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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Elektro-L view of the Chelyabinsk meteor trail

Elektro-L view of the Chelyabinsk meteor trail

Trails of Chelyabinsk viewed from space

Earth from Russia's Elektro-L satellite

January 2013 on Earth viewed by Elektro-L

High-phase Phobos and Deimos mutual event from Mars Express

Phobos flies over Mars (HRSC animation)

Panoramic view of "Darwin," Curiosity sol 388

Phobos and Deimos, Curiosity sol 393

Phobos enters eclipse, sol 393

Global view of Vesta in natural color

Misty Canyon

Mutual event of Janus and Epimetheus

Red-blue anaglyph of a chain of lunar craters

Mosaic of Low-Altitude Mapping Orbit images of Cornelia crater, Vesta

Epimetheus on March 30, 2005

Opportunity approaches Solander Point (animation)

Mariner 6 view of chaos terrain on Mars

Mariner 6 approaches Mars: "far-encounter" images

The many faces of Io

Io on Galileo orbit I32

Maui, Monan, and Ah Peku Paterae, Io

Tohil Mons and Radegast Patera

Galileo's color views of the icy satellites

Ot Mons, Io

Io mosaic from Galileo's I24 Flyby

Io and Amalthea

Io against Jupiter

Color observation of Io's leading hemisphere

Io, with Pillan eruption deposits

Prometheus flow field color mosaic

Chaac-Camaxtli regional mosaic

Chaac-Camaxtli regional mosaic (color)

Io color mosaic from Galileo orbit C21

Tvashtar Paterae from Galileo Orbit I27

Culann Patera Region, Io

Galileo view of Io's Prometheus volcano

Io plumes near the terminator

Animation of Tvashtar and Pele's Plumes

Animation of Pele and Tvashtar's Plumes

Pele's Hotspot in Infrared

Cassini views of Europa, Ganymede and Callisto

Europa mosaic from Galileo's I25 orbit

Conamara Chaos, Europa

Galileo orbit E4 view of Ganymede and Io

Europa on Galileo orbit G2

Venus as seen by Venus Express

Example Venus Monitoring Camera images from Venus Express