Planetary Picture of the Day
Week of January 8, 2024
Monday, January 8, 2024
Halley's Comet
This view of Comet Halley's nucleus was obtained by the Halley Multicolor Camera (HMC) on board the Giotto spacecraft as it passed within 600 km of the comet nucleus on 13 March 1986.
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Martian Dust Storm
A massive dust storm looms near the mighty Olympus Mons on Mars. Taken from China's Tianwen-1 orbiter using the MoRIC Camera on 6 January 2022. North is to the right.
Full size image 9711x3800 & more info: https://buff.ly/47udp9o
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Large Magellanic Fireworks
Resembling sparks from a fireworks display, this image taken by a JPL camera onboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows delicate filaments that are sheets of debris from a stellar explosion in the nearby Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy.
Thursday, January 11, 2024
Pluto-Charon System
All members of the Pluto system as taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft and shown at 1 km/pixel. Pluto and Charon, technically a binary planetary system, anchor this eclectic group, and the small moons are tantalizingly interesting as well.
Friday, January 12, 2024
Jupiter
The JunoCam onboard NASA's Juno spacecraft captured Jupiter’s gorgeous clouds in this image taken on May 29, 2019. Have a lovely weekend!
