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Monster Viking Lander 2 Mosaic -- Geometrically Corrected

Target Name:  Mars
Spacecraft:  Viking Lander 2
Produced by:  Calvin J. Hamilton
Copyright: © Calvin J. Hamilton
(Publisher Permission Request)

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This monster mosaic of Utopia Planitia was created from more than 20 of the highest resolution images taken by Viking Lander 2. A few holes containing the Viking Lander were filled by lower resolution images.

The Viking Lander 2 site looks like a rocky desert on Earth. It is rocker than at the lander 1 site and is less hilly. There are no drifts of sand close to the lander; however, several channels measuring as large as a meter in width and up to 10 cm deep, meanders through the pictures. The smoothness of the soil suggests that the rocks sit upon a layer of hard packed sediment.

One of the footpads of Viking Lander 2 is on a rock which creates about a 8° slope for the camera and create a hill like appearence. This image has been geometrically corrected to take into account this 8° slope. For a comparison with the non-geometrically corrected image see the image "vlmos2".

This image is Copyrighted © 1997 by Calvin J. Hamilton. Any commercial/for-profit use of this image needs to be addressed to Calvin J. Hamilton.

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