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ALT This image of the Ring Nebula, taken by Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera, appears as a distorted doughnut. The nebula’s inner cavity hosts shades of blue and green, while the detailed ring transitions through shades of orange in the inner regions and pink in the outer region. The ring’s inner region has distinct filament elements. Stars litter the scene, with a particularly prominent star with 8 long spikes in the top right corner.
ALT The Webb telescope’s image of the dusty debris disk around the star Fomalhaut. On a dark background, a slanted oval in varying shades of rust orange extends from the 1 o’clock to 7’oclock positions. It features multiple layers, including 3 belts made up of objects analogous to asteroids and comets. Going from the outside-in, there is first a prominent outer ring, then a darker gap, an intermediate ring, a narrower dark gap, and finally a bright yellow-orange inner disk. At the center of the inner disk is a ragged black spot, indicating a lack of data due to saturation.
ALT An image taken by NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter using its high-resolution color camera mounted in the helicopter's fuselage and pointed approximately 22 degrees below the horizon. This is a color image showing the reddish brown rocky terrain of Mars with a few small hills in the foreground and background. A small shadow of Ingenuity appears in the lower right-hand corner of the frame. The Perseverance Mars rover appears in the upper left-hand corner of the frame. It is small but the shape and outline of the rover is very clear. There is a hazy blue sky in the background. This image was acquired on April 23, 2023, the date of Ingenuity's 51st flight.
