Sources / Research

Sources and evidence base

Crater.world stores sources as separate entities so crater profiles can point to verifiable science and mission material.

Generated imagery

The atlas should be seen before it is read

Initial science-editorial plates that can later become mission imagery, reconstructions, or CMS-managed media.

polar crater / ice / light

Lunar shadow

sediment / rover / ancient water

Martian delta

atmosphere / radar / rings

Venus radar

Mercury / basin / color

Caloris

geology / hidden structures

Earth archive

Jupiter / Saturn / outer worlds

Icy moons

NASA

NASA Image and Video Library

Public mission imagery and archival material for visual modules.

University of New Brunswick

Earth Impact Database

Reference catalog of confirmed terrestrial impact structures.

International Astronomical Union / USGS

Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Official names for planetary surface features.

NASA / JPL

Mars 2020 Perseverance Mission

Perseverance mission material and Jezero crater context.

NASA / Johns Hopkins APL

MESSENGER Mission

Mercury data and imagery from the MESSENGER mission.