Galerie de photos de Europe, satellite galiléen de la planète Jupiter

$<h1>PIA00598: Structurally Complex Surface of Europa and similar scales on Earth</h1><div class="PIA00598" lang="en" style="width:760px;text-align:left;margin:auto;background-color:#000;padding:10px;max-height:150px;overflow:auto;">This is the fourth in a series of five products at increasing resolutions that compare images of various areas on Jupiter's <a href="/catalog/PIA00543">icy moon Europa</a> (left frame) to the same location on Earth, the San Francisco Bay area of California (right frame). Both images show areas of equal size, 17 by 49 kilometers (11 by 30 miles), and resolution, 30 meters (100 feet). North is to the top of the picture.<p>The frame on the left is a mosaic of two images of Europa and shows the surface to be structurally complex. The sun illuminates the scene from the east, revealing complex overlapping ridges and fractures in the upper and lower portions of the frame, and rugged, more chaotic terrain in the center. Lateral faulting is revealed where ridges show offsets along their lengths (upper left of the frame). Missing ridge segments indicate obliteration of pre-existing materials and emplacement of new terrain (center of the frame).<p>The surface of San Francisco rivals that of Europa. In this 30 meter resolution comparison image, the complex pattern of city streets is clearly visible as are the many piers that line the water front district (upper right). This Bay area scene is also illuminated from the east. Notice the shadow of the Bay Bridge on the surface of the water as it makes its way to Oakland and the east bay. In the upper left corner, a ship can be seen making its way to the mouth of the bay.<p>The Europa image was obtained from a range of 3410 kilometers (2119 miles) by the Solid State Imaging (CCD) system aboard NASA's Galileo spacecraft on December 19th, 1996 (Universal Time). The San Francisco Bay area image, from the LandSat Thematic Mapper, has been reprocessed to match Galileo's resolution so as to offer a sense of the size of the features visible on Europa's surface.<p>The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA manages the mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, DC. This image and other images and data received from Galileo are posted on the World Wide Web, on the Galileo mission home page at URL http://galileo.jpl.nasa.gov. Background information and educational context for the images can be found at <a href="http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/sepo/" target="_blank">http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/sepo</a>..<br /><br /><a href="http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00598" onclick="window.open(this.href); return false;" title="Voir l'image PIA00598: Structurally Complex Surface of Europa and similar scales on Earth sur le site de la NASA">Voir l'image PIA00598: Structurally Complex Surface of Europa and similar scales on Earth sur le site de la NASA.</a></div>$ PIA00598: Structurally Complex Surface of Europa and similar scales on Earth	PIA00599: Close-up of Europa's Surface and similar scales on Earth
$<h1>PIA00702: Ancient Impact Basin on Europa</h1><div class="PIA00702" lang="en" style="width:719px;text-align:left;margin:auto;background-color:#000;padding:10px;max-height:150px;overflow:auto;">This feature on Europa was seen as a dark, diffuse circular patch on a previous Galileo global image of Europa's leading hemisphere on April 3, 1997. The "bulls-eye" pattern appears to be a 140- kilometer (86-mile) wide impact scar (about the size of the island of Hawaii) which formed as the surface fractured minutes after a mountain-sized asteroid or comet slammed into the satellite. This approximately 214-kilometer (132-mile) wide picture is the product of three images which have been processed in false color to enhance shapes and compositions.<p>North is toward the top of this picture, which is illuminated from sunlight coming from the west. This color composite reveals a sequence of events which have modified the surface of Europa. The earliest event was the impact which formed the Tyre structure at 34 degrees north latitude and 146.5 degrees west longitude. The impact was followed by the formation of the reddish lines superposed on Tyre. The red color designates areas that are probably a dirty water ice mixture. The fine blue-green lines crossing the region from west to east appear to be ridges which formed after the crater.<p>The images were taken on April 4, 1997, at a resolution of 595 meters (1950 feet) per picture element and a range of 29,000 kilometers (17,900 miles). The images were taken by Galileo's solid state imaging (CCD) system.<p>The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA manages the Galileo mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, DC. JPL is an operating division of California Institute of Technology (Caltech).<p>This image and other images and data received from Galileo are posted on the World Wide Web, on the Galileo mission home page at URL http://galileo.jpl.nasa.gov. Background information and educational context for the images can be found at <a href="http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/sepo/" target="_blank">http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/sepo</a>..<br /><br /><a href="http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00702" onclick="window.open(this.href); return false;" title="Voir l'image PIA00702: Ancient Impact Basin on Europa sur le site de la NASA">Voir l'image PIA00702: Ancient Impact Basin on Europa sur le site de la NASA.</a></div>$ PIA00702: Ancient Impact Basin on Europa	PIA00723: Context of Europa images from Galileo
