Innovation Kickoff, June 10, 2010. Image credit: NASA Keywords: Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Downloads: 12 |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | JET PROPULSION LABORATORY JPL GOLDSTONE TESTS - NASA/Glenn Research Center JET PROPULSION LABORATORY JPL GOLDSTONE TESTS Keywords: Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Downloads: 7 |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | JPL Testbed Image of Airbag Retraction - NASA/JPL This image shows the deflated airbags retracted underneath the lander petal at the JPL In-Situ Instrument Laboratory. Retracting the airbags helps clear the path for the rover to roll off the lander and onto the martian surface. Keywords: Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Downloads: 4 |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | JET PROPULSION LABORATORY JPL GOLDSTONE TESTS - NASA/Glenn Research Center JET PROPULSION LABORATORY JPL GOLDSTONE TESTS Keywords: Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Downloads: 6 |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | Summer of Innovation Kick Off - NASA/Bill Ingalls Julie Townsend, JPL Engineer, talks about her experiences to teachers and middle school students during the kick off of NASA's Summer of Innovation program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., Thursday, June 10, 2010. Through the program, NASA will engage thousands of middle school students and teachers in stimulating math and science-based education programs with the goal of increasing the number of future scientists, mathematicians, and engineers... Keywords: Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL Downloads: 27 |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | Cydonia Region - Pass #3 - NASA/JPL/MSSS This image is a mosaic of the original data (at left) compared with the results of contrast enhancement (at right). The processing steps performed to create this image were: * A long, narrow high-pass filter is applied in a vertical orientation to help reduce some of the instrument signature. This signature is seen as the streaking that is noticeable in the original data. * A long, narrow low-pass filter is applied in a horizontal orientation to help create an intensity average for the image... Keywords: Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Downloads: 12 |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | Cydonia Region - Pass #2 - NASA/JPL/MSSS This image is a mosaic of the original data (at left) compared with the results of contrast enhancement (at right). The processing steps performed to create this image were: * A long, narrow high-pass filter is applied in a vertical orientation to help reduce some of the instrument signature. This signature is seen as the streaking that is noticeable in the original data. * A long, narrow low-pass filter is applied in a horizontal orientation to help create an intensity average for the image... Keywords: Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Downloads: 12 |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | Summer of Innovation Kick Off - NASA/Bill Ingalls Jet Propulsion Laboratory Director Dr. Charles Elachi speaks with teachers and middle school students during the kick off of NASA's Summer of Innovation program at JPL in Pasadena, Calif., Thursday, June 10, 2010. Through the program, NASA will engage thousands of middle school students and teachers in stimulating math and science-based education programs with the goal of increasing the number of future scientists, mathematicians, and engineers... Keywords: Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL Downloads: 65 |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | Summer of Innovation Kick Off - NASA/Bill Ingalls NASA astronaut Leland Melvin welcomes teachers and middle school students to the kick off of NASA's Summer of Innovation program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., Thursday, June 10, 2010. Through the program, NASA will engage thousands of middle school students and teachers in stimulating math and science-based education programs with the goal of increasing the number of future scientists, mathematicians, and engineers... Keywords: Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL Downloads: 68 |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | Summer of Innovation Kick Off - NASA/Bill Ingalls NASA astronaut Leland Melvin welcomes teachers and middle school students to the kick off of NASA's Summer of Innovation program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., Thursday, June 10, 2010. Through the program, NASA will engage thousands of middle school students and teachers in stimulating math and science-based education programs with the goal of increasing the number of future scientists, mathematicians, and engineers... Keywords: Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL Downloads: 66 |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | Hurricane Emily: Natural Hazards - NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day Measurements of the wind strength of Hurricane Emily show sustained winds of around 80 knots and gusts up to 100 knots. The images, however, reveal lower wind speeds. This is because the power of the storm makes accurate measurements difficult. The scatterometer sends pulses of microwave energy through the atmosphere to the ocean surface, and measures the energy that bounces back from the wind-roughened surface... Keywords: Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Downloads: 14 |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | Summer of Innovation Kick Off - NASA/Bill Ingalls NASA astronaut Leland Melvin signs autographs to middle school students during the kick off of NASA's Summer of Innovation program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., Thursday, June 10, 2010. Through the program, NASA will engage thousands of middle school students and teachers in stimulating math and science-based education programs with the goal of increasing the number of future scientists, mathematicians, and engineers... Keywords: Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL Downloads: 46 |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | Hurricane Emily: Natural Hazards - NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day When NASA's Quick Scatterometer (QuickScat) captured this image on July 13, 2005, Emily was just a few hours away from becoming a hurricane. The tropical storm was approaching Trinidad with winds of 95 kilometers per hour (60 miles per hour or 50 knots) when this image was taken at 5:05 