PIA03163: Morning on Chryse Planitia - Viking Lander 1 Camera 1 Mosaic

Target Name: Mars Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun) Mission: Viking Spacecraft: Viking Lander 1 Instrument: Camera 1 Product Size: 8550 samples x 1852 lines Produced By: JPL Addition Date: 2001-07-30 Primary Data Set: Viking EDRs Full-Res TIFF: PIA03163.tif (6.985 MB) Full-Res JPEG: PIA03163.jpg (1.413 MB)

Original Caption Released with Image: During the Viking Mission, the Viking Lander Camera System acquired many high-resolution images of the scene at Chryse Planitia. Using individual camera events, which occurred on many days throughout the mission, computer mosaics have been created for the site as viewed by each of the two cameras on the spacecraft. Two sets of mosaics were produced of Chryse Planitia; one pair for camera 1 and 2 images acquired in the early morning and one pair for camera 1 and 2 images acquired in the mid-afternoon. Each complete mosaiced scene extends 342.5 degrees in azimuth, and from approximately 5 degrees above the horizon to 60 degrees below. A complete mosaic incorporated approximately 15 million picture elements (pixels). This mosaic was produced in the early morning (7:00-8:00) by the Camera 1 system on Viking Lander 1. See PIA03164for the morning Camera 2 mosaic and PIA03165and PIA03166for the afternoon mosaics. Image Credit: NASA/JPL