Pictures Archives - Planet Facts https://planetfacts.org/category/pictures/ Fun and Interesting Information About the Nine Planets Thu, 19 Jun 2014 17:25:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://planetfacts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/cropped-planetfacts_logo-32x32.png Pictures Archives - Planet Facts https://planetfacts.org/category/pictures/ 32 32 Meteor Pictures https://planetfacts.org/meteor-pictures/ Mon, 07 May 2012 06:15:49 +0000 http://planetfacts.org/?p=2616 The bright streaking path left by a meteoroid is a meteor.

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Meteor Shower
Meteor by Yan On Sheung
Meteor Crater
New Mars Meteorites
Nucleobases in Meteorites
Stony Meteorite
Peekskill fireball
Iron Meteorite
Meteorite on Mars

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]]> Asteroid Pictures https://planetfacts.org/asteroid-pictures/ Sat, 05 May 2012 06:15:48 +0000 http://planetfacts.org/?p=2607 Asteroids are floating rock masses around the Sun that are smaller than planets.

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Asteroid collision
Asteroid
Asteroid illustration
Asteroid belt illustration
Asteroid surface
Kuiper Belt

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]]> Milky Way Galaxy Pictures https://planetfacts.org/milky-way-galaxy-pictures/ Thu, 03 May 2012 04:19:45 +0000 http://planetfacts.org/?p=2578 The galaxy in which the Earth resides is the Milky Way. It is named that way because of its “milky” band appearance.

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Deep inside the Milky Way
Milky Way Constellations
Milky Way
Milky Way Concept
Milky Way Composite Color Infrared
Milky Way Infrared
Milky Way's Dusty Space
From NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer

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]]> Stars Pictures https://planetfacts.org/stars-pictures/ Tue, 01 May 2012 04:19:44 +0000 http://planetfacts.org/?p=2566 Looking at the night sky where city lights are low, you would witness a beautiful sky full of stars. That gets better if you had a powerful telescope.

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The Star Cluster, Pismis 24
The Birth of Stars
Large Magellanic Cloud
Carina Nebula
Concept of the First Stars
North America Nebula
Binary Stars - Solar Wind
Stellar Snowflake Cluster
Star Formation

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]]> Space Shuttle Pictures https://planetfacts.org/space-shuttle-pictures/ Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:18:49 +0000 http://planetfacts.org/?p=2588 The Space Shuttle is an orbital spacecraft program by NASA for spaceflight missions      

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In outer space
Space shuttle Atlantis
Taking off

 

Against Fiery Lights
Against Flood Lights
Backdropped against Earth

 

Filling External Tank
Shuttle Rollout
Shuttle Launch

 

We have liftoff!
Preparing to land
Details illustration
Mission operations

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]]> Satellite Pictures https://planetfacts.org/satellite-pictures/ Sat, 28 Apr 2012 04:17:35 +0000 http://planetfacts.org/?p=2598 A satellite is an unmanned craft in the context of spaceflight, made for various purposes including but not limited to emitting and collecting radio signals on Earth.    

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GOESR Satellite
Polar Orbit Satellite
Satellite orbit

 

NOAA-N Prime
GPS Satellite
Weather Satellites

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