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101-KSC-76P-300
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Half-Mars hangs in space 685,000 kilometers (425,000 miles) above Viking 1 as the spacecraft approaches the planet. This picture was taken at 6:40 p.m. PDT on June 16 by one of two telescope-equipped TV cameras aboard the Viking 1 Orbiter. A violet filter was used. Resolution is approximately 17 kilometers (10.5 miles) at center of disk. North is toward upper right and the south pole is in the dark to the lower left.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit line101-KSC-76P-300. NASA/KSC, 1974-02-11. Public domain. ID: 101-ksc-76p-300.
