![Planetary Picture of the Day - Week of September 20. 2021](/sites/default/files/styles/original/public/2021-09/1.-PPOD-sept-20.jpg?itok=YKmDpqjG)
Planetary Picture of the Day
Week of September 20, 2021
Monday, September 20, 2021
![Gale Crater](/sites/default/files/inline-images/PPOD-Gale-Crater.jpg)
Processing: Don Davis (https://buff.ly/3lJ1QoM)
Beautifully overcast sky at Gale crater on Mars.
This image was captured by the Curiosity rover as she ascends Mount Sharp. What a landscape!
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
![Bioluminescence](/sites/default/files/inline-images/PPOD-Bioluminescence.jpg)
Bioluminescence on the Pacific Northwest Coast
Photographer Mart Stewart captured this gorgeous shot of bioluminescence off the coast of Oregon last summer.
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
![PPOD Jupiter Clouds](/sites/default/files/inline-images/PPOD-Jupiter-Clouds.jpg)
Clouds and storms swirl on Jupiter
NASA's Juno spacecraft collected the data for this image using the spacecraft's JunoCam imager during a flyby on July 11, 2017.
Thursday, September 23, 2021
![Needle Galaxy](/sites/default/files/inline-images/PPOD-NGC-4565.jpg)
Threading the Needle
Pictured here is NGC 4565, which for obvious reasons is also called the Needle Galaxy. First spotted in 1785 by Uranus' discoverer, Sir William Herschel (1738-1822), this is one of the most famous examples of an edge-on spiral galaxy and is located some 30 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices (Berenice's Hair). It displays a bright yellowish central bulge that juts out above most impressive dust lanes.
Friday, September 24, 2021
Full video: https://buff.ly/3kzFQxp
(Interactive) Video: Mars 360
NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover Sol 3225 (September 1, 2021).
Source images credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS