Nasa’s Perseverance rover has sent nearly 5000 photos back to Earth from Mars. Here are some of the best ones.

Rocky red sand, dust and an out-of-this world landing that’s what Nasas Perseverance rover has captured on Mars so far.
Nearly 5000 photos from Mars have been uploaded onto Nasa’s website. The images are from the rover, nicknamed Percy, which touched down on the planet on Friday (NZ time).
The first images from Jezero Crater were beamed back to Earth soon after the rover landed, and since then thousands of images of rocks, planet dust, and of the incredible landing itself have been shared.
Nasa has also released a video of the moment the Perseverance rover landed on Mars.
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Nasa’s Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its Rover Up-Look Camera. This camera is mounted top of the rover and looks up at the descent stage.
The rover has 23 cameras on it, which include zooming and colour capabilities as well, CNN reported.
In a statement to media, acting Nasa Administrator Steve Jurczyk said the rover was just getting started.
Perseverance already has provided some of the most iconic visuals in space exploration history. It reinforces the remarkable level of engineering and precision that is required to build and fly a vehicle to the Red Planet.
Nasa’s Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its onboard Left Navigation Camera (Navcam). The camera is located high on the rover’s mast and aids in driving.
The rover is also carrying the names of nearly 11 million people from Earth on it. A release from Nasa explained that its send your name to Mars campaign invited people around the globe to submit their named to ride along the rover.
Nasa’s engineers stencilled the names onto three fingernail-sized chips on board the rover using an electron beam. The E-beam machine used allows the writing of very tiny features less than 1 micron, much less than the width of a human hair, Nasa said.
Here are some of the images taken of Mars so far:
Nasa’s Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its Right Mastcam-Z camera. Mastcam-Z is a pair of cameras located high on the rover’s mast.
Nasa’s Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its Left Mastcam-Z camera. Mastcam-Z is a pair of cameras located high on the rover’s mast.
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.
Nasa’s Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image during its descent to Mars, using its Parachute Up-Look Camera A. This camera is mounted on the spacecraft’s backshell and looks up at the parachute.
Nasa’s Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its Rover Down-Look Camera. This camera is mounted on the bottom of the rover and looks down at the surface.