NRL Research Images
The images below are provided as a courtesy. All images are in the public domain. When using an NRL image in a publication, please provide the following photo credit, "Photo/Image provided courtesy of the Naval Research Laboratory."
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| NRL's GRAB satellite, launched in 1960, was the first operational intelligence satellite. JPEG (3.8MB) TIFF (7.0MB) |
A team of Vanguard I scientists mount the satellite in the rocket. JPEG (1.2MB) TIFF (5.8MB) |
The 3-lb, grapefruit-sized Vanguard satellite launched on March 17, 1958. JPEG (2.4MB) TIFF (5.3MB) |
Color-enhanced Clementine satellite image of the sunrise and Venus over the moon. Access all 1.8 million Clementine Lunar images at http://www.nrl.navy.mil /clementine JPEG (1.4MB) TIFF (6.2MB) |
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| NRL spectroheliograph image of the sun, taken aboard Skylab in 1973, using the extreme ultraviolet radiation from ionized helium, 304 Angstom wavelength. JPEG (1.8MB) TIFF (7.0MB) |
A 1979 image from NRL's SOLWIND experiment shows a comet colliding with the sun. It was the first positive evidence of a celestial body colliding with the sun and the first instance of a comet being discovered by satellite instrumentation. JPEG (8.4MB) TIFF (83.4MB) |
Simulation of LASCO data prior to its 1995 launch on the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory. See near-real-time LASCO images at http://lasco-www.nrl.navy.mil JPEG (2.3MB) TIFF (6.4MB) |
False-color, wide-field radio image of the Galactic Center. Areas of brightness indicate intense radio emission. JPEG (5.7MB) TIFF (15.8MB) |
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