$<h1>PIA00746: Various Landscapes and Features on Europa</h1><div class="PIA00746" lang="en" style="width:800px;text-align:left;margin:auto;background-color:#000;padding:10px;max-height:150px;overflow:auto;">DESCRIPTIONS AND APPROXIMATE RESOLUTIONSRidges and Lineaments<p>27 meters/pixelTriple Bands<p>1.6 kilometers/pixelDark Spots<p>1.6 kilometers/pixel"Pull-apart" Terrain<p>1.6 kilometers/pixel"Raft" Terrain<p>250 meters/pixelFlows<p>225 meters/pixel"Puddle"<p>27 meters/pixelMottled Terrain<p>35 meters/pixelKnobs<p>1.6 kilometers/pixelPits<p>1.6 kilometers/pixelCrater<p>300 meters/pixelCrater Ejecta<p>1.4 kilometers/pixe "Macula"<p>600 meters/pixelIR-Bright/Dark Terrain<p>1.6 kilometers/pixelGlobal View<p>7 kilometers/pixel<p><p>These 15 frames show the great variety of surface features on Jupiter's icy moon, Europa, which have been revealed by the Galileo spacecraft Solid State Imaging (CCD) system during its first six orbits around Jupiter from June 1996 to February 1997. North is to the top of each of the images. The features seen on Europa's surface document both internal and external processes shaping the icy crust. Internal processes and the possible presence of liquid water beneath the ice are indicated by features such as "dark spots", lobe-shaped flow features, "puddles", "mottled terrain", knobs, pits, and the darker areas along ridges and triple bands.<p>Europa is subjected to constant tugging from the giant planet, Jupiter, as well as from its neighboring moons, Io and Ganymede. This causes "tidal" forces that affect Europa's interior and surface. Evidence for such forces includes ridges, fractures, wedge-shaped bands, and areas of "chaos." Some of these features result from alternate extension and compression buckling and pulling apart Europa's icy shell.<p>Impact craters document external effects on a planet's surface. Although present on Europa, impact craters are relatively scarce compared to the number seen on Ganymede, Callisto, and on the surfaces of most other "rocky" planets and moons in our solar system. This scarcity of craters suggests that the surface of Europa is very young. "Maculae" on Europa may be the scars from large impact events.<p>These images have resolutions from 27 meters (89 feet) to 7 kilometers (4.3 miles) per picture element (pixel) and were taken by Galileo at ranges of 2,500 kilometers (1,525 miles) to 677,000 kilometers (413,000 miles) from Europa.<p>Beginning with the upper left corner and moving left to right, top to bottom, the images show:<p>1. Ridges and lineaments crisscross the icy shell of Europa's surface. These are the most common landform on Europa and may represent either ejection of material from beneath its icy shell, or crumpling of the shell itself. Features as small as 54 meters (179 feet) across can be seen in this image, taken when Galileo was 2,550 kilometers (1,560 miles) from Europa.<p>2. Triple bands, seen by Voyager as linear features with a bright center and dark flanks, crisscross the surface of Europa. In high resolution Galileo images, these bands resolve into multiple ridges with diffuse darker deposits along the edges. Features as small as 3.2 kilometers (2 miles) across can be seen in this image, taken when Galileo was 155,000 kilometers (94,550 miles) from Europa.<p>3. Several "dark spots", areas of lower albedo (brightness) than the surrounding icy crust of Europa. These features, first identified in Voyager images, are seen to have diffuse outer margins and little topography. Features as small as 3.2 kilometers (2 miles) across can be seen in this image, taken when Galileo was 155,000 kilometers (94,550 miles) from Europa.<p>4. Wedge shaped bands of lower albedo than the surrounding areas. These areas appear to represent places where Europa's icy crust has been pulled apart and new material has filled in the area between the diverging ice sheets. Features as small as 3.2 kilometers (2 miles) across can be seen in this image, taken when Galileo was 155,000 kilometers (94,550 miles) from Europa.<p>5. An area known as "Conamara Chaos", characterized by polygonal sections of Europa's icy crust that broadly resemble icebergs. Individual ice RraftsS have been tilted, rotated and displaced from their original positions for distances of several kilometers. This terrain suggests that liquid water or ductile ice was present near the surface. Features as small as 500 meters (1,650 feet) across can be seen in this image, taken when Galileo was 17,936 kilometers (10,941 miles) from Europa.