NGC Awarded Pics

The solar system's tallest mountain—the Martian volcano Olympus Mons, which stands about three times as tall as Mount Everest—is seen here in unprecedented 3-D detail

A minke whale and possibly its calf are dragged up a ramp of the Japanese whaling ship Yushin Maru No. 2 in the oceans surrounding Antarctica.

Lanterns evoking the upcoming Beijing Olympics decorate the industrial port city of Tianjin for the Chinese New Year, which began on February 7.

The tiny moon Enceladus seems poised to bounce off Saturn's rings in a new image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.

A boy sits on a Styrofoam board as a truck passes through a flooded street the Indonesian capital. (NGC)