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  • The Center for Earth and Planetary Studies (CEPS) houses a Planetary Image Facility containing hard copy images that act as a reference library in order to provide planetary science researchers with access to the extensive collection of image data obtained from planetary missions.


    Dwarf Planets


    Mercury
  • Mercury
  • Venus
  • Venus
  • Earth
  • Earth
  • The Moon
  • The Moon
  • Mars
  • Mars
  • Asteroids
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  • Jupiter
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  • Saturn
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  • Uranus
  • Uranus
  • Neptune
  • Neptune
  • Dwarf Planets
  • Dwarf Planets
  • Comets
  • Comets
  • The Center for Earth and Planetary Studies (CEPS) houses a Planetary Image Facility containing hard copy images that act as a reference library in order to provide planetary science researchers with access to the extensive collection of image data obtained from planetary missions.


    Dwarf Planets


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    Color Topography on Dwarf Planet
    This image was created using images captured by Dawn spacecraft during its mapping orbit of the dwarf planet Ceres.

    NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

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    Haulani Crater on Dwarf Planet Ceres
    Taken by the Dawn spacecraft, this image reveals Haulani crater on the dwarf planet Ceres.

    NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

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    Pluto: A Global Perspective
    This global map of Pluto was created using data collected by the New Horizons spacecraft.

    NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI

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    Occator Crater on Dwarf Planet Ceres
    The Dawn spacecraft took this image which reveals a portion of the northern rim ofOccator Crater on the dwarf planet Ceres.

    NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

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    Brightest Spot on the Dwarf Planet Ceres
    The Dawn spacecraft captured this image of Occator crater on the dwarf planet Ceres.

    NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA/PSI

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    Pluto's Satellites Nix and Hydra
    Pluto's moon Nix (left), shown here in enhanced color and Hydra (right) in black and white.

    NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute

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    Pluto's Frozen Plains
    This frozen region is north of Pluto's icy mountains and has been informally named Sputnik Planum (Sputnik Plain), after Earth's first artificial satellite.

    NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute

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    Topographic Map of Dwarf Planet Ceres
    This color-coded map from NASA's Dawn mission shows the highs and lows of topography on the surface of dwarf planet Ceres.

    NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

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    Pluto’s Satellite Charon
    New details of Pluto's largest moon Charon are revealed in this image from New Horizons taken late on July 13, 2015. 

    NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute

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    Pluto's Big Heart in Color
    Pluto nearly fills the frame in this image from the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) aboard NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, taken on July 13, 2015.

    NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute

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    Dwarf Planet: Ceres
    These images of dwarf planet Ceres, processed to enhance clarity, were taken on Feb. 19, 2015, from a distance of about 29,000 miles (46,000 kilometers), by NASA's Dawn spacecraft.

    NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

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    Hubble Portrait of Pluto and Charon
    Image of Pluto and Charon taken by the Hubble Space Telescope on February 21, 1994.

    Dr. R. Albrecht, ESA/ESO Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility; NASA

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    The Surface of Pluto
    The never-before-seen surface of distant Pluto is resolved in these NASA Hubble Space Telescope pictures, taken with the European Space Agency's (ESA) Faint Object Camera aboard Hubble.

    Alan Stern (Southwest Research Institute), Marc Buie (Lowell Observatory), NASA and ESA

    Please Note: The facility does not sell imagery and cannot provide reproduction services. A guide to Resources for Earth and Planetary Research is available to also help individuals find available imagery online.