Was 2019 an eventful year for you?
It certainly was for our home planet.
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Last year,
Earth experienced volcanic eruptions,
tropical cyclones,
a total solar eclipse and much more.
What better way to reflect on the events of 2019 than through the “eyes”
of our Earth-observing satellites?
These space assets constantly orbit our globe and provide invaluable information to scientists,
government agencies and people like you.
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⁣ #NASA #Earth #2019

The frozen surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus 🥶
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Enceladus'
bright white coating of ice may look similar to where you live this time of year.
It may be similar to Earth in other ways —
though only about 310 miles (500 km)
across,
it is thought to have a very active world of liquid salty water,
simple organic materials,
and hydrothermal vents in a vast ocean beneath its crust.
So active,
in fact,
that a plume of icy material continuously spews from the “tiger stripes”
(fractures in the crust)
on its South Pole hundreds of miles into space,
even contributing to forming one of Saturn’s outer,
icy rings.⁣
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This image was taken in 2015 on a flyby from our now-completed #Cassini mission,
from which scientists are still analyzing data today.
Enceladus remains a prime target for future exploration of worlds in our solar system where life could exist.⁣
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Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute⁣
⁣ #NASA #ice #moon #saturn #winter #icecold

What a good Moon.
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This image of a waxing crescent Moon was taken on the International Space Station (@ISS),
as it orbited 260 miles (418 kilometers)
above the north African country of Algeria on Jan.
1,
2020.⁣
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Image Credit:
NASA⁣
⁣ #NASA #Space #Moon #horizon #spacestation