Space Probes

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 approximate 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/