Born about 4.6 billion years ago in the result of a huge collapse of molecular cloud, our Solar System is part of the Milky Way galaxy and it is the cosmic location of Planet Earth and its seven planetary neighbors. Thanks to the advanced and highly sophisticated imaging techniques we now have many pictures of the Solar System, which draw the attention of not only scientists, but also artists and individuals delighted with the unusual and literally “extraterrestrial” forms, shapes and color combinations, found in the Solar System.

In this article we present a collection of photos of the Solar System. This gallery can be treated as the virtual tour to the space, where you can see the images of other planets and formations of the Solar System. At the same time, these images can work as the source of inspiration, exciting human imagination with so many secrets, still hidden in the outer space. Finally, there is particular beauty in these photographic images of the Solar System. This beauty is surrounded with many myths, secrets, and already known facts, and it has some mystic influence on people. The night sky with myriads of stars has always enticed people to find the answer to one of the oldest questions ever: are we the only living beings in this Universe? With this Solar System photography showcase, we welcome you aboard the space ship and invite you for a virtual trip into the world of enigmatic cosmic beauty.

Solar System by Wikipedia

Ultraviolet Sun (NASA, STEREO, 04/23/07) by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center

NASA STEREO Captures Huge Eruptive Prominence 304 April13 by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Glorious Sun by NASA

C3-class Solar Flare Erupts on Sept. 8, 2010 [Detail] by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA Sun Earth by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Transit of Mercury – Nov. 8, 2006 by Cameran80

Mercury from Messenger Oct 08 by NASA

Basho Crater on Mercury by NASA

Mercury South Pole Area by NASA

Venus – Computer Simulated Global View Centered at 180 Degrees East Longitude by NASAJPL

Venus Colorized Clouds by NASAJPL

NASA Hubble – Surface of Venus by NASA

NASA GOES-13 Full Disk view of Earth May 14, 2010 by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Sun Over Earth (NASA, International Space Station, 07/21/03) by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center

Edge of the Earth (NASA, International Space Station Science, 10/04/03) by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center

Beautiful Earth and Moon (NASA, Moon, 6/18/09) by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center

Apollo 11: A Last Look at the Moon (NASA, Moon, 6/23/09) by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center

Mars Daily Global Image from April 1999 by NASAJPL

The Red Planet-MARS by Asaad Saleh

Northern Ice Cap of Mars by NASAJPL

Mars: Olympus Mons [1680x1050] by NASA

Mars: Valles Marineris [1680x1050] by NASA

Mars Landslide in Action, Feb 2008 by NASAJPL

Hubble Images Suggest Rogue Asteroid Smacked Jupiter by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Chandra, Hubble, and New Horizon View Jupiter (NASA, 3/1/07) by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center

Jupiter & Io [1680x1050] by NASA

Jupiter and Ganymede [1680x1050] by NASA

This view of Jupiter was taken by Voyager 1 by NASAJPL

Jupiter’s Red Spot by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Saturn by NASA

The Rite of Spring by NASAJPL

Vast Saturn by NASAJPL

Northern Reaches by NASAJPL

Atmospheric Intricacies by NASAJPL

Titan’s Northern Lake by NASAJPL

An Eye on Saturn’s Moon Mimas by NASAJPL

Enceladus, a moon of Saturn by NASAJPL

Uranus + Rings Composite by NASAJPL

Rings and Moons Circling Uranus by Hubble Telescope

Uranus by NASA

Uranus’ moon Miranda by NASAJPL

Neptune Full Disk View by NASAJPL

Neptune by NSSDC

Detail of Triton’s Surface by NASAJPL

The Pluto System on Feb. 15, 2006 by Hubble Telescope

The Changing Faces of Pluto – HUBBLE by Hubble Telescope

Pluto and Charon by Norman W. Lee and Stephen Paul Meszaros

Ceres y Vesta (NASA) by NASA

Ceres: Asteroid or Planet? by NASA

Haumea orbiting Sol by Alexander Grimwood

Eight Largest Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) by Wikipedia