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (21:05 UTC). The image reveals the structure of the storm, with wind speed shown in color and direction indicated by barbs... Keywords: Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Downloads: 20 |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | Summer of Innovation Kick Off - NASA/Bill Ingalls Rapper and Actor Daniel Curtis Lee performs during the kick off of NASA's Summer of Innovation program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., Thursday, June 10, 2010. Through the program, NASA will engage thousands of middle school students and teachers in stimulating math and science-based education programs with the goal of increasing the number of future scientists, mathematicians, and engineers... Keywords: Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL Downloads: 75 |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | Summer of Innovation Kick Off - NASA/Bill Ingalls Erin Gilbert, Director of Professional Development from the National Summer Learning Associations, motivates teachers and middle school students during the kick off of NASA's Summer of Innovation program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., Thursday, June 10, 2010. Through the program, NASA will engage thousands of middle school students and teachers in stimulating math and science-based education programs with the goal of increasing the number of future scientists, mathematicia... Keywords: Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL Downloads: 39 |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Rover Undergrad - NASA JPL software engineer Lucy Abramyan interned in three programs at JPL during high school and college. She is now a software engineer at the lab. Keywords: Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Downloads: 23 |  |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | Summer of Innovation Kick Off - NASA/Bill Ingalls Rapper and Actor Daniel Curtis Lee performs during the kick off of NASA's Summer of Innovation program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., Thursday, June 10, 2010. Through the program, NASA will engage thousands of middle school students and teachers in stimulating math and science-based education programs with the goal of increasing the number of future scientists, mathematicians, and engineers... Keywords: Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL Downloads: 71 |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | Summer of Innovation Kick Off - NASA/Bill Ingalls NASA astronaut Leland Melvin signs autographs to middle school students during the kick off of NASA's Summer of Innovation program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., Thursday, June 10, 2010. Through the program, NASA will engage thousands of middle school students and teachers in stimulating math and science-based education programs with the goal of increasing the number of future scientists, mathematicians, and engineers... Keywords: Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL Downloads: 43 |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | My (High School) Summer at JPL - NASA JPL has a wide range of education programs available to students 16 and older. Programs focus on students interested in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Keywords: Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Downloads: 30 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | My (High School) Summer at JPL - NASA This summer JPL hosted over 300 students through NASA/JPL education programs. Three high school students share their experiences. Keywords: Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Downloads: 16 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Applause for EPOXI Comet Close-up - NASA Applause erupted in EPOXI Mission Control at JPL after the spacecraft transmitted close-up images of comet Hartley 2. Keywords: Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Downloads: 232 |  |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | Summer of Innovation Kick Off - NASA/Bill Ingalls A group of Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL engineers are recognized during the kick off of NASA's Summer of Innovation program at JPL in Pasadena, Calif., Thursday, June 10, 2010. Through the program, NASA will engage thousands of middle school students and teachers in stimulating math and science-based education programs with the goal of increasing the number of future scientists, mathematicians, and engineers... Keywords: Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL Downloads: 52 |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Student of the Stars - NASA College student Gregory Villar is studying planetary nebulas as part of his internship at JPL. Keywords: Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Downloads: 27 |  |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | Summer of Innovation Kick Off - NASA/Bill Ingalls Rapper and Actor Daniel Curtis Lee performs during the kick off of NASA's Summer of Innovation program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., Thursday, June 10, 2010. Through the program, NASA will engage thousands of middle school students and teachers in stimulating math and science-based education programs with the goal of increasing the number of future scientists, mathematicians, and engineers... Keywords: Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL Downloads: 63 |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | Summer of Innovation Kick Off - NASA/Bill Ingalls Jet Propulsion Laboratory Manager of Elementary and Secondary Education David Seidel motivates teachers and middle school students during the kick off of NASA's Summer of Innovation program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., Thursday, June 10, 2010. Through the program, NASA will engage thousands of middle school students and teachers in stimulating math and science-based education programs with the goal of increasing the number of future scientists, mathematicians, and engine... Keywords: Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL Downloads: 41 |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | JPL Open House - NASA JPL's Open House is a free event and open to the public. Models and robots are on display, and scientists and engineers are on hand for questions. Keywords: Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Downloads: 29 |  |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | AC94-0353-3 - NASA/Ames Research Center Photo by Peter McGregor Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 impacting Jupiter; impact of Fragment G