NASA's Perseverance rover has sent some stunning photos of the Red Planet, including a high-resolution colour selfie taken during its landing.
NASA's Perseverance rover has sent some stunning photos of the Red Planet, including a high-resolution colour selfie taken during its landing.
The selfie is part of a video taken by several cameras as NASA's Perseverance rover touched down on Mars on February 18.
"While NASA's Mars Curiosity rover sent back a stop-motion movie of its descent, Perseverance`s cameras are intended to capture video of its touchdown and this new still image was taken from that footage, which is still being relayed to Earth and processed," the US space agency said in a statement on Friday.
After landing, two of the Hazard Cameras (Hazcams) captured views from the front and rear of the rover, showing one of its wheels in the Martian dirt. Check out the stunning images here.
1. Perseverance during descent to Mars
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The descent stage holding NASA's Perseverance rover can be seen falling through the Martian atmosphere. (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona)
2. Perseverance's big wheel
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This high-resolution image shows one of the six wheels aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover, which landed on Feb. 18, 2021. The image was taken by one of Perseverance’s color Hazard Cameras (Hazcams). (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
3. Perseverance's first full-colour look at Mars
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This is the first high-resolution, color image to be sent back by the Hazard Cameras (Hazcams) on the underside of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover after its landing on Feb. 18, 2021. (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
4. Perseverance gets ready to touch down
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Perseverance landed on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021. (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
5. Perseverance touches down on Mars
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An illustration of NASA’s Perseverance rover landing safely on Mars. (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
