@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz50 years ago #OTD NASA's #Viking1 landed on #Mars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_1 - here is part of the first image sent from the surface. The camera was a horizontally rotating scanner moving left to right: the early vertical columns are brighter because dust from touch-down hadn't settled yet.
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz50 years ago #OTD the #Viking 1 Orbiter with its precious Lander cargo entered into orbit around #Mars: https://www.facebook.com/VikingMarsMission/posts/pfbid034yTJzsyT5ZrNHgsFeNtxrvFDRxRpFQyQfB344patQDdUr7JBCnJZgPBk9sdSuhhNl - the landing came a month later.
@henrikmillinge@fikaverse.clubJeg kom til at tænke på, at forskellen på et marked i 726 i Hedeby måske ikke er så forskelligt fra et marked i 2026 i KŸbenhavn. Der bliver handlet varer fra store dele af verden og mennesker sidder i solen med diverse nydelsesmidler. #viking #DKHistorie