<p>6. Lobe shaped features that appear to be the icy equivalent of lava flows on Earth. Material has "erupted" through the icy shell and flowed over the surface of Europa for up to 30 kilometers (18 miles). Features as small as 450 meters (1,490 feet) across can be seen in this image, taken when Galileo was 17,684 kilometers (10,787 miles) from Europa.<p>7. A "puddle" of smooth material that appears to have buried parts of ridges. This feature is highly suggestive of liquid water or a water/ice slurry that locally flooded the European surface. The central crater is a coincidental feature produced by the subsequent impact of a meteor. Features as small as 54 meters (179 feet) across can be seen in this image, taken when Galileo was 2,491 kilometers (1,520 miles) from Europa.<p>8. A high resolution view of "mottled" terrain on Europa. This terrain, first discovered by Voyager was imaged at much higher resolution by Galileo. It is characterized by local darkening of the icy surface, in association with numerous small hills or "hummocks." The origin of this terrain remains enigmatic. Features as small as 70 meters (232 feet) across can be seen in this image, taken when Galileo was 3,344 kilometers (2,040 miles) from Europa.<p>9. Isolated hills or "knobs" on the surface of Europa. Although surface relief on Europa is typically very small (<br /><br /><a href="http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00746" onclick="window.open(this.href); return false;" title="Voir l'image PIA00746: Various Landscapes and Features on Europa sur le site de la NASA">Voir l'image PIA00746: Various Landscapes and Features on Europa sur le site de la NASA.</a></div>$ PIA00746: Various Landscapes and Features on Europa	PIA00834: NIMS G1 Observation of Europa
PIA00846: NIMS E4 Observations of Europa Trailing Hemisphere	$<h1>PIA00849: Ridges and Fractures on Europa</h1><div class="PIA00849" lang="en" style="width:800px;text-align:left;margin:auto;background-color:#000;padding:10px;max-height:150px;overflow:auto;">This high resolution image of the icy crust of Europa, one of Jupiter's moons, reveals a surface criss-crossed by multiple sets of ridges and fractures. The area covered by this image is approximately 9 miles (15 kilometers) by 7 miles (12 kilometers), located near 15 North, 273 West. North is to the top, and the sun is illuminating the terrain from the right. The large ridge in the lower right corner of the image is approximately 1.5 miles (2.5 kilometers) across, and is one of the youngest features in this image, as it cuts across many of the other features. Note that one ridge has been sheared by a right-lateral fault.<p>This image was taken by the Galileo spacecraft on February 20, 1997 from a distance of 1240 miles (2000 kilometers).<p>The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA manages the mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, DC.<p>This image and other images and data received from Galileo are posted on the World Wide Web, on the Galileo mission home page at URL http://galileo.jpl.nasa.gov. Background information and educational context for the images can be found at <a href="http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/sepo/" target="_blank">http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/sepo</a>..<br /><br /><a href="http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00849" onclick="window.open(this.href); return false;" title="Voir l'image PIA00849: Ridges and Fractures on Europa sur le site de la NASA">Voir l'image PIA00849: Ridges and Fractures on Europa sur le site de la NASA.</a></div>$ PIA00849: Ridges and Fractures on Europa
$<h1>PIA00850: Europa Under Stress</h1><div class="PIA00850" lang="en" style="width:800px;text-align:left;margin:auto;background-color:#000;padding:10px;max-height:150px;overflow:auto;">This high resolution image of the icy plains on Europa shows multiple sets of cross-cutting ridges. Many of these ridges are cut by younger fractures. Fractures that display relative motion are known as faults; several faults showing horizontal motion, like the San Andreas Fault in California, are seen here.<p>Faults and ridges give planetary geologists clues to the stresses within the crust at the time of formation. Ridges typically form as a result of compression. The orientation of the compressive stress is perpendicular to the strike (long axis) of the ridge. In contrast, fractures form as a result of tensional stresses that crack the brittle crust. These features indicate that the surface of Europa has experienced repeated episodes of tension and compression throughout its history.<p>This image is approximately 12 kilometers (7 miles) by 15 kilometers (9 miles) across, centered near 15N, 273W. The Galileo spacecraft obtained this image on February 20, 1997 during its sixth orbit of Jupiter from a distance of 2000 kilometers (1240 miles). North is toward the top of the image, with the sun illuminating the surface from the right.