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Planetary Picture of the Day - Week of November 22, 2021

Planetary Picture of the Day - Week of November 22, 2021

Planetary Picture of the Day

Planetary Picture of the Day

Week of November 22, 2021

Welcome to our weekly recap of our Planetary Picture of the Day (PPOD)!
The beautiful different textures in our world and beyond!

 

Monday, November 22, 2021

Lunar Eclipse
Credit: Peter Forister Photography (https://buff.ly/3C21SOJ)

Partial Lunar Eclipse
This composite image of the November 19, 2021, lunar eclipse was taken from Charlottesville, VA.

 

Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Credit data: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Processing and GIF: Jason Major

Saturnian storm
Images captured in November 2012 by the Cassini spacecraft show the vortex hurricane over Saturn’s north pole, with wind speeds clocked around 530 kph.

 

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Earth from far side of moon
Credit: Chinese National Space Agency (CNSA) and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

Earth, From the Far Side of the Moon
Stunning image from the far side of the Moon captured by the Chinese Chang'e 5-T1 spacecraft on October 28, 2014.

 

Thursday, November 25, 2021

White sands in New Mexico
Credit: Jaxson Pohlman Photography

Glimpse
Composite photo taken from White Sands, New Mexico.

 

Friday, November 26, 2021

Gale Crater

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Sedimentary stack at Gale Crater, Mars
NASA's Curiosity rover got close to this outcrop on Sept. 9, 2016, which displays finely layered rocks. These types of rock layers are common in the American desert Southwest. Like in Utah, layered sandstone tells us that once sand dunes were present. On Mars, it may have been three billion years ago! (Text courtesy NASA.)

 

 

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