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Mosaics from the Mariner 4 mission to Mars.

Images were processed from the scanned data available here:
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/html/mission_page/MR_Mariner_4_page1.html.

On the overlapping areas of adjacent frames color was computed, as the images were obtained using a Red/Green - Green/Red filter sequence.

It was also possible to match the visible features to a Mars map and reconstruct the full strip of Mars images, from limb to terminator.

 

Frame 1 & 2

Frame 3 & 4

Frame 5 & 6

Frame 7 & 8

Frame 9 & 10

Frame 11 & 12

Frame 13 & 14

Frame 15& 16

Frame 17 & 18

Frame 19

 

Mission Summary:

 Launch
28-11-1964
 Mars
14-06-1965
 Last Contact
21-12-1967

Mars TV Camera :

Pixels X
Pixels Y
200
200
Bit Depth
Sensor
6
Vidicon
 
Filters
 1 - Red
 2 - Green

 

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