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Angular rocks cast long shadows over the finely granulated dust, that dominates that surroundings of one of the Viking 1 lander’s landing pads, seen in the lower right corner.

Our First View of the Surface of Mars

On the morning of July 20, 1976, roughly 40 minutes after mission controllers received word that the Viking 1 lander had successfully touched down on the surface of Mars, this photo gave us our first view from the surface of another planet.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL

TakenJuly 20, 1976

Image CreditNASA/JPL

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