1969 Press Photo Mariner 7's photo of far encounter series on Mars - now20134

This picture is a portion of No. 75 in Mariner 7's far encounter series on Mars returned to Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, Monday night. It shows a large portion of the south polar cap and a dark area immediately above it. The spacecraft was about 270,000 miles away when the picturewasmade.

Photo is dated 1969.

Photo measures 9.25 x 8.25 inches.