Dikhyaa Mohanty 
NASA Perseverance rover has sent some spectacular pictures of Mars and also a high-resolution colour selfie which was taken while landing. The high-resolution selfie is a part of a video that was taken by several cameras as NASA’s Perseverance rover reached down on Mars on 18th February.
According to the BBC report, the US space agency stated that while NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover sent back a stop-motion movie of its descent, Perseverance’s cameras are designed to capture video of its arrival and this new still image was taken from that footage, which is still being transmitted to Earth and processed.
A camera aboard the descent stage captured the shot and the images which were captured were in color. Right after landing on the red planet 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.
Now in the coming weeks, the Perseverance will test its robotic arm and take its first, short drive. It will be at least one or two months until Perseverance will find a flat location to separate off Ingenuity, the mini-helicopter attached to the rover’s belly, and even longer before it finally hits the road, beginning its science mission and searching for its first sample of Martian rock and sediment.
News Source – BBC
Image Source – Google
