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Mars: One Day on the Red Planet

We had these little tape recordersthat would just print one line of numbers after another,...

We had these little tape recorders
that would just print one line of numbers after another, and each pixel was
represented by one number on this little strip chart

Full Transcript

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We had these little tape recorders that would just
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print one line of numbers after another,
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and each pixel was represented by one number
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on this little strip chart.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:12
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.
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...
It's revealing a world beyond our wildest imagination. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:06
It's revealing a world beyond our wildest imagination.
JAMES: This is just not beautiful, it is magnificent. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:25
JAMES: This is just not beautiful, it is magnificent.
DAVID: But once you can see things in that detail, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:10
DAVID: But once you can see things in that detail,
NARRATOR: Using HiRISE data, we can now show you for the first time - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:09
NARRATOR: Using HiRISE data, we can now show you for the fir...
This is a view no human has ever seen. - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:14
This is a view no human has ever seen.
When Percival Lowell looked towards here, - Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 00:06
When Percival Lowell looked towards here,