Planetary Picture of the Day
Week of April 18, 2022
Jovian clouds, comets gone by, Mars, Saturn and our own moon. Enjoy!
Monday, April 18, 2022
Credit: CAS/CNSA
Lunar Far Side
This image was taken from and of the far side of the Moon by the Chinese Chang'e 5-T1 spacecraft back In 2014.
Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute; Cassini Imaging Team/ Jason Major
Shadowed Rings
A view looking down at Saturn's rings with the planet’s shadow falling across them, captured by Cassini on February 19, 2007.
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Paul Byrne
Kodiak Butte
The Kodiak Butte is coming into focus as the Perseverance rover comes closer to the delta at Jezero crater on Mars. Kodiak is part of the ancient delta deposited more than three billion years ago. This is a mosaic of two right navigation camera (NavCam) images, color-corrected, balanced, and sharpened.
Thursday, April 21, 2022
Credit image: ESA/Giotto / Jason Major
An Old Friend
The approximately 15-by-8 kilometer, peanut-shaped nucleus of Halley's Comet, imaged by ESA's Giotto spacecraft 36 years ago in March 1986 from a distance of about 2,000 km. 1P/Halley won't return to the inner Solar System again until 2061.
Friday, April 22, 2022
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill
Jovian Clouds
Jupiter as seen by NASA's Juno spacecraft during perijove 39 on January 12, 2022, and processed by Kevin M. Gill.
