1132 VICAR (Video Image Communication and Retrieval) Planetary File Format Image (Raster) The VICAR image file format is used primarily for storing planetary image data collected by both interplanetary spacecraft and Earth-based stations. Many astronomical and astrophysical organizations use and support the VICAR format. Full specifications available at http://www-mipl.jpl.nasa.gov/external/VICAR_file_fmt.pdf Text Little-endian (Intel) 1 Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives 09 Nov 2011 09 Nov 2011 fmt/383 PUID img File extension vic File extension vicar File extension 568 VICAR Planetary File Format Header ASCII: 'LBLSIZE=n, followed by FORMAT='(BYTE|HALF|FULL|REAL|DOUB|COMP|COMPLEX|WORD|LONG)' The label is always located at the beginning of the file. 1 Absolute from BOF 0 4C424C53495A453D[30:39]{15}464F524D41543D27(48414C46|42595445|46554C4C|5245414C|444F5542|434F4D50|434F4D504C4558|574F5244|4C4F4E47)27