Viking Lander 1 color image of Mars surface taken SOL 31 or August 24, 1976 showing the soil sample scoop area as well as a small slice if the horizon.

This image was taken by Viking Lander 1 of the Mars surface on Mission SOL 31 or August 24, 1976. It was processed the following day at JPLs Image Processing Lab. This image is the IPL-76-08-24-220354. It was taken by camera 2 with azimuth setting 102.5/112.5 with elevation -30 (-60.66/ The scan rate on the image (as with most) was 16K. The image includes the RGB (red, green, blue) spectral mean data.