Calibrated images from the Mariner 10 mission to Mercury and Venus. Images were flat field corrected and processed using the Moon's spectral reflectance as a guide for Mercury's color. Original Mariner 10 data available here:
http://pdsimg.jpl.nasa.gov/data/mr10-m-iss-2-edr-pv0.x/
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Distant Mercury
Processed from clear and blue filter images.
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Approaching Mercury
Processed from clear and blue filter images.
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Crescent
Colorized clear filter mosaic.
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Zooming In
Processed from clear and blue filter image mosaics.
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Cratered Landscape
Processed from clear and UV filter images.
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Visible Venus
Real color Venus image, processed from Clear and Blue filters
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UV Venus
False color UV Venus image, processed from Clear and Blue and UV filters.
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South Pole
False color Venus mosaic from UV filter images.
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Clouds and Limb
False color Venus UV filter image.
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Rotation
False color Venus UV filter images.
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