![Collage of this week's PPOD](/sites/default/files/styles/original/public/2024-01/PPOD-1-8-2024.jpg?itok=Ocrta5y9)
Planetary Picture of the Day
Week of January 8, 2024
Monday, January 8, 2024
![black and white grainy image of the comet in the dark outer space](/sites/default/files/inline-images/PPOD-1-8-2024-Halleys-Comet.jpg)
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
![orange and brown dust storm on the surface of Mars](/sites/default/files/inline-images/PPOD-1-8-2024-Martian-Dust-Storm.jpg)
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.
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Wednesday, January 10, 2024
![hair-textured balls of lights emitting blue and orange colors against a black and white starry sky](/sites/default/files/inline-images/PPOD-1-8-2024-large-magellanic-fireworks.jpg)
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
![a visualization comparing Pluto and Charon but also showing the whole Pluto system](/sites/default/files/inline-images/PPOD-1-8-2024-Pluto-Charon-System.jpg)
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
![close up views of the beautiful beiges and blue swirls surrounding the planet](/sites/default/files/inline-images/PPOD-1-8-2024-Jupiter.jpg)
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!