6/1/2023 0 Comments Dr. bruce cornet face of marsSee PIA01440-1442 for these images in raw and processed form. Marked on the image are the "footprint" of the high resolution (narrow angle) Mars Orbiter Camera image and the area seen in enlarged views (dashed box). This Viking Orbiter image is one of the best Viking pictures of the area Cydonia where the "Face" is located. The full image covers an area 2.7 miles (4.4 km) wide and 25.7 miles (41.5 km) long. The picture has a resolution of 14.1 feet (4.3 meters) per pixel, making it ten times higher resolution than the best previous image of the feature, which was taken by the Viking Mission in the mid-1970's. The "morning" sun was 25° above the horizon. At that time, the "Face," located at approximately 40.8° N, 9.6° W, was 275 miles (444 km) from the spacecraft. The picture was acquired 375 seconds after the spacecraft's 220th close approach to Mars. The images shown here were subsequently processed at MSSS. The image was processed at the Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS) facility 9:15 AM and the raw image immediately transferred to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for release to the Internet. The image was transmitted to Earth on Sunday, and retrieved from the mission computer data base Monday morning (6 April 1998). Shortly after midnight Sunday morning (5 April 1998 12:39 AM PST), the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) on the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft successfully acquired a high resolution image of the "Face on Mars" feature in the Cydonia region.
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