Planetary Picture of the Day
Week of November 22, 2021
The beautiful different textures in our world and beyond!
Monday, November 22, 2021
Partial Lunar Eclipse
This composite image of the November 19, 2021, lunar eclipse was taken from Charlottesville, VA.
Tuesday, November 23, 2021
Images from @CassiniSaturn captured in November 2012 show the vortex hurricane over Saturn’s north pole, with wind speeds clocked around 330mph (530km/h) pic.twitter.com/f7neUTnqkX
— Jason Major (@JPMajor) November 19, 2021
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 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
Glimpse
Composite photo taken from White Sands, New Mexico.
Friday, November 26, 2021
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.)
