High-resolution photographs of the Martian south pole, where nearly all of the planet's water resources are trapped, have been returned by China's Tianwen-1 probe.
Other views include the Arabia Terra impact craters and the 2,485-mile (4,000-kilometer) Valles Marineris canyon, an area of highland on Mars.
Chinese spacecraft has captured the photographs from Mars' south pole, according to state media (per Daily Mail).
China just launched their first mission to Mars, Tianwen-1, and it is an ambitious all-up attempt to land a rover and use the orbiter as the data relay back to Earth.
China Tianwen-1 Sends Back More Stunning Photos of Mars
The Tianwen-1 entered the planet's orbit in February 2021 and has since made approximately 1,300 orbits around it. It returned to Earth with 1,040 terabytes of raw data, which scientists processed.
The prominence of craters was seen in the photos obtained by News18. However, a picture shows a breathtaking perspective of the US-length Valles Mariners canyon system. On Mars, canyons may be up to four kilometers deep.
Scientific publications have also published some data from the Red Planet. Additionally, they will be accessible to scientists everywhere.
China's Tianwen-1 captured imagery data covering all of Mars including visuals of its south pole. The uncrewed spacecraft reached the Red Planet in February 2021 and has since circled it more than 1,300 times https://t.co/Y0J0wMd7hh pic.twitter.com/VuRXYghkXC
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 30, 2022
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The space agency now collaborates with NASA and ESA to provide data and alert them to probable probe collisions.
Tianwen-1's task is to conduct planetary studies, including the planet's geological structure, morphology, distribution of surface water ice, the composition of surface materials, soil characteristics, atmospheric ionosphere, and surface temperature and environment.
Additionally, Tianwen-1 will examine the planet's physical field and interior structure. Tianwen-1's scientific tasks are currently accomplished.
About Tianwen-1 Mission
Petapixel said the robotic spacecraft to Mars known as Tianwen-1 is made up of six different pieces of hardware: an orbiter, two deployable cameras, a lander, a remote camera, and the Zhurong rover.
On July 23, 2020, China successfully launched the unmanned Tianwen-1 from the Wenchang Space Launch Center using a Long March 5 Y-4 carrier rocket.
The name was a reference to old Chinese poetry with lyrics about the universe. Tianwen-1 translates to "Questions to Heaven."
Before entering Martian orbit on February 10, 2021, the probe had traveled a total of 295 million miles and made many route adjustments.
The probe deployed the lander after more than three months of preparations, and it landed on Mars on May 15.
With this achievement, China became the second nation after the US to carry out a successful Martian landing.
Since that time, the orbiter and its deployable cameras have made more than 1,300 orbits around the planet.
On May 22, a week after the lander established contact with the planet's surface, the robotic Zhurong rover began its descent from the lander.
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