I used the original 12f125.blu, 12f125.grn and 12f125.red images from the NASA Viking image archive, converted them to .png and merged them into one image (almost matching true color; see here for the channel mixing process). Except for the conversion, this was done in Adobe Photoshop CS2. The original file by NASA is in the public domain, and so is this new one.
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I created this image as an addition to the image Mars Viking 12f125 distorted colors.png (see here for the NASA original). The colors in that file are distorted purposely. As a reference it is useful to see the original colors.
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== Summary == {{Information |Description = More information can be found at [http://pdsimg.jpl.nasa.gov/data/vl1_vl2-m-lcs-2-edr-v1.0/vl_0001/browse/html/f1xx/12f125bu.htm Viking Lander Image 12F125.BLU], [http://pdsimg.jpl.nasa.gov/data/vl1_vl2-m-lcs-2-e
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