Mars: Nasa's Perseverance rover sends stunning images

Nasa's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its onboard Right Navigation Camera (Navcam). The camera is located high on the rover's mast and aids in driving (1 March 2021)IMAGE COPYRIGHTNASA/JPL-CALTECH
Nasa's Perseverance rover landed on Mars at 20:55 GMT on 18 February after almost seven months travelling from Earth.

Since then, it has sent back some amazing images from around its landing site, Jezero Crater, a 49km (30-mile) wide impact depression just north of the Red Planet's equator.

Here is a selection of the pictures sent back from the mission, as Perseverance hunts for signs of past microbial life, seeks to characterise the planet's geology and past climate, and collects Martian rock.

First image taken from the High Resolution Imaging Experiment camera aboard Nasa's Perseverance Rover on the surface of Mars (19 February 2021)
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image captionThe first image of the Perseverance rover on the surface was taken from the High Resolution Imaging Experiment camera aboard Nasa's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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Colour image of Mars taken by the Hazard Cameras on the underside of Nasa's Perseverance Mars rover

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image captionThis is the first high-resolution, colour image to be sent back by the cameras on the underside of the rover after its landing.