02/19/2021 17:13
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Updated 02/19/2021 5:13 PM
The Perseverance rover team has released the first color images of Mars taken from its arrival point at
Jezero crater
.
In a panoramic view, a flat landscape is appreciated, dominated by a sandy surface from which some
smaller rocks and stones
emerge
.
In the background you can see an elevation in the ground.
In an informative meeting on the status of the rover after its first hours on the ground of Mars, an image was also published, taken with a camera installed in the '
jetpack'
- the structure with retro rockets from which Perseverance was dropped tied with cables of nylon from a crane.
The color photo captures the rover still in the air, just
before its wheels hit the ground
.
Another image includes a view of one of the rover's wheels, sitting on a sandy surface with loose rocks and stones around it.
The moment of the descent of Perseverance on Mars, another of the chromatized images that NASA released this Friday.
Photo: Reuter.
Perseverance, whose systems are in good condition after their check-up after arrival on the Red Planet, will look for signs of ancient microbial life, collect carefully selected rock and regolith (broken rock and dust) samples for
future return to Earth
, will characterize the geology and climate of Mars and pave the way for human exploration 'in situ'.
In this panoramic view, a flat landscape is appreciated, dominated by a sandy surface from which some smaller rocks and stones emerge.
In the background, on high ground.
Photo: DPA
Their destination is a basin where scientists believe that an ancient river flowed into a lake and deposited fan-shaped sediment known as a delta.
Scientists believe that the environment here
has
likely
preserved signs of any life
that took hold billions of years ago.
