High-resolution images of Pluto taken by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft just before closest approach on July 14, 2015, are the sharpest images to date of Pluto’s varied terrain—revealing details down to scales of 270 meters. In this 75-mile (120-kilometer) section of the taken from the larger, high-resolution mosaic above, the textured surface of the plain surrounds two isolated ice mountains.

High-resolution images of Pluto taken by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft just before closest approach on July 14, 2015, reveal features as small as 270 yards (250 meters) across, from craters to faulted mountain blocks, to the textured surface of the vast basin informally called Sputnik Planum. Enhanced color has been added from the global color image. This image is about 330 miles (530 kilometers) across. For optimal viewing, zoom in on the image on a larger screen.

Full resolution: http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/lorri_rider.png

Perplexing Pluto: New ‘Snakeskin’ Image and More from New Horizons
http://www.nasa.gov/feature/perplexing-pluto-new-snakeskin-image-and-more-from-new-horizons



In this extended color image of Pluto taken by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, rounded and bizarrely textured mountains, informally named the Tartarus Dorsa, rise up along Pluto’s day-night terminator and show intricate but puzzling patterns of blue-gray ridges and reddish material in between. This view, roughly 330 miles (530 kilometers) across, combines blue, red and infrared images taken by the Ralph/Multispectral Visual Imaging Camera (MVIC) on July 14, 2015, and resolves details and colors on scales as small as 0.8 miles (1.3 kilometers).

California Science Center: ON THIS DAY, 3 years ago...
Workers prepare to remove the tail cone off of the space shuttle Endeavour in a hangar
at Los Angeles International Airport, Monday, Sept. 24, 2012.Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Krásně ostrá fotka Sojuzu TMA-16M krátce po oddokování:

Výzkum Rosetty odhaluje pomocí spektrometru VIRTIS koloběh vody na povrchu 67P (a pod ním)
Rosetta reveals comet’s water-ice cycle / Rosetta / Space Science / Our Activities / ESA
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Rosetta_reveals_comet_s_water-ice_cycle
Scientists using Rosetta’s Visible, InfraRed and Thermal Imaging Spectrometer, VIRTIS, have identified
a region on the comet’s surface where water ice appears and disappears in sync with its rotation period.

Mars' Mysterious Dark Streaks Spur Exploration Debate
http://www.space.com/30618-mars-water-streaks-rsl-mystery.html

The dark, fingerlike features that creep down steep Martian slopes in warm weather continue to puzzle scientists.

These "recurring slope lineae" (RSL), which have been spotted by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) at low and middle latitudes on the Red Planet, fade during cooler months but come back again annually at nearly the same locations over multiple Martian years.

Scientists continue to debate the true nature of the RSL phenomenon; no guess as to what they are and why they occur yet satisfies all observations. And just how RSL sites should be explored generates spirited debate, as evidenced by the discussions that emerged during the second Mars 2020 Landing Site Workshop, which was held last month in Monrovia, California.

Husťárna...Montáž přeletu MRO nad oblastí Olympia Undae

Montáž ze snímků LRO. Kredit: NASA/Johnny Carson.

S přehledem nejvýše položené kino na světě. Osádka ISS si užívá premiéru filmové verze Marťana :) Fotil Scott Kelly.

Curiosity update, sols 1073-1107: Driving toward dunes, distracted by haloes | The Planetary Society
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2015/09181704-curiosity-update-sols-1073-1107.html



The damage to the wheels has changed only slightly since sol 708.



Haloes in the Stimson unit, Curiosity sols 1083-1094 - As Curiosity drove across the Stimson unit, the rover repeatedly encountered fractures in the rock that were surrounded by bright haloes of unknown cause. The photos were taken on sol 1083 (top left), 1087 (top right), 1093 (lower left), and 1094) lower right) by the Navcam.

Spectacular New Horizons photo of Pluto's hazes and mountains: How it was made | The Planetary Society
http://www.planetary.org/...s/emily-lakdawalla/2015/09171318-spectacular-new-horizons-mvic-haze.html

Fjůů...
Art Meets Science in New Pluto Aerial Tour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wgl9jJUzITg

tomuhle aspoň říkám trolling na úrovni :-))
Red Dragon - Unmanned Spaceflight.com
http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/...4cf0a48c3ad4c43ffe0&showtopic=7038&st=75&p=226450&#entry226450