Planetary Picture of the Day
Week of November 28, 2022
Volcanoes, geysers, craters and selfies . . . so much to see!
Monday, November 28, 2022
Credit: NASA
Lunar Selfie
The Moon is in view as NASA’s Orion spacecraft snaps a selfie using a camera mounted on one of its solar array at 10:57 p.m. EST on 24 November 2022.
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
Red Planet
Mars's Jezero Crater, captured by the Mastcam-Z onboard NASA's Perseverance rover on November 27, 2022.
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/Jupiter ERS Team/Judy Schmidt
Infrared Jupiter
Check out this NIRCam three-filter composite of Jupiter from JWST. Look at the Great Red Spot!
Thursday, December 1, 2022
Credit: Iurie Belegurschi Photography
Dragon Eye
Spectacular capture of the Strokkur geyser in Iceland. The geyser plume can reach up to 20 meters in the air and erupts every six to ten minutes.
Friday, December 2, 2022
Credit: Harry Durgin, Island Photo Hawaii
Moon Over Mauna Loa
Photographer Harry Durgin hiked up Pu'uhuluhulu cinder cone and patiently waited with friends to get this gorgeous and amazing picture of a cloud-covered Moon over the latest eruption of Hawai'i's Mauna Loa volcano. Mauna Loa is the largest volcano on Earth by both mass and volume and had not erupted for 38 years.
