Chandrayaan-3: NASA shares image of Vikram Lander on Moon, here are all photos since the landing

The photograph was captured by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft on August 27, just four days following the moon landing.

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has recently released photos of the Chandrayaan-3 landing site. These pictures were captured by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft on August 27, a mere four days after the moon landing. of the Chandrayaan-3 landing site.  (X/@@NASA_Marshall)

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“The bright halo around the vehicle resulted from the rocket plume interacting with the fine-grained regolith (soil),” said NASA in a statement, attaching the captured image. (X/@NASA_Marshall)

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The Pragyan rover traversed over 100 meters and was put to sleep on September 2, ahead of the lunar night. (ANI)

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Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), on September 5, released an Anaglyph image taken by Chandrayaan-