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Past images are stored in the APOD Archive, with the first image appearing on June 16, 1995. [3] This initiative has received support from NASA, the National Science Foundation, and MTU. The images are sometimes authored by people or organizations outside NASA, and therefore APOD images are often copyrighted, unlike many other NASA image ...
These featured pictures, as scheduled below, appeared as the picture of the day (POTD) on the English Wikipedia's Main Page in July 2004. You can add an automatically updating POTD template to your user page using {{ Pic of the day }} (version with blurb ) or {{ POTD }} (version without blurb).
These featured pictures, as scheduled below, appeared as the picture of the day (POTD) on the English Wikipedia's Main Page in September 2007. Individual sections for each day on this page can be linked to with the day number as the anchor name (e.g. [[Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2007#1]] for September 1).
Images taken during a fly-by of the moon on July 22, 2006 show more than 75 large bodies of liquid ranging in diameter from three to 70km (1.9 to 43.6 mi) in the moon's northern hemisphere. Intensity in this colorized image is proportional to how much radar brightness is returned.
Picture of the day. Apollo 17 was the eleventh manned space mission in the NASA Apollo program and was the sixth and last mission to date to land on the Moon. It was the first night launch, and the final mission, of the Apollo program. Photo credit: NASA Archive - Nominate new image
Individual sections for each day on this page can be linked to with the day number as the anchor name (e.g. [[Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2024#1]] for September 1). You can add an automatically updating POTD template to your user page using {{Pic of the day}} (version with blurb) or {} (version without blurb).
Picture of the day Composite photo of the Sun and Earth , showing the difference in size between the two astronomical objects . Although the Sun is an average-sized star , it is so large that its volume is equivalent to 1.3 million Earths and it contains approximately 99% of the total mass of the Solar System .
Credit:NASA. 21 May 2005 . 22 May 2005 . The astrolabe was a navigational device in common use until the 16th Century, consisting of an engraved representation of the celestial sphere, and is a predecessor of the modern planisphere. This 18th Century Persian astrolabe is in the Whipple Museum of Science History in Cambridge. Photo: Andrew Dunn