PIX4615615: March - Spirit - Panorama - Husband Hill - Panorama of 360 degres consists of 243 images obtained by Spirit from November 24 to December 2, 2004. The hill in the center left of the image is Husband Hill. The Rover Spirit landed on Mars in the Gusev crater area, July 4, 2004 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4615535: Detail of the 1st color panorama of the Martian soil obtained by Spirit. The Rover Spirit landed on Mars in the area of the crater Gusev, July 4, 2004 - Detail of the first panorama taken by Spirit.: Surface de Mars: detail of the first panorama obtained by Spirit - The martian surface seen by Spirit. 07/2004 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4615689: March - Spirit - View during the descent of Husband Hill - Detail of the 360 degres panorama obtained by Spirit from 23 to 28 November 2005. The summit of Husband Hill is 100m above the surrounding plateau. The Rover Spirit landed on Mars in the Gusev crater area, July 4, 2004 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4615845: March - Opportunity - Cratere Victoria 09 - 2006 - March: Victoria crater seen from rover Opportunity - Panorama obtained by the rover Opportunity on 28 and 29 September 2006. The Rover Opportunity landed on Mars in the Meridiani Planum region on January 25, 2004. Opportunity reached the Victoria crater on September 27, 2006 after travelling more than 9 km on the surface of Mars. The Victoria crater is about 800 metres wide and its south face on the left is about 6 metres above ground. This image taken by the panoramic camera on the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the view of Victoria Crater from Duck Bay. Opportunity reached Victoria Crater on Sol 951 (September 27, 2006) after traversing 9.28 kilometers (5.77 miles) since her landing site at Eagle Crater. Victoria Crater is roughly 800 meters (one - half mile) wide - - about five times wider than Endurance Crater, and 40 times as wide as Eagle crater. The south face of the 6 meter (20 foot) tall layered Cape Verde promontory can be seen in the left side of the inner crater wall, about 50 meters (about 165 feet) away from the rover at the time of the imaging. The north face of the 15 meter (50 foot) tall stack of layered rocks called Cabo Frio can be seen on the right side of the inner crater wall. This mosaic was taken on Sols 952 and 953 (September 28 and 29, 2006). There are 30 separate pointings through 6 different filters at each pointing / Bridgeman Images
PIX4615194: Mars: panorama of Chryse Planitia by Viking 1 - Mars: Chryse Planitia panorama by Viking 1 - Panorama of the surface of Mars obtained by the probe Viking 1 on 23 July 1976. The big rock on the left, nicknamed Big Joe, is about three metres long. Panoramic image of Chryse Planitia taken by camera 1 on the Viking 1 Lander. The image was taken on 23 July 1976, three days after Viking 1 landed. The dark rock at the left of the frame, nicknamed “” Big Joe”””, is about 3 meters across and 8 meters from the lander / Bridgeman Images
PIX4615964: Mars: dunes and ice in Chasma Boreale - Mars: dunes and ice in Chasma Boreale - Chasma Boreale is a huge canyon located in the northern polar cap of Mars. This image, obtained by the Mars Express probe, shows Tenuis Cavus, the end of this canyon, where layers of water ice mix with Mars dust. At the bottom of the bowl there are numerous sand dunes. Chasma Boreale is a huge canyon in the northern polar cap. The images taken by Mars Express spacecraft show sharp detail of a series of scarps at the head of Chasma Boreale, a giant trough that almost divides the north polar ice cap in two. The trough is about 318 kilometers long and has cliffs that are almost two kilometers high. The images show layers of water ice and dust possibly for the first time in perspective view. Chasma Boreale is cut into the layered material that lies beneath the water ice of the polar cap. For decades, these layered materials were assumed to consist of a mixture of ice and dust. Recent observations could mean that some of the layers are a source for windblown sand. The floor of the trough and the caldera - like structures are covered by dark sand dunes. This dark material could be volcanic ash or it is possible that it is dark sand eroding out of the polar layered materials. These pictures were taken in mid - summer, a time when the dark sand dunes on the trough floor were still partially covered by a white frost left over from the winter season. The frost is most definitely frozen water, rather than carbon dioxide, because the temperatures even in spring are too high for solid carbon dioxide to be present. This frost is not likely to defrost much beyond this extent. The shapes of the dunes indicate transport in a direction parallel to the chasma incision. The main wind direction is not clear at present but likely to be north - east to south - west, parallel to the chasma walls / Bridgeman Images
PIX4613538: Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy - Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy - The galaxy of the Great Magellan Cloud is about 160,000 light years away from Earth in the southern constellation of Dorado. Visible with the naked eye in the southern hemishere it is one of the closest galaxies to ours. Mosaic of 10 images, 30 hours of poses. The irregular galaxy Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is located at a distance of 160,000 light years in the southern constellation of Dorado. It is one of the nearest galaxy, visible to naked eye. 10 frame mosaic image, 30 hours of exposure / Bridgeman Images
PIX4613118: Spiral galaxy NGC 7331 in Pegase - Spiral galaxy NGC 7331 in Pegasus - The galaxy NGC 7331 is located about 50 million years away - light from Earth. The small galaxies around them form a cluster much farther away. Image obtained with a 50 cm telescope, composite of several images. NGC 7331 is located 49 million light years away. The smaller galaxies visible are much farer / Bridgeman Images