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NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
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NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
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Title:
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01 January 2000 On The Red Planet
Title
01 January 2000 On The Red Planet
Title
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Original Caption Released with Image:
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As many people on Earth celebrated the dawn of a new year, a new century, and a new millennium, the Mars Global Surveyor(MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) continued its journey that began with a proposal to NASA nearly 15 years earlier in 1985. As the clock rolled over to 2000 A.D., MOC was busily snapping its daily global weather maps and a variety of higher-resolution images such as the two shown here.
On December 25, 1999, Mars passed its northern hemisphere winter solstice, marking the beginning of northern winter (and summer in the southern hemisphere). The pictures shown here are from the northern hemisphere among the mesas and buttes of the Nilosyrtis Mensae. This region, if it were on Earth, would be located in western Afghanistan around 33° N latitude, 63° E longitude (297°W on Mars). The picture was one of the first high resolution views of Mars taken by the MGS MOC on January 1, 2000, at 06:42 UTC (6 hours, 42 minutes after the new year began in the Greenwich Time Zone).
The picture on the left is a context frame that covers an area 115 km (71 mi) across. The white box shows the location of the new millennium Mars image, which also appears on the right. This high resolution view shows a wide variety of surface textures caused mainly by unknown, possibly uniquely "martian" geologic processes. The view also includes small, bright, windblown drifts. The high resolution view covers an area 3 km across at a resolution of 4.5 meters (15 feet) per pixel. The sun illuminates both scenes from the lower left.
The MGS MOC began taking pictures from Mars orbit in September 1997. It's primary mission will last through January 2001. After that, an extended mission might be approved by NASA--this would allow the camera to continue its activities well into 2002 or beyond.
Original_Caption_Rel eased_with_Image
As many people on Earth celebrated the dawn of a new year, a new century, and a new millennium, the Mars Global Surveyor(MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) continued its journey that began with a proposal to NASA nearly 15 years earlier in 1985. As the clock rolled over to 2000 A.D., MOC was busily snapping its daily global weather maps and a variety of higher-resolution images such as the two shown here.
On December 25, 1999, Mars passed its northern hemisphere winter solstice, marking the beginning of northern winter (and summer in the southern hemisphere). The pictures shown here are from the northern hemisphere among the mesas and buttes of the Nilosyrtis Mensae. This region, if it were on Earth, would be located in western Afghanistan around 33° N latitude, 63° E longitude (297°W on Mars). The picture was one of the first high resolution views of Mars taken by the MGS MOC on January 1, 2000, at 06:42 UTC (6 hours, 42 minutes after the new year began in the Greenwich Time Zone).
The picture on the left is a context frame that covers an area 115 km (71 mi) across. The white box shows the location of the new millennium Mars image, which also appears on the right. This high resolution view shows a wide variety of surface textures caused mainly by unknown, possibly uniquely "martian" geologic processes. The view also includes small, bright, windblown drifts. The high resolution view covers an area 3 km across at a resolution of 4.5 meters (15 feet) per pixel. The sun illuminates both scenes from the lower left.
The MGS MOC began taking pictures from Mars orbit in September 1997. It's primary mission will last through January 2001. After that, an extended mission might be approved by NASA--this would allow the camera to continue its activities well into 2002 or beyond.
Original Caption Released with Image
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Addition Date:
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2000-05-05
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2000-05-05
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Image Credit:
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NASA/JPL/MSSS
Image_Credit
NASA/JPL/MSSS
Image Credit
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Produced By:
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Malin Space Science Systems
Produced_By
Malin Space Science Systems
Produced By
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Mission:
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Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mission
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mission
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Spacecraft:
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Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
Spacecraft
Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
Spacecraft
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Target Name:
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Mars
Target_Name
Mars
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Is a satellite of:
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Sol (our sun)
Is_a_satellite_of
Sol (our sun)
Is a satellite of
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Instrument:
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Mars Orbiter Camera
Instrument
Mars Orbiter Camera
Instrument
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Product Size:
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672 samples x 2929 lines
Product_Size
672 samples x 2929 lines
Product Size
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Primary Data Set:
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MGS EDRs
Primary_Data_Set
MGS EDRs
Primary Data Set
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Producer ID:
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MOC2-195
MRPS95749
P50702
Producer_ID
MOC2-195
MRPS95749
P50702
Producer ID
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facet_what:
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Sun
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Sun
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facet_what:
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Earth
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Earth
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Mars
facet_what
Mars
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Dawn
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Dawn
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Surveyor
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Surveyor
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Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter (MGS)
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Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter (MGS)
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
facet_what
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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facet_where:
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Mars
facet_where
Mars
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facet_where:
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Afghanistan
facet_where
Afghanistan
facet_where
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facet_where:
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where
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facet_when:
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1985
facet_when
1985
facet_when
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facet_when:
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September 1997
facet_when
September 1997
facet_when
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facet_when:
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01 January 2000
facet_when
01 January 2000
facet_when
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facet_when:
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December 25, 1999
facet_when
December 25, 1999
facet_when
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facet_when:
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January 1, 2000
facet_when
January 1, 2000
facet_when
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facet_when:
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January 2001
facet_when
January 2001
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facet_when_year:
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1999
facet_when_year
1999
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1997
facet_when_year
1997
facet_when_year
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facet_when_year:
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2001
facet_when_year
2001
facet_when_year
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facet_when_year:
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2000
facet_when_year
2000
facet_when_year
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facet_when_year:
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1985
facet_when_year
1985
facet_when_year
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Image #:
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PIA02350
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UID:
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SPD-PHOTJ-PIA02350
UID
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA02350
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