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VICAR file format

VICAR is an image file format developed by the NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. It is used to transport images from a variety of space missions including Cassini–Huygens and the Viking Orbiter.

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VICAR is an image file format developed by the NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.12 It is used to transport images from a variety of space missions including Cassini–Huygens and the Viking Orbiter.3

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  1. "VICAR user's guide". NASA. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  2. Deen, Robert G. "The VICAR file format" (PDF). California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  3. "Finding and Using Space Image Data". The Planetary Society. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
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