Spacecraft reveal diversity in solar system’s landscapes

collage of images of planets, moons, comet

OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD LANDSCAPES  The latest generation of interplanetary spacecraft have revealed diverse landscapes on (clockwise from top left) Ceres, Enceladus, Mars, comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, Pluto and Dione. 

JPL-Caltech/NASA, UCLA, MPS, DLR, IDA; JPL-Caltech/NASA, Space Science Institute; JPL-Caltech/NASA, Univ. of Arizona; NavCam/Rosetta/ESA (CC BY-SA IGO 3.0); NASA, JHUAPL, SWRI; JPL-Caltech/NASA, Space Science Institute

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Over the last several years, spacecraft have beamed back images from all across the solar system, revealing a complex tapestry of landscapes.