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VIKING VIEWS FROM ORBIT AND THE FACE ON MARS 25 JPL INTERNAL IMAGE PROCESSING LABORATORY PHOTOGRAPHS Twenty-four black and white photographs, all 8 x 10 inches. image 1
VIKING VIEWS FROM ORBIT AND THE FACE ON MARS 25 JPL INTERNAL IMAGE PROCESSING LABORATORY PHOTOGRAPHS Twenty-four black and white photographs, all 8 x 10 inches. image 2
VIKING VIEWS FROM ORBIT AND THE FACE ON MARS 25 JPL INTERNAL IMAGE PROCESSING LABORATORY PHOTOGRAPHS Twenty-four black and white photographs, all 8 x 10 inches. image 3
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VIKING VIEWS FROM ORBIT AND THE FACE ON MARS
25 JPL INTERNAL IMAGE PROCESSING LABORATORY PHOTOGRAPHS
Twenty-four black and white photographs, all 8 x 10 inches.

20 July 2016, 13:00 EDT
New York

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VIKING VIEWS FROM ORBIT AND THE FACE ON MARS

25 JPL INTERNAL IMAGE PROCESSING LABORATORY PHOTOGRAPHS
Twenty-four black and white photographs, all 8 x 10 inches. Period 1970's JPL processing onto Kodak paper. Each image has a gray scale exposure calibration strip and three image intensity histograms. All have their individual MTIS run number identification and with listing of being either "Rectilinear" or "Orthographic" in projection. Included is the "Face on Mars" image which was the subject of much controversy and conjecture during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

An impressive group of images obtained from the Viking Orbiters showing the diverse geologic details of the Martian planet. The Image Processing Lab of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory was responsible for the design and development of the application software required to reconstruct these photographic products. Digital image processing was required to produce products suitable for quantitative and qualitative scientific interpretation.

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