The document is compilation of Mariner 9 television data which have been managed and edited to help the serious scientific user in the study of the planet Mars and of its two satellites, Photos and Demos. Although only a part of the entire data base can be reproduced in a document of this size, an attempt has been made to indicate its size and availability. The concept of the basic mission, camera characteristics, and various processing techniques of the raw television data recovered from the spacecraft are discussed. In later sections, data are arranged into disciplines: mapping and geology, polar studies, geodesy, variable surface features, atmospheric phenomena, and satellites. Reproduction and arrangements of approximately 3000 individual pictures and photomosaics are presented.
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