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First TV Image of Mars (Hand Colored)
Target Name: Mars Mission: Mariner 64 Spacecraft: Mariner 4 Product Size: 15761 x 9328 pixels (width x height) Produced By: JPL Full-Res TIFF: PIA14033.tif (441.1 MB) Full-Res JPEG: PIA14033.jpg (18.49 MB) Quote:
This image represents the first view of another planet from a vantage point in space. It was taken on July 15th, 1965, when Mariner 4 flew by only 6,118 miles from the surface of Mars. Before this image the most sophisticated, high res image of Mars was this image by Percival Lowell from the late 1800's (see below). The rectangles represent the location of the 22 images that were taken. The orange rectangle is this image. They are skewed because the camera is pointed from space at the ground at an angle, not straight down. After the failure of Mariner 3 (whose camera shroud had jammed), NASA scientists and engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory anxiously awaited the signals from Mariner 4's cameras during the final approach to Mars. There had been some anomalous errors pointing towards the tape recorder (seen below), and they had a right to be nervous as the tape recorder on Mariner 4 was a spare not originally intended for use, but because of the previous failure on Mariner 3, it was used. So Mr. Grumm, who oversaw the tape recorder, and his crew decided to prove if it was working one way or the other. Quote: Side by side comparison of drawn image and actual image (JPL/Caltech) http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/image...ture_1982.html http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA14033 http://directedplay.com/first_tv_image_of_mars.html |
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Re: First TV Image of Mars (Hand Colored)
very dank ![]() |
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A real color by numbers ![]() |
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Now google earth has a mars mode wherein if we had colonies on Mars you could see the vehicles driving around and buildings in similar detail to the Earth's
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Great ![]() |