Mariner 10 - 1973/75 - Mission to Mercury and Venus

Calibrated images from the Mariner 10 mission to Mercury and Venus.

Images were flat field corrected and processed using the Moon's spectral reflectance as a guide for Mercury's color. RGB data was derived from clear, blue , uv and orange filters, trying to aproximate realistic colors as much as possible. For Venus, a yellowish global hue was assumed, and the image average tone was matched to that reference.

Original Mariner 10 data available here: http://pdsimg.jpl.nasa.gov/data/mr10-m-iss-2-edr-pv0.x/

Click on the tabs above to see the Mercury and Venus image galleries,

Distant Mercury Processed from clear and blue filter images.	Approaching Mercury Processed from clear and blue filter images.	Crescent Colorized clear filter mosaic.

Zooming In Processed from clear and blue filter image mosaics	Cratered Landscape Processed from clear and UV filter images.

Visible Venus Real color Venus image, processed from Clear and Blue filters	UV Venus False color UV Venus image, processed from Clear and Blue and UV filters.	Rotation False color Venus UV filter images.

Clouds and Limb False color Venus UV filter image.	South Pole False color Venus mosaic from UV filter images.