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Calibrated images from the Mariner 10 mission to Mercury and Venus. Images were flat field corrected and processed using the Moon's spectral reflectance as a guide for Mercury's color. Original Mariner 10 data available here: http://pdsimg.jpl.nasa.gov/data/mr10-m-iss-2-edr-pv0.x/

Distant Mercury

Processed from clear and blue filter images.

Approaching Mercury

Processed from clear and blue filter images.

Crescent

Colorized clear filter mosaic.

 

Zooming In

Processed from clear and blue filter image mosaics

 

Cratered Landscape

Processed from clear and UV filter images.

 
 

Visible Venus

Real color Venus image, processed from Clear and Blue filters

UV Venus

False color UV Venus image, processed from Clear and Blue and UV filters.

Rotation

False color Venus UV filter images.

 

Clouds and Limb

False color Venus UV filter image.

 

South Pole

False color Venus mosaic from UV filter images.

 
 

 

 

Mission Summary:

 Launch
03-11-1973
 Venus
05-02-1974
 Mercury I
29-03-1974
 Mercury II
21-09-1974
 Mercury III
16-03-1975
 Last Contact
24-03-1975

Camera A:

Pixels X
Pixels Y
832
700
Bit Depth
Sensor
8
Vidicon
 
Filters
 1 - Wide angle mirror
 2 - Blue band pass
 3 - UV polarizing
 4 - Minus UV
 5 - Clear
 6 - UV
 7 - Defocus
 8 - Yellow band pass

Camera B:

Pixels X
Pixels Y
832
700
Bit Depth
Sensor
8
Vidicon
 
Filters
 1 - Wide angle mirror
 2 - Blue band pass
 3 - UV polarizing
 4 - Minus UV
 5 - Clear
 6 - UV
 7 - Defocus
 8 - Yellow band pass

 

 

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