Viking 1 takes the famous Face on Mars photo - July 25, 1976
Sci-Fi 5
English - July 25, 2022 07:00 - 5 minutes - 5.65 MB - ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsTV & Film Society & Culture entertainment film history literature sciencefiction Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Mere days after making history by sending the successful Viking 1 lander to the Martian surface, the Viking 1 orbiter took a photo that would ignite the imagination of UFO theorists for decades to come. Today's Sci-Fi 5 stares into the "Face" on Mars.
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Written by Brian Clayton
Hosted by Earl Green
Music by Devin Curry