PSG | Planetary Atmospheres

This gallery presents visualisations of a selection of terrestrial, extraterrestrial and speculative planetary atmosphere sky domes and solar discs, derived from NASA PSG simulations. NASA’s Planetary Spectrum Generator (PSG) is a radiative transfer suite developed by the Solar System Exploration Division at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

Earth — Clear sky. Surface solar angle sweep, 0–90°.

Earth — Clear sky

Surface solar angle sweep, 0–90°.

Earth — Cloudy sky. Surface solar angle sweep, 0–90°.

Earth — Cloudy sky

Surface solar angle sweep, 0–90°.

Earth — Sky dome visualisation under White_GSFC, 1ppb, 1μm.

Earth — Clear sky enhanced cloud aerosol

Sky dome visualisation under White_GSFC, 1ppb, 1μm.

Earth — Sky dome visualisation under dust storm conditions.

Earth — Dust storm sky domes

Sky dome visualisation under dust storm conditions.

Earth — Hemispheres and solar disc.

Earth — Clear sky hemispheres and solar disc

Earth — Nuclear winter atmosphere. Surface solar angle sweep, 0–90°.

Earth — Nuclear winter atmosphere

Surface solar angle sweep, 0–90°.

Earth — Sky domes by wavelength. Spectral sky dome comparison.

Earth — Sky domes by wavelength

Spectral sky dome comparison, see Earth — Clear sky hyperspectral domes.

Earth — Hemispheric sky domes. Hemispheric sky dome visualisation.

Earth — Hemispheric sky domes

Hemispheric sky dome visualisation.

Mars — Hemispheric view. Hemispheric visualisation.

Mars — Hemispheric sky domes

Hemispheric sky dome visualisation.

Mars — Hemispheric sky domes. Hemispheric sky dome visualisation.

Mars — Sky domes by wavelength

Spectral sky dome comparison, see Mars — Hyperspectral sky domes.

Mars — Terraformed sky domes.

Mars — Terraformed sky domes

Surface solar angle sweep, 0–90°.

Earth — Clear sky under 3400K star. Surface solar angle sweep, 0–90°.

Earth — Clear sky under 3400K star

Surface solar angle sweep, 0–90°.

Mars — Solar angle sweep. Surface solar angle sweep, 0–90°.

Mars — Solar angle sweep

Surface solar angle sweep, 0–90°.

Earth — Clear sky hyperspectral. Solar elevation 60°.

Earth — Clear sky hyperspectral domes

Solar angle from zenith 60°, 200-2000nm.

Earth — Nuclear winter hyperspectral sky dome. Solar elevation 60°.

Earth — Nuclear winter hyperspectral sky domes

Solar angle from zenith 60°, 200-2000nm.

Mars — Hyperspectral sky dome, narrow. Solar elevation 60°.

Mars — Hyperspectral sky domes, narrow

Solar angle from zenith 60°

Mars — Hyperspectral sky dome. Solar elevation 60°.

Mars — Hyperspectral sky domes

Solar angle from zenith 60°, 200-2000nm.

Titan — Hyperspectral sky dome 360-829nm. Solar elevation 60°.

Titan — Hyperspectral sky domes

Solar angle from zenith 60°, 360-829nm.

Neptune — Sky domes.

Neptune — Sky domes

Solar angle sweep, 0–90°.

Mars — Sky domes. 0–250 km; solar elevation 0°.

Mars — Sky domes rise

0–250 km; solar elevation 0°.

Mars — Terraformed. Solar angle sweep, 0–90°.

Mars — Terraformed

Solar angle sweep, 0–90°.

Earth — Solar disc. Solar-disc visualisation.

Earth — Solar disc

Solar-disc visualisation.

Terraformed atmosphere — Solar disc. Solar-disc visualisations.

Terraformed atmosphere — Solar disc

Solar-disc visualisation, 0–90°.

Solar disc, angle altitude sweep, 0–90°, 0-75km. Solar-disc visualisations.

Earth - Solar disc angle altitude sweep

Solar-disc visualisation, 0–90°, 0-75km.

Solar system — Planetary atmospheres. Venus, Mars, terraformed Mars, Titan, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

Solar system — Planetary atmospheres

Venus, Mars, terraformed Mars, Titan, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

Titan — 0–250 km.

Titan — Sky dome rise

0–250 km sky dome rise.

Titan — Solar angle sweep, 0–90° at 250 km.

Titan — Sky domes

Solar angle sweep, 0–90° at 250 km.

Saturn — Hemispheres.

Saturn — Hemispheres

Saturnian hemispheric visualisation.

Titan — Solar discs. Solar angle and altitude comparison.

Titan — Solar discs

Titan solar disc solar angle and altitude comparison.

Titan — Sky domes.

Titan — Sky domes

Solar angle sweep, 0–90°.

Titan — Solar disc.

Titan — Solar discs

x:altitude; y:solar angle.

Jupiter — Sky domes.

Jupiter — Sky domes

Solar angle sweep, 0–90°.

Triton. Surface solar angle sweep, 0–90°.

Triton

Solar angle sweep, 0–90°.

Uranus — Sky domes.

Uranus — Sky domes

Solar angle sweep, 0–90°.

Venus — Maxwell Montes, 11km.

Venus — Maxwell Montes, 11km

Solar angle sweep, 0–90°.

Venus — High-resolution sky dome visualisation.

Venus — Sky domes

High-resolution sky dome visualisation.

TRAPPIST-1e — High-resolution sky dome visualisation.

TRAPPIST-1e — Sky domes

High-resolution sky dome visualisation.