Works · No. 13

Still images for six JPL science support scenarios whose films are in production

Image series · 2026

The Sun during a solar eruption

Still images for the six JPL scenarios whose films are in production: wind in smoke season, ocean records, a solar eruption, cold-atom physics, a returned sample, and a planet search.

The other six scenarios in the JPL series are written and illustrated, and their films are in production. Each follows one JPL team member with one question: which valley needs a wind measurement during smoke season; whether a warmer ocean map shows a real change or an instrument change; how much of a lost solar observation another observatory can fill in; what test can explain a changing signal in an orbiting cold-atom experiment; whether the way a sample was handled explains a pattern in a crystal; and whether a faint point in a test image is a planet or an instrument effect.

Year
2026
Medium
Image series
Series
JPL science support, twelve scenarios
Scenarios
Six, films in production
Production
AI-generated stills

Stills

24 images · select to enlarge
Smoke over the ridges, in the scenario on wind measurements during smoke season Investigator at the aircraft window, in the scenario on wind measurements during smoke season An aircraft instrument bay looking down at mountains, in the scenario on wind measurements during smoke season Satellite over the coast, in the scenario on wind measurements during smoke season Estuary from above, in the scenario on whether a warmer ocean map is real Satellite over the coast, in the scenario on whether a warmer ocean map is real Horn antenna in the chamber, in the scenario on whether a warmer ocean map is real Scientist with Earth on screen, in the scenario on whether a warmer ocean map is real The Sun, in the scenario on recovering a lost solar observation The solar spacecraft, in the scenario on recovering a lost solar observation Scientist with the flare on screen, in the scenario on recovering a lost solar observation Instrument in the clean room, in the scenario on recovering a lost solar observation Earth through the window, in the scenario on a changing signal in an orbiting cold-atom experiment Vacuum chamber, in the scenario on a changing signal in an orbiting cold-atom experiment Physicist with notes, in the scenario on a changing signal in an orbiting cold-atom experiment Close view of the laser optics, in the scenario on a changing signal in an orbiting cold-atom experiment Investigator with the crystal, in the scenario on a returned crystal sample Crystal in the module, in the scenario on a returned crystal sample Three engineers working on the flight unit, in the scenario on a returned crystal sample Gloved hands sliding a module into an equipment rack, in the scenario on a returned crystal sample An astronomer at an optical bench in a dark laboratory, in the scenario on a faint point in a planet-search test image Astronomer at the screen, in the scenario on a faint point in a planet-search test image Gloved hands adjusting an optical mount, in the scenario on a faint point in a planet-search test image Three researchers examining the instrument, in the scenario on a faint point in a planet-search test image