Hi everyone.
I just thought it might be nice to see a set of pictures which meant a lot to each of us. Either artistic, scientific or just one of those heart stopping moments in the MER
year.
I'm sure there could be many great photos to show from the likes of mr ETAL and others
Here's the one that gets me every time.

Happy new year and a cool yule to all

Reckless

This was just a breathtaking moment in 2005!

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I have to agree with dot, that just made my jaw drop. Not just because of the huge dust devil but also because Spirit arrived at the summit just then.

Anyway here is another moment:

And this was of course also something special

There were almost too many Cassini 'Kodak' moments to bear!

Bob Shaw

lots of favorites -but I like this recent one, A LOT!


Spirit, sol 708 L247

Nico

It has been a superb year for unmanned spaceflight !

Both MERs kept going on to explore Mars...
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter was successfully send off to the red planet...
Venus Express is on its way...
Cassini-Huygens performed excellent...
Deep Impact was the best for me !

One of my favorites:

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I'd add this one from Hayabusa.

Iconic? Hmmmm....

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It's really going to be difficult to choose a 2005 unmannedspacelight.com image of the year, isn't it? It's been an amazingly succesfull year. I can't choose my favorite...there are so many.

I'd vote for all of the above, and maybe the one I haven't found, yet.

How about the one that made the cover of Aviation Week and APOD? That one was truly THE representative of the best unmannedspaceflight.com has to offer: great subject matter, dramatic view, and international cooperation!

True; how did we miss *that* one? D'oh!

(smacks head)

Bob Shaw

Yes...THAT one...And the first panorama showing the entire Inner Basin...can't find it now but that was a one...
And all Titan ones...

I think the AVWST cover sums up what makes this place special in so many ways.... so it gets my vote for #1!

JPL just put up a Year in Pictures (Requires Flash), and then there's Emily's nice feature as well, if you want more eye candy to choose from.

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Of course this

Well how about Dione:



(my desktop image now...)

Movie of the encounter:

http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/vide..._half_movie.mov

Here's a few of my <MARS> favorites that havent been mentioned so far:

Wind-sculpted sand and rocks at Husband hill summit.

The "Ghost" dust-devil apparition.

Three Stooges(?)

The first Mini-crater (still the best imho) upon discovery, and looking back

the spring has sprung

Your "Wind-sculpted sand and rocks" image was one of my favorites, also. But thanks especially for sharing a Kodak moment from the place of your birth.

Here is my favorite of 2005: