Cavern.

The Far Side of the Moon, detail from a Space Age lunar map published by C. S. Hammond & Co., 1969.

(David Rumsey Map Collection)

JOHN BERKEY Unknown Acrylic/Casein 29.5″ x 21.625

Sky Break.

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Allegiance-class Star Destroyer - Ansel Hsiao

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HiPOD: Bedrock Exposures in Nirgal Vallis

This observation covers two tributaries and the main channel of Nirgal Vallis. The channel is approximately 610 kilometers long and is named after Nergal, the Babylonian god of war and counterpart to the Roman god of war, Mars. Mars Orbiter Camera image show light-toned bedrock; our high resolution picture can gives us a better view of the channel form and bedrock stratigraphy. (Grayscale cutout is less than 5 km across; enhanced color is less than 1 km.)

ID: ESP_074945_1515 date: 23 July 2022 altitude: 257 km

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona

Earth, Moon, and Sun, painted by Chesley Bonestell, printed in Future Life, April 1978.

Sci-fi art by Isaac Hannaford.

Charon, moon of Pluto, observed by NASA's New Horizons probe just before closest approach on this day in 2015. (It flew within 12,500 km of Pluto and as close as 27,000 km to Charon.)