m7_v_bw_o_n (JPL photo, Mariner 7-113 (Near Encounter no. 20, aka N720)
“The “Giant’s Footprint”, two adjacent craters foreshortened by oblique viewing of the south polar cap of Mars. The sun is 8° above the local horizon off to the northwest (upper left). These craters can be seen in previous wide-angle picture 19 (M7-112). This high resolution picture shows an area approximately 85 x 200 miles in dimension located about 75° south latitude. Dr. R. B. Leighton heads the Television Experiment Team.”
Approved in 1976 by the IAU, the larger of the two craters is named Vishniac.
Awesome:
mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mgs/msss/camera/images/3_2_00_vishniac/
petermasek.tripod.com/mariner67.html
petermasek.tripod.com/m67ex12.html
www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA02365
m7_v_bw_o_n (JPL photo, Mariner 7-113 (Near Encounter no. 20, aka N720)
“The “Giant’s Footprint”, two adjacent craters foreshortened by oblique viewing of the south polar cap of Mars. The sun is 8° above the local horizon off to the northwest (upper left). These craters can be seen in previous wide-angle picture 19 (M7-112). This high resolution picture shows an area approximately 85 x 200 miles in dimension located about 75° south latitude. Dr. R. B. Leighton heads the Television Experiment Team.”
Approved in 1976 by the IAU, the larger of the two craters is named Vishniac.
Awesome:
mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mgs/msss/camera/images/3_2_00_vishniac/
petermasek.tripod.com/mariner67.html
petermasek.tripod.com/m67ex12.html
www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA02365