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Mars
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The true global geography of Mars first emerged with comprehensive
maps from Mariner 9 and Viking during the 1970's. This visualization
tours the Red Planet using the Viking dataset, hitting such features
as the Valles Marineris canyons and the Olympus Mons volcano.
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A flyby of the Martian surface, using topography and imagery from Mariner 9 and Viking
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Video ID: SVS1999-0001 *
Studio: SVS
Date Completed: January 21, 1999
Duration: 4831 frames,
161.033333 seconds
Scientist: Ron Blom (NASA/JPL)
Instrument: Viking/VIS, Mariner-9/Vidicon
Keywords: Mars
DLESESubject: Space science
Data Collected: Mariner: 1971-1972, Viking: 1976-1980
PAOID: not on PAO tape
Animation Series: Images of Earth and Space
Please give credit for this visualization to NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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