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Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

Mariner 4 was a huge deal, because we'd never reallyseen the surface of Mars, all we had...

AMY: Mariner 4 was a huge deal, because we'd never really
seen the surface of Mars, all we had was people looking
at Mars with a telescope and drawing what they saw

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AMY: Mariner 4 was a huge deal,
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because we'd never really seen the surface of Mars,
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all we had was people looking at Mars with a telescope
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and drawing what they saw.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:14
Uploaded
Jun 05, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
National Geographic,The Garden Productions

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Movie Summary

An epic journey around Mars — built from real satellite and rover data — revealing the red planet as you’ve never seen it before.
The public was expecting to see these - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:06
The public was expecting to see these
I was 13 and I actually can remember - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:08
I was 13 and I actually can remember
NARRATOR: Nervously, the world waited to see - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:07
NARRATOR: Nervously, the world waited to see
(indistinct conversation) - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:08
(indistinct conversation)
JOHN: We didn't know what it was gonna look like. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:06
JOHN: We didn't know what it was gonna look like.
We had these little tape recorders that would just - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:11
We had these little tape recorders that would just
So we got the idea of, why didn't we just take that - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:06
So we got the idea of, why didn't we just take that
NARRATOR: As the data came back, a picture emerged. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:07
NARRATOR: As the data came back, a picture emerged.
MICHIO: It did not show a tropical environment - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:06
MICHIO: It did not show a tropical environment
No canals, no oceans, no rivers. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:04
No canals, no oceans, no rivers.
We didn't see any cities, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:05
We didn't see any cities,
What amazed me was, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:19
What amazed me was,
NARRATOR: For all our dreams of a living Mars, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:10
NARRATOR: For all our dreams of a living Mars,
Circling above the planet's surface, a new electronic eye. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:06
Circling above the planet's surface, a new electronic e...
This is NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:16
This is NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
It's capturing Mars in unprecedented spectacular detail. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:06
It's capturing Mars in unprecedented spectacular detail...
It gives us the illusion, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:06
It gives us the illusion,
The way you look out and almost touch the landscape. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:04
The way you look out and almost touch the landscape.
Think about it... One pixel, one dot on the HiRISE photograph - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:07
Think about it... One pixel, one dot on the HiRISE photograp...
NARRATOR: HiRISE is showing us that Mars is much more than a barren desert. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:07
NARRATOR: HiRISE is showing us that Mars is much more than a...