The China National Space Administration (CNSA) on Friday released two new images of Mars captured by the country's Tianwen-1 probe, informs The Xinhua News Agency.
In the images, Mars is crescent-shaped with a clear surface texture.
When the Tianwen-1 probe was 11,000 km away from Mars on the far side of the planet to the sun, it took panoramic photos of Mars with a medium-resolution camera onboard.
Image of Mars, transmitted by the Chinese Tianwen-1 probe. Photo by Xinhua.
The Tianwen-1 probe has been operating in the parking orbit around Mars for a month. The high-resolution camera, medium-resolution camera, mineral spectrometer and other payloads onboard were switched on successively to carry out exploration of Mars and obtain scientific data, according to the CNSA.
Image of Mars, transmitted by the Chinese Tianwen-1 probe. Photo by Xinhua.
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