of Comet Shoemaker-Levy on Jupiter. The fireball is seen 12 minutes after impact at 2.34 microns. The impact A site is seen on the oposite limb of the planet. Image at 2.34 microns with CASPIR by Peter McGregor ANU 2.3m telescope at Siding Spring. (JPL Ref; P-44419) Keywords: What -- Jupiter; Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Downloads: 9 |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | Cloud vortices off Guadalupe Island, near Baja California - Jeff Schmaltz Cloud vortices- the striking patterns seen in this image- are produced by the flow of air in the atmosphere. Clouds are made up of many small droplets of water or ice crystals, formed around what is called a condensation nucleus: a small particle of dust, ash, or smoke. They reflect all visible wavelengths of sunlight, which often makes them appear white. However, clouds sometimes appear gray or even black, as they do in some portions of this image... Keywords: Where -- California; Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Downloads: 4 |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | AC89-7052 - NASA/Ames Research Center Photographer: JPL P-34718 Range: 210,000 kilometers (128,000 miles) This natural color image of the limb of Triton shows the largest surface features at about 3 miles across. The picture is a composite of images taken through the violet, green and clear filters and shows a geologic boundary between a rough, pitted surface to the right and a smoother surface to the left. The change between surface types is gradual... Keywords: Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL); Where -- Triton Downloads: 7 |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | AC89-7053 - NASA/Ames Research Center Photographer : JPL Range : 190,000 km ( 118,000 mi.) This false color image of Triton is a composite of images taken through the violet, green and ultraviolet filters. The smallest visible features are about 4 km (2.5 mi.) across. The image shows a geologic boundary between completely dark materials and patchy light/dark materials. A layer of pinkish material stretches across the center of the image... Keywords: Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL); Where -- Triton Downloads: 8 |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | AC94-0353-2D - NASA/Ames Research Center Photo Artwork composite by JPL This depiction of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 impacting Jupiter is shown from several perspectives. IMAGE D depicts a generic view from Jupiter's south pole. For visual appeal, most of the large cometary fragments are shown close to one another in this image. At the time of Jupiter impact, the fragments will be separated from one another by serveral times the distances shown... Keywords: What -- Jupiter; Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Downloads: 3 |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | A86-7016 - NASA/Ames Research Center Photographer : JPL P-29499 Rings of Uranus Keywords: What -- Uranus; Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Downloads: 6 |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | A79-7023 - NASA/Ames Research Center Photographer : JPL Range : 6.5 million kilometers (4 million miles) Six violet images of Jupiter makes the mosaic photo, showing the Great Red Spot as a swirling vortex type motion. This motion is also seen in several nearby white clouds. These bright white clouds and the Red Spot are rotating in a counter clockwise direction, except the peculiar filimentary cloud to the right of the Red Spot is going clockwise... Keywords: What -- Jupiter; Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Downloads: 6 |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | AC79-7024 - NASA/Ames Research Center Photographer : JPL 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. Keywords: What -- Earth; Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Downloads: 9 |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | A79-7024 - NASA/Ames Research Center Photographer : JPL Range : 12.2 million kilometers (7.6 million miles) This images shows Jupiter's Great Red Spot emerging from the five-hour Jovian night. One of three bright, oval clouds which were observed to form approx. 40 years ago can be seen below the Red Spot. Most other features appearing in this view are too small to be seen clearly from Earth. This black and white photo was taken through a violet filter. Keywords: What -- Earth; Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Downloads: 6 |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | AC79-7007 - NASA/Ames Research Center Photographer : JPL 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. Keywords: What -- Voyager; Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Downloads: 8 |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | AC79-7010 - NASA/Ames Research Center Photographer : JPL 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. Keywords: What -- Voyager; Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Downloads: 6 |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | A79-7089 - NASA/Ames Research Center Photographer : JPL This color reconstruction of part of the northern hemisphere of Ganymede was made from pictures taken at a range of 313,000 km (194,000 mi.). The scene is approx. 1,300 km (806 mi.) across. It shows part of dark, densely cratered block which is bound on the south by lighter, and less cratered, grooved terrain. The dark blocks are believed to be the oldest parts of Ganymede's surface... Keywords: What -- Ganymede; Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Downloads: 6 |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | AC79-7089 - NASA/Ames Research Center Photographer: JPL P-21761 C Range: 313,000 kilometers (194,000 miles) This color reconstruction of part of the northern hemisphere of Ganymede shows a scene approximately 1,300 kilometers (806 miles) across. It shows part of dark, densely cratered block which is bound on the south by lighter, and less cratered grooved terrain. The dark blocks are believed to be the oldest parts of Ganymede's surface... Keywords: What -- Ganymede; Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Downloads: 13 |
![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | AC81-0174-1 - NASA/Ames Research Center Artist: Ken Hodges Pioneer Galileo Probe descending into Jupiter's Atmosphere with parachute deployed, heat shield separation, while orbiter collects data from above (from JPL files - no reference nunber available) Keywords: What -- Galileo; Where -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Downloads: 17 |