--- title: Window on Infinity, Thanksgiving Edition: Pictures From Space description: The cosmos are offering a splashy mix—from a daredevil comet to a box-like supernova to a spectacular portrait of Saturn. canonical: https://time.com/11665/window-on-infinity-thanksgiving-edition-pictures-from-space/ author: Mia Tramz article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2013-12-02T19:50:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:08:36.315Z article:section: Science og:title: Window on Infinity, Thanksgiving Edition: Pictures From Space og:description: The cosmos are offering a splashy mix—from a daredevil comet to a box-like supernova to a spectacular portrait of Saturn. og:url: https://time.com/11665/window-on-infinity-thanksgiving-edition-pictures-from-space/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd47eb40d73b5c19b/6986839ecd804dd617cc9860/space-photos-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: This image, taken by astronaut Karen L. 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The storm looks fearsome enough from space; on the ground, it was devastating. Karen L. Nyberg—AFP/Getty Images  by [Mia Tramz](https://time.com/author/mia-tramz/)  ## Mia Tramz Dec 2, 2013 7:50 PM UTC The cosmos are lit up year round, but as the Holiday season begins, they’re offering an especially splashy mix—from a daredevil comet to a box-like supernova to a spectacular portrait of Saturn, with a tiny Earth lurking in the background.  This image, taken by astronaut Karen L. Nyberg aboard the International Space Station, shows Super Typhoon Haiyan on Nov. 9, 2013\. The storm looks fearsome enough from space; on the ground, it was devastating. Karen L. Nyberg—AFP/Getty Images  A view from the shadowed side of Saturn looking toward the sunlit side, taken by the Cassini spacecraft and released on Nov. 20, 2013\. The picture was taken from about 18 degrees above the planet's ring plane. NASA—AFP/Getty Images  Comet ISON taken by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center on Nov. 8 at 5:40 a.m. EST (1040 GMT). At the time of this picture, ISON was 97 million miles (156 million km) from Earth, heading toward a close encounter with the sun. Aaron Kingery—NASA/MSFC/Reuters  The NGC 6946 medium-sized, face-on spiral galaxy which is about 22 million light years away from Earth, as seen on Nov. 8, 2013\. In the past century, eight supernovas have been observed to explode in the arms of NGC 6946\. The galaxy's less technical—more memorable—name? The Fireworks Galaxy. Gemini OBs—R. Soria et al, Optical: AURA/MSSL/CXC/NASA/ESA  The Dasht-e Lut salt desert in southeast Iran, captured by the European satellite Envisat. The desert is often called the hottest place on Earth—a label it comes by rightly. The highest land surface temperature ever recorded there was 70.7ºC—a staggering 159.26ºF—in 2005. ESA  On July 19, 2013, NASA's Cassini spacecraft slipped into Saturn's shadow and photographed the planet and its rings, seven of its moons, and, in the background, the blue speck that is Earth. The image was assembled from 141 mosaic-like pieces. It spans about 404,880 miles from one side to the other. Space Science Institute—JPL-CalTech/NASA  Three nanosatellites, known as Cubesats, are deployed on Nov. 19, 2013 from a Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (SSOD) attached to the a robotic arm on the International Space Station. NASA—AFP/Getty Images  Sandstone cliffs and deposits of the mineral hematite cover portions of the Ophir Mensa on Mars. The lighter-toned areas are formed when downslope winds carve the fragile sandstone into channels. Over time, gravity works with the wind to erode material downslope and onto the canyon floor. University of Arizona—JPL-Caltech/NASA  The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft launches from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41, on Nov. 18, 2013, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. MAVEN will study Mars's tenuous atmosphere for clues to what stripped most of it away billions of years ago. Bill Ingalls—NASA  The Galactic supernova remnant 3C 397 in an image released on Nov. 6, 2013\. Researchers think the formation's box-like appearance is produced as the heated remains of the exploded star—detected here by the Chandra x-ray observatory—run into cooler gas surrounding it. NASA—Reuters  This sprinkling of cosmic glitter makes up the galaxy known as ESO 149-3, located 20 million light-years away from Earth. It is an example of an irregular galaxy, characterized by its undefined shape. Hubble—NASA/ESA  Tethys, a mid-sized moon of Saturn, hangs seemingly motionless and alone in space. The craters Melanthius (near the center), Dolius (above Melanthius), and Penelope (upper left, almost over the edge of the moon) are visible. 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