Amateur Space Images

Imagine diving into digital archives, excavating previously unappreciated images from other worlds, and electronically piecing them together to present new pictures to our world.  That’s what The Planetary Society, in partnership with UnmannedSpaceflight.com, is pleased to host – an archive of amateur-processed space images.

Browse by clicking on an icon, then sort by date and keywords.  Or look at images by contributor and consider submitting your own.

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Comet Lovejoy and the Pleiades

Eight icy worlds

Chasmata

Clouds Over the North

Curiosity self-portrait at Pahrump Hills, sol 868-884

Björn Jónsson's color global map of Europa from Galileo and Voyager data

Northern Rhea

Comet-light on the cliffs of Hathor

Jets behind the crags of Seth

Ceres grows in Dawn's forward view (as of February 4, 2015)

Mars Orbiter Mission photo of the far side of Deimos

Curiosity self-portrait at Mojave, Pahrump Hills, sols 863-844 (Gigapan)

Dawn's view of Ceres on January 25, 2015 (super-res stack of 9 images)

Dawn's view of Ceres on January 25, 2015 (animation)

Whale Rock, sol 842

Whale Rock from a different perspective

Salsberry Peak in 3D, sol 844

Curiosity self-portrait, sol 868 (January 14, 2015)

Dawn optical navigation sequence on Ceres, January 13, 2015

Chinle outcrop, Pahrump Hills, Curiosity sol 826 and 828

A Year of VMC Mars Images

A Year of Mars Weather

Athabasca Valles HiRISE DEM Animation

Mojave Crater Wall HiRISE DEM Animation

Gale Crater HiRISE DEM Animation

Mars from Hubble STIS, April 26, 2012

Hubble's view of Mars during the Comet Siding Spring flyby

Hubble's view of Mars on October 19, 2014

Hubble's view of Mars on October 19, 2014 (color)

Mars as viewed by Hubble ACS/SBC, May 30, 2014

Farewell, Rosetta

Pink Cliffs, Curiosity sol 780

Locating the Philae landing site

Curiosity sol 783 sunset panorama containing Siding Spring

Comet jets from close range, October 18, 2014

Jagged comet landscape, October 24, 2014

Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko: pits, scarps, and boulders on the neck, October 18, 2014

NavCam view of comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko on October 15, 2014

Surveyor 7 panorama

Point Lake, Curiosity sol 302

Philae's landing site in 3D

The Confidence Hills work area at the edge of Pahrump Hills outcrop, Curiosity sol 777

One of the first spacecraft photos of Phobos, from Mariner 7

Synthetic 3D view of Churyumov-Gerasimenko from August 7, 2014 NavCam image

Synthetic 3D view of Churyumov-Gerasimenko from September 26, 2014 image

Synthetic 3D view of Churyumov-Gerasimenko from August 22, 2014 image

Drilling at Confidence Hills, Curiosity sols 755-759

Curiosity at Pahrump Hills, sol 753