<p>The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA manages the mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, DC.<p>This image and other images and data received from Galileo are posted on the World Wide Web, on the Galileo mission home page at URL http://galileo.jpl.nasa.gov. Background information and educational context for the images can be found at <a href="http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/sepo/" target="_blank">http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/sepo</a>..<br /><br /><a href="http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00850" onclick="window.open(this.href); return false;" title="Voir l'image PIA00850: Europa Under Stress sur le site de la NASA">Voir l'image PIA00850: Europa Under Stress sur le site de la NASA.</a></div>$ PIA00850: Europa Under Stress	$<h1>PIA00851: Cross-cutting Relationships of Surface Features on Europa</h1><div class="PIA00851" lang="en" style="width:800px;text-align:left;margin:auto;background-color:#000;padding:10px;max-height:150px;overflow:auto;">This image of Jupiter's moon Europa shows a very complex terrain of ridges and fractures. The absence of large craters and the low number of small craters indicates that this surface is geologically young. The relative ages of the ridges can be determined by using the principle of cross-cutting relationships; i.e. older features are cross-cut by younger features. Using this principle, planetary geologists are able to unravel the sequence of events in this seemingly chaotic terrain to unfold Europa's unique geologic history.<p>The spacecraft Galileo obtained this image on February 20, 1997. The area covered in this image is approximately 11 miles (18 kilometers) by 8.5 miles (14 kilometers) across, near 15 North, 273 West. North is toward the top of the image, with the sun illuminating from the right.<p>The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA manages the mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, DC.<p>This image and other images and data received from Galileo are posted on the World Wide Web, on the Galileo mission home page at URL http://galileo.jpl.nasa.gov. Background information and educational context for the images can be found at <a href="http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/sepo/" target="_blank">http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/sepo</a>..<br /><br /><a href="http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00851" onclick="window.open(this.href); return false;" title="Voir l'image PIA00851: Cross-cutting Relationships of Surface Features on Europa sur le site de la NASA">Voir l'image PIA00851: Cross-cutting Relationships of Surface Features on Europa sur le site de la NASA.</a></div>$ PIA00851: Cross-cutting Relationships of Surface Features on Europa
PIA00852: Dome shaped features on Europa's surface	$<h1>PIA00853: Europa 6th Orbit NIMS Data</h1><div class="PIA00853" lang="en" style="width:800px;text-align:left;margin:auto;background-color:#000;padding:10px;max-height:150px;overflow:auto;">This observation taken by the Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (NIMS) at 0.7 microns (left image) shows the interception of two lineas or fractures on the Northern hemisphere of Europa. A comparison Voyager visible-light image is shown at the right. The NIMS image at 4 km resolution shows dark hydrated material concentrated in the linea structures (dark lines in the Voyager and NIMS images). Note the dark spot at the lower left of the upper linea; its spectra matches the hydrated spectra of the lineas.<p>The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA manages the mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, DC.<p>The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA manages the mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, DC.<p>This image and other images and data received from Galileo are posted on the World Wide Web, on the Galileo mission home page at URL http://galileo.jpl.nasa.gov.<br /><br /><a href="http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00853" onclick="window.open(this.href); return false;" title="Voir l'image PIA00853: Europa 6th Orbit NIMS Data sur le site de la NASA">Voir l'image PIA00853: Europa 6th Orbit NIMS Data sur le site de la NASA.</a></div>$ PIA00853: Europa 6th Orbit NIMS Data
PIA00874: Europa's Leading Hemisphere	PIA00875: Thera and Thrace Macula on Europa
PIA00877: Agenor Linea on Europa	PIA01084: Flow-like Features On Europa
PIA01092: Geologic Evidence of Internal Activity on Europa	PIA01101: Topography on Europa....the Shadow knows
