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"After a 248-million mile journey from Earth, Mariner 9 is shown going into orbit around Mars on 13 November 1971. This artist's concept shows Mariner 9 in orbit around the Red Planet with Earth and its Moon (somewhat enlarged) in the background. Mariner will be the first U.S. spacecraft to orbit another planet. Its mission is to take television pictures of Mars, to map more than 70 percent of the planet's surface and to study the temperature of the Martian surface and the composition and pressure of its atmosphere. Television pictures also will be taken of Mars' two moons -- Phobos and Deimos. Mariner's orbit around Mars is planned to be with a high point of 10,700 miles and a low point of 750 miles. It will circle Mars every twelve hours. In all, Mariner is expected to return to Earth more than 15 times the amount of information that previous fly-by spacecraft have reported."
The image is most commonly seen in color as a NASA lithograph, titled:
"MARINER ECOUNTERS MARS NOVEMBER 13, 1971", which also bears the same caption on the verso.
MARS_71 [40 points]
Till this morning I found in total 60 space invaders in Marseille out of in total 97. I had to travel far outside the center to get some more on my list. I used a shared electric bicycle to drive along the coast in the direction of Montredon, Les Goudes and Callelongue. For this blue octopus on the Plage des Sablettes in Montredon I had to cycle 10 kilometers.
Onscreen FlashInvader message: CHAMPION!
All my photos of MARS_71:
MARS_71 (Close-up, August 2024)
MARS_71 (Wide shot, August 2024
Date of invasion: 13/08/2020 (world wide # 3928)
“Nix Olympica (Snows of Olympus). In pictures taken early in the Mariner 9 mission, this region shows a dark mountain standing above the Martian dust storm. This higher resolution photograph shows that the area contains a complex crater, nearly 64 kilometers (40 miles) in diameter. The multiple crater form with scalloped margins, is characteristic of calderas--volcanic collapse depressions on Earth. In the Mariner 6 and 7 flights in 1969, an outer ring, 1600 kilometers (1000 miles) in diameter, was seen. It is hidden by the dust in this oblique picture. Earth-based radar observations show that this is a high region on Mars and is usually covered by a white cloud when observed telescopically. This picture was taken on November 27 1971 by Mariner 9.”
And then there’s the following...and it pains me to point this out, but the JPL photo cataloging/identification folk(s) stepped on it:
“Original Caption Released with Image:
Oblique view of the crater complex near Ascraeus Lacus in the Tharsis region of Mars was taken by Mariner 9. It is the northernmost of the prominent dark spots observed by Mariner during its approach to the planet. The spot consists of several intersecting shallow crater-like depressions. The main crater is approximately 21 kilometers (13 miles) across, the whole complex about 40 kilometers (25 miles) across. The crater probably is in a relatively high area of the Martian surface, which accounts for its being visible above the dust storm. The faint circular features outside the crater are probably atmospheric.”
photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA03100
The configuration of the Olympus Mons caldera complex is rather identifiable, correct identification - particularly by a JPL employee - should've been quick & easy.
MARS_71 [40 points]
Till this morning I found in total 60 space invaders in Marseille out of in total 97. I had to travel far outside the center to get some more on my list. I used a shared electric bicycle to drive along the coast in the direction of Montredon, Les Goudes and Callelongue. For this blue octopus on the Plage des Sablettes in Montredon I had to cycle 10 kilometers.
Onscreen FlashInvader message: CHAMPION!
All my photos of MARS_71:
MARS_71 (Close-up, August 2024)
MARS_71 (Wide shot, August 2024
Date of invasion: 13/08/2020 (world wide # 3928)
Title: Mariner
Catalog #: 08_01406
Additional Information: Mars Spacecraft
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
Found a new way of moving myself around in Marseille...
Location: Escale et Plage Borély, Marseille (F)
Coordinates: 43°15'17.7"N 5°22'30.7"E (Google Maps)
Reason: I wanted to have a few more space invaders of Marseille on my gallery. Till this overnight I had 59 out of 97 in the pocket but I wanted some more. For that reason you have to leave the center and you have to go North or South into the rough coast area of the callanques.
This was my second short stay this year in Marseille. The all time high score is 28 overnights here.
leVélo: When subscribed to the appilication "leVélo" you can rent a bicyle from the street or from one of the many stations. Use the app to locate a an available electric bicycle. Scan the barcode of the bike, press the left handbrake and the bicycle disconnects itself from the bicycle next to the one you want to use.
Destination: I used the leVélo from Allée Léon Gambetta in the center to MARS_71 (Anse des Sablettes) and later to MARS_50 (Les Goudes) and MARS_49 (Callangue de Callelongue). In total I bikes 23 kilometers with two different leVélo bikes.
Escale Borély: Lively boulevard with bars, cafes and a large Ferris wheel. And one of the best fast food restaurants: Steak 'n Shake.
Weather: Sunny, clear skies 31° C
To Listen ♫: Lesh - Inner Sense (YouTube)
Self-portrait technics: Camera on Joby portable gorillapod clamped on a crowd barrier, timer on 10 seconds.
project 365-20mar2011 - 7days:1
I was reading on the plane home from the annual meeting of the quilting guild & full weekend of work. So nice to be on the way home, but sad to leave so many friends that I only see once a year or less.
jeg leste på flyet hjem. godt å være på vei hjem, men litt trist å dra fra så mange venner og kjente som jeg bare ser en gang i året eller enda mindre. vel møtt neste år!
A model of Mariner 9 orbiting Mars (bottom of a spacehopper).
Mariner 9 (Mariner Mars '71 / Mariner-I) is a NASA space orbiter that helped in the exploration of Mars and was part of the Mariner program. Mariner 9 was launched toward Mars on May 30, 1971 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and reached the planet on November 14 of the same year,[1][2] becoming the first spacecraft to orbit another planet — only narrowly beating Soviet Mars 2 and Mars 3, which both arrived within a month. After months of dust-storms it managed to send back clear pictures of the surface.
Mariner 9 returned 7329 images over the course of its mission, which concluded in October 1972.
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