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A particular clip from the documentary drew criticism for claiming that the color of one of Viking's cables was incorrectly reported, and that this resulted in adjustments to Martian images. As quoted in the documentary, “the reason for their mistake…the sky everyone had assumed it would be blue…” This notion suggests that the sky's color was adjusted to fit preconceived notions rather than factual scientific evidence. The narrative implied a fantastical world of erroneous assumptions which required correction.