Mariner 4 Image Gallery
First close-up image of Mars, from the Mariner 4 spacecraft
Mariner 4 image, the first close-up image ever taken of Mars. This shows an area about 330 km across by 1200 km from limb to bottom of frame, centered at 37 N, 187 W. The area is near the boundary of Elysium Planitia to the west and Arcadia Planitia to the east. The hazy area barely visible above the limb on the left side of the image may be clouds. This portion of the feature has been enhanced in image m04_01h to bring out more of the haze-like features. The resolution of this image is about 5 km and north is up. (Mariner 4, frame 01D)
First Mariner 4 close-up image of Mars, enhanced to show haze
Mariner 4 image, the first close-up image ever taken of Mars. This shows
an area about 330 km across by 1200 km from limb to bottom of frame, centered at 37 N, 187
W. The area is near the boundary of Elysium Planitia to the west and Arcadia Planitia to
the east. The hazy area above the limb may be clouds. This image has been enhanced to
bring out some of the details of this haze-like portion of the image, at the expense of
resolution of the surface features. For a better view of the surface, see image m04_01d.
The resolution of this image is about 5 km and north is up. (Mariner 4, frame 01H)
Area between Elysium and Amazonis Planitia on Mars
Mariner 4 image, the first close-up image ever taken of Mars. This shows
an area about 330 km across by 1200 km from limb to bottom of frame, centered at 37 N, 187
W. The area is near the boundary of Elysium Planitia to the west and Arcadia Planitia to
the east. The hazy area above the limb may be clouds. This image has been enhanced to
bring out some of the details of this haze-like portion of the image, at the expense of
resolution of the surface features. For a better view of the surface, see image m04_01d.
The resolution of this image is about 5 km and north is up. (Mariner 4, frame 01H)
The Orcus Patera region on Mars
This Mariner 4 image of the Orcus Patera region was taken with the sun
only 13 degrees from vertical, so the topography is difficult to discern. Some raised
areas can be seen at upper left. Orcus Patera is located in western Amazonis Planitia. The
image is 325 km across and 514 km from top to bottom, centered at 12 N, 182 W. The
resolution is about 3 km and north is up. (Mariner 4, frame 03B)
Western border of Amazonis Planitia from 14,900 km
Mariner 4 image showing an area on the western border of Amazonis
Planitia, centered at 7 N, 181 W. The frame is 304 km across and 450 km from top to
bottom. A few craters can be discerned, but the shading is subdued due to the high sun
angle. The image was taken from 14,900 km and north is at 11:30. The top left corner of
this image overlaps the lower right corner of image 3. (Mariner 4, frame 04B)