m4_v_bw_o_n (MARINER IV - 1B (LOW CONTRAST), near 65-H-1183 eq, PIA14032 eq)
“This is man’s first close-up photograph of another planet - - A photographic representation of digital data radioed from Mars by the Mariner IV spacecraft. Mariner photographed Mars beginning at 5:19 p.m. PDT, July 14, 1965, just prior to its closest approach of about 6,000 miles from the planet at 6:01 p.m. This is the first photograph taken by Mariner.
Viewed with the darkness of space at the top of the picture, the direction you are looking is toward the north pole which is out of view beyond the horizon. The general area in view is slightly above the equator and shows the region around a bright area of the planet known as Elysium. The length of the limb (edge of Mars) shown in this photograph is approximately 200 miles. Mariner took the picture from an altitude of about 10,500 miles.
Since this is a raw photograph subject to additional processing for accuracy, the eventual resolution of which the Mariner TV system is capable cannot be determined. The missing lines will be corrected when final data are received from the Deep Space Network stations.”
Upper atmosphere haze, dust or clouds appear to be present above the limb.
Interesting:
www.directedplay.com/first-tv-image-of-mars
Credit: DAN GOODS website
photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA14032
Credit: JPL Photojournal website
m4_v_bw_o_n (MARINER IV - 1B (LOW CONTRAST), near 65-H-1183 eq, PIA14032 eq)
“This is man’s first close-up photograph of another planet - - A photographic representation of digital data radioed from Mars by the Mariner IV spacecraft. Mariner photographed Mars beginning at 5:19 p.m. PDT, July 14, 1965, just prior to its closest approach of about 6,000 miles from the planet at 6:01 p.m. This is the first photograph taken by Mariner.
Viewed with the darkness of space at the top of the picture, the direction you are looking is toward the north pole which is out of view beyond the horizon. The general area in view is slightly above the equator and shows the region around a bright area of the planet known as Elysium. The length of the limb (edge of Mars) shown in this photograph is approximately 200 miles. Mariner took the picture from an altitude of about 10,500 miles.
Since this is a raw photograph subject to additional processing for accuracy, the eventual resolution of which the Mariner TV system is capable cannot be determined. The missing lines will be corrected when final data are received from the Deep Space Network stations.”
Upper atmosphere haze, dust or clouds appear to be present above the limb.
Interesting:
www.directedplay.com/first-tv-image-of-mars
Credit: DAN GOODS website
photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA14032
Credit: JPL Photojournal website