Born about 4.6 billion years ago in the result of a huge collapse of molecular cloud, our Solar System is part of the
Milky Way galaxy and it is the cosmic location of Planet Earth and its seven planetary neighbors. Thanks to the advanced and highly sophisticated imaging techniques we now have many pictures of the Solar System, which draw the attention of not only scientists, but also artists and individuals delighted with the unusual and literally “extraterrestrial” forms, shapes and color combinations, found in the Solar System.
In this article we present a collection of photos of the Solar System. This gallery can be treated as the virtual tour to the space, where you can see the images of other planets and formations of the Solar System. At the same time, these images can work as the source of inspiration, exciting human imagination with so many secrets, still hidden in the outer space. Finally, there is particular beauty in these photographic images of the Solar System. This beauty is surrounded with many myths, secrets, and already known facts, and it has some mystic influence on people. The night sky with myriads of stars has always enticed people to find the answer to one of the oldest questions ever: are we the only living beings in this Universe? With this Solar System photography showcase, we welcome you aboard the space ship and invite you for a virtual trip into the world of enigmatic cosmic beauty.
Solar System by Wikipedia
Ultraviolet Sun (NASA, STEREO, 04/23/07) by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center
NASA STEREO Captures Huge Eruptive Prominence 304 April13 by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Glorious Sun by NASA
C3-class Solar Flare Erupts on Sept. 8, 2010 [Detail] by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA Sun Earth by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Transit of Mercury – Nov. 8, 2006 by Cameran80
Mercury from Messenger Oct 08 by NASA
Basho Crater on Mercury by NASA
Mercury South Pole Area by NASA
Venus – Computer Simulated Global View Centered at 180 Degrees East Longitude by NASAJPL
Venus Colorized Clouds by NASAJPL
NASA Hubble – Surface of Venus by NASA
NASA GOES-13 Full Disk view of Earth May 14, 2010 by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Sun Over Earth (NASA, International Space Station, 07/21/03) by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center
Edge of the Earth (NASA, International Space Station Science, 10/04/03) by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center
Beautiful Earth and Moon (NASA, Moon, 6/18/09) by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center
Apollo 11: A Last Look at the Moon (NASA, Moon, 6/23/09) by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center
Mars Daily Global Image from April 1999 by NASAJPL
The Red Planet-MARS by Asaad Saleh
Northern Ice Cap of Mars by NASAJPL
Mars: Olympus Mons [1680x1050] by NASA
Mars: Valles Marineris [1680x1050] by NASA
Mars Landslide in Action, Feb 2008 by NASAJPL
Hubble Images Suggest Rogue Asteroid Smacked Jupiter by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Chandra, Hubble, and New Horizon View Jupiter (NASA, 3/1/07) by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center
Jupiter & Io [1680x1050] by NASA
Jupiter and Ganymede [1680x1050] by NASA
This view of Jupiter was taken by Voyager 1 by NASAJPL
Jupiter’s Red Spot by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Saturn by NASA
The Rite of Spring by NASAJPL
Vast Saturn by NASAJPL
Northern Reaches by NASAJPL
Atmospheric Intricacies by NASAJPL
Titan’s Northern Lake by NASAJPL
An Eye on Saturn’s Moon Mimas by NASAJPL
Enceladus, a moon of Saturn by NASAJPL
Uranus + Rings Composite by NASAJPL
Rings and Moons Circling Uranus by Hubble Telescope
Uranus by NASA
Uranus’ moon Miranda by NASAJPL
Neptune Full Disk View by NASAJPL
Neptune by NSSDC
Detail of Triton’s Surface by NASAJPL
The Pluto System on Feb. 15, 2006 by Hubble Telescope
The Changing Faces of Pluto – HUBBLE by Hubble Telescope
Pluto and Charon by Norman W. Lee and Stephen Paul Meszaros
Ceres y Vesta (NASA) by NASA
Ceres: Asteroid or Planet? by NASA
Haumea orbiting Sol by Alexander Grimwood
Eight Largest Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) by Wikipedia