PIA01102: Terrain on Europa under Changing Lighting Conditions	$<h1>PIA01125: Regional Mosaic of Chaos and Gray Band on Europa</h1><div class="PIA01125" lang="en" style="width:800px;text-align:left;margin:auto;background-color:#000;padding:10px;max-height:150px;overflow:auto;">This mosaic of part of Jupiter's moon, Europa, shows a region that is characterized by mottled (dark and splotchy) terrain. The images in this mosaic were obtained by Solid State Imaging (CCD) system on NASA's Galileo spacecraft during its eleventh orbit around Jupiter. North is to the top of the image, and the sun illuminates the scene from the right. Prior to obtaining these pictures, the age and origin of mottled terrain were not known. As seen here, the mottled appearance results from areas of the bright, icy crust that have been broken apart (known as "chaos" terrain), exposing a darker underlying material. This terrain is typified by the area in the upper right-hand part of the image. The mottled terrain represents some of the most recent geologic activity on Europa. Also shown in this image is a smooth, gray band (lower part of image) representing a zone where the Europan crust has been fractured, separated, and filled in with material derived from the interior. The chaos terrain and the gray band show that this satellite has been subjected to intense geological deformation.<p>The mosaic, centered at 2.9 degrees south latitude and 234.1 degrees west longitude, covers an area of 365 kilometers by 335 kilometers (225 miles by 210 miles). The smallest distinguishable features in the image are about 460 meters (1500 feet) across. These images were obtained on November 6, 1997, when the Galileo spacecraft was approximately 21,700 kilometers (13,237 miles) from Europa.<p>The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA manages the mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, DC. JPL is a division of California Institute of Technology.<p>This image and other images and data received from Galileo are posted on the World Wide Web, on the Galileo home page at URL http://galileo.jpl.nasa.gov. Background information and educational context can be found at <a href="http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/sepo/" target="_blank">http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/sepo</a>..<br /><br /><a href="http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA01125" onclick="window.open(this.href); return false;" title="Voir l'image PIA01125: Regional Mosaic of Chaos and Gray Band on Europa sur le site de la NASA">Voir l'image PIA01125: Regional Mosaic of Chaos and Gray Band on Europa sur le site de la NASA.</a></div>$ PIA01125: Regional Mosaic of Chaos and Gray Band on Europa
PIA01126: High Resolution Mosaic of Ridges, Plains, and Mountains on Europa	PIA01127: Europa - Ice Rafting View
PIA01130: Interior of Europa	PIA01176: Europa's Pwyll Crater
$<h1>PIA01177: Chaotic Terrain on Europa in Very High Resolution</h1><div class="PIA01177" lang="en" style="width:796px;text-align:left;margin:auto;background-color:#000;padding:10px;max-height:150px;overflow:auto;">This view of the Conamara Chaos region on Jupiter's moon Europa taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft shows an area where the icy surface has been broken into many separate plates that have moved laterally and rotated. These plates are surrounded by a topographically lower matrix. This matrix material may have been emplaced as water, slush, or warm flowing ice, which rose up from below the surface. One of the plates is seen as a flat, lineated area in the upper portion of the image. Below this plate, a tall twin-peaked mountain of ice rises from the matrix to a height of more than 250 meters (800 feet). The matrix in this area appears to consist of a jumble of many different sized chunks of ice. Though the matrix may have consisted of a loose jumble of ice blocks while it was forming, the large fracture running vertically along the left side of the image shows that the matrix later became a hardened crust, and is frozen today. The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City would be just large enough to span this fracture.<p>North is to the top right of the picture, and the sun illuminates the surface from the east. This image, centered at approximately 8 degrees north latitude and 274 degrees west longitude, covers an area approximately 4 kilometers by 7 kilometers (2.5 miles by 4 miles). The resolution is 9 meters (30 feet) per picture element. This image was taken on December 16, 1997 at a range of 900 kilometers (540 miles) by Galileo's solid state imaging system.<p>The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA manages the Galileo mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, DC. JPL is an operating division of California Institute of Technology (Caltech).<p>This image and other images and data received from Galileo are posted on the World Wide Web, on the Galileo mission home page at URL http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ galileo.<br /><br /><a href="http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA01177" onclick="window.open(this.href); return false;" title="Voir l'image PIA01177: Chaotic Terrain on Europa in Very High Resolution sur le site de la NASA">Voir l'image PIA01177: Chaotic Terrain on Europa in Very High Resolution sur le site de la NASA.