Mangalyaan sends another image of Mars

India’s maiden spacecraft to Mars—Mangalyaan—has sent another image of the Red Planet, captured by the Mars Color Camera, from an altitude of 66,543 km.

India’s maiden spacecraft to Mars—Mangalyaan—has sent another image of the Red Planet, captured by the camera on board.

Full-disc-image-of-Mars-taken-by-the-Mars-Orbiter-from-an-altitude-of-66-543-km-ISRO

“Another full disc image of Mars, taken by the Mars Color Camera, from an altitude of 66,543 km. Dark region towards south of the cloud formation is Elysium - the second largest volcanic province on Mars,” the facebook page of Isro Mars Orbiter said on Tuesday.

The spacecraft had beamed its first photos of Mars’ crater-marked surface a day after India successfully put the probe into the red planet’s orbit.

Just after that Isro had uploaded the regional dust storm activities over northern hemisphere of Mars - captured by Mars Color Camera.The image was taken from an altitude of 74500 km from the surface of Mars.

India joined an exclusive global club of deep space explorers on September 24 when the indigenously-made spacecraft successfully slipped into the orbit around Mars after a 10-month journey on a relatively shoe-string budget.