Summary

Licensing

	This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA . NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted ". (See Template:PD-USGov , NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy .)
	Warnings: Use of NASA logos , insignia and emblems is restricted per U.S. law 14 CFR 1221 . The NASA website hosts a large number of images from the Soviet / Russian space agency , and other non-American space agencies. These are not necessarily in the public domain. Materials based on Hubble Space Telescope data may be copyrighted if they are not explicitly produced by the STScI . [2] See also {{PD-Hubble}} and {{Cc-Hubble}} . The SOHO (ESA & NASA) joint project implies that all materials created by its probe are copyrighted and require permission for commercial non-educational use. [3] Images featured on the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) web site may be copyrighted. [4] The National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) site has been known to host copyrighted content . Its photo gallery FAQ states that all of the images in the photo gallery are in the public domain "Unless otherwise noted."

Original upload log

• 2006-10-20 11:19 MER-C 522×734×8 (271646 bytes) [[Planum Australe]], taken by [[Mars Global Surveyor]]. Image credit: [[NASA]]/[[JPL]]/[[MSSS]]. Was [[Astronomy Picture of the Day]] on 13 December 2001, source: [http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap011213.html]. {{PD-USGov-NASA}}