</a></div>$ PIA01177: Chaotic Terrain on Europa in Very High Resolution	$<h1>PIA01178: High-Resolution Image of Europa's Ridged Plains</h1><div class="PIA01178" lang="en" style="width:792px;text-align:left;margin:auto;background-color:#000;padding:10px;max-height:150px;overflow:auto;">This spectacular image taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft camera shows a region of ridged plains on Jupiter's moon Europa. The plains are comprised of many parallel and cross-cutting ridges, commonly in pairs. The majority of the region is of very bright, but darker material is seen primarily in valleys between ridges. Some of the most prominent ridges have dark deposits along their margins and in their central valleys. Some of this dark material probably moved down the flanks of the ridges and has piled up along their bases. The most prominent ridges are about a kilometer in width (less than a mile). In the top right hand corner of the image the end of a dark wide ridge (about 2 kilometers or 1.2 miles across) is visible. Several deep fractures cut through this ridge and continue into the plains. The brightness of the region suggests that frost covers much of Europa's surface. This image looks different from those obtained earlier in Galileo's mission, because this image was taken with the Sun higher in Europa's sky.<p>This image was taken on December 16, 1997 at a range of 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) by Galileo's solid state imaging system. North is to the top of the picture, and the Sun illuminates the surface from the upper left. This image, centered at approximately 14 degrees south latitude and 194 degrees west longitude, covers an area approximately 20 kilometers (12 miles) on each side. The resolution is 26 meters (85 feet) per picture element.<p>The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA manages the Galileo mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, DC. JPL is an operating division of California Institute of Technology (Caltech).<p>This image and other images and data received from Galileo are posted on the World Wide Web, on the Galileo mission home page at URL http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ galileo.<br /><br /><a href="http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA01178" onclick="window.open(this.href); return false;" title="Voir l'image PIA01178: High-Resolution Image of Europa's Ridged Plains sur le site de la NASA">Voir l'image PIA01178: High-Resolution Image of Europa's Ridged Plains sur le site de la NASA.</a></div>$ PIA01178: High-Resolution Image of Europa's Ridged Plains
PIA01179: Dark and Bright Ridges on Europa	PIA01180: Highest Resolution Image of Europa
PIA01181: Europa Ice Cliffs-High Resolution	$<h1>PIA01182: Very High Resolution Image of Icy Cliffs on Europa</h1><div class="PIA01182" lang="en" style="width:800px;text-align:left;margin:auto;background-color:#000;padding:10px;max-height:150px;overflow:auto;">This image, taken by the camera onboard NASA's Galileo spacecraft, is a very high resolution view of the Conamara Chaos region on Jupiter's moon Europa. It shows an area where icy plates have been broken apart and moved around laterally. The top of this image is dominated by corrugated plateaus ending in icy cliffs over a hundred meters (a few hundred feet) high. Debris piled at the base of the cliffs can be resolved down to blocks the size of a house. A fracture that runs horizontally across and just below the center of the Europa image is about the width of a freeway.<p>North is to the top right of the image, and the sun illuminates the surface from the east. The image is centered at approximately 9 degrees north latitude and 274 degrees west longitude. The image covers an area approximately 1.7 kilometers by 4 kilometers (1 mile by 2.5 miles). The resolution is 9 meters (30 feet) per picture element. This image was taken on December 16, 1997 at a range of 900 kilometers (540 miles) by Galileo's solid state imaging system.<p>The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA manages the Galileo mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, DC. JPL is an operating division of California Institute of Technology (Caltech).<p>This image and other images and data received from Galileo are posted on the World Wide Web, on the Galileo mission home page at URL http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ galileo.<br /><br /><a href="http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA01182" onclick="window.open(this.href); return false;" title="Voir l'image PIA01182: Very High Resolution Image of Icy Cliffs on Europa sur le site de la NASA">Voir l'image PIA01182: Very High Resolution Image of Icy Cliffs on Europa sur le site de la NASA.</a></div>$ PIA01182: Very High Resolution Image of Icy Cliffs on Europa

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