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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-11-04 Mars Mariner Mars 1971 (Mariner 9)
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A Martian shield volcano, ~25 miles across at the crater, photographed consecutively by NASA's Mariner 9 with the wide-angle and telephoto lenses. The summit crater and groves down the flank were produced by subsidence flowing subsurface movement of magma
PIA02983:
Mariner 9 views of shield volcano
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-11-22 Mars Mariner Mars 1971 (Mariner 9)
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The most conspicuous feature yet observed on Mars by NASA's Mariner 9 in 1971 is the darkish spot located near the top of this picture. It had been tentatively identified as Nix Olympica.
PIA02995:
Nix Olympica Identified by Mariner 9 on Mars Approach
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-11-22 Mars Mariner Mars 1971 (Mariner 9)
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NASA's Mariner 9 took this picture of Mars on November 11, 1971, during its approach to the planet. The south polar cap (at the bottom of the planet disc) shines dimly through the apparent atmospheric haze, probably dust.
PIA02996:
South Pole as viewed by Mariner 9 on Mars Approach
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-11-22 Mars Mariner Mars 1971 (Mariner 9)
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NASA's Mariner 9 took this picture of Mars during the closing hours of its approach to the planet on November 13, 1971. It can be identified on a Mars map as Arsia Silva.
PIA02997:
Mariner 9 View of Arsia Silva
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-11-22 Mars Mariner Mars 1971 (Mariner 9)
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This image from NASA's Mariner 9 taken on Dec. 17, 1971 is a view of a complex crater on the summit of 'north spot' volcano, Ascraeus Mons
PIA02999:
Mariner 9 views Ascraeus Mons standing above the Martian Dust Storm
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-11-22 Mars Mariner Mars 1971 (Mariner 9)
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This is an oblique view of the crater complex near Ascraeus Lacus in the Tharsis region of Mars was taken by NASA's Mariner 9 in 1971. The spot consists of several intersecting shallow crater-like depressions.
PIA03100:
Mariner 9 views Ascraeus Lacus above the Martian Dust Storm
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-11-22 Mars Mariner Mars 1971 (Mariner 9)
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This mosaic of NASA's Mariner 9 frames (top), taken during the first orbit, shows the remnants of the south polar cap of Mars dimly through the great dust storm.
PIA02989:
South Polar Cap of Mars as seen by Mariners 9 & 7
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-11-22 Mars Mariner Mars 1971 (Mariner 9)
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This image from NASA's Mariner 9 taken in 1971 is a view of a canyon system emerging from the Martian dust storm.
PIA02998:
Mariner 9 views Canyon System emerging from Martian Dust Storm
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-11-21 Mars Mariner Mars 1971 (Mariner 9)
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This view of channels on Mars came from NASA's Mariner 9 orbiter. In 1971, Mariner 9 became the first spacecraft to enter orbit around Mars.
PIA15090:
Mariner 9 View of Nirgal Vallis
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