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PIA21116: JPL From Above, 1950
This archival aerial image of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory was taken in September 1950, when the lab's main patron was the U.S. Army.
 Product Size:  8987 x 7160 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA21116.tif (64.4 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA21116.jpg (17.13 MB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

This archival image was released as part of a gallery comparing JPL's past and present, commemorating the 80th anniversary of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Oct. 31, 2016.

This aerial image of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory was taken in September 1950, when the lab's main patron was the U.S. Army.

JPL is a division of the Caltech in Pasadena, Caltech.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:
2016-10-27