All That Glitters!

LRO Sees a Young Crater on the Moon by NASA Goddard Photo and Video on Flickr.

A fresh crater splashes brighter material across the edge of a fracture in Komarov crater in this image from the Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) on board NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft.

Polar Mesospheric Clouds, Northern Hemisphere by NASA Goddard Photo and Video on Flickr.

In both the Northern and Southern Hemisphere, during their respective late spring and early summer seasons, polar mesospheric clouds are at the peak of their visibility. Visible from aircraft in flight, the International Space Station (ISS), and from the ground at twilight, the clouds typically appear as delicate, shining threads against the darkness of space—hence their other names of “noctilucent” or “night-shining” clouds.

Lakshadweep’s coral atolls glow iridescent blue-green in this image acquired by NASA’s Terra satellite on February 19, 2012.

NASA Shuttle Launch!