2026-07-20 22:41 UTC
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@SpaceLifeForm@infosec.exchange 2026-07-20 22:51
@coreyspowell@mastodon.social My backyard looks similar, but I have some weeds.
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@coreyspowell@mastodon.social 2026-07-20 22:51
The first color image from the surface of Mars was released a day later, July 21, 1976. It was *not* the one that NASA shows you today! Viking scientists were so surprised by the orange skies that they initially shifted the color calibration to make Mars look more Earthlike, before releasing a corrected version 5 days later. https://solarviews.com/history/SP-4212/ch11-4.html #science #nature #art
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@felis_catus_domesticus@toot.community 2026-07-21 04:31
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@Karen5Lund@mastodon.social 2026-07-21 12:46
@coreyspowell@mastodon.social I remember it, and remember noticing that Viking 1 got a bit of its own "foot" in the photo. July 20 is an important day in NASA & space exploration history, as it's also the anniversary of Apollo 11 landing on the moon (1969), which I also remember. Darn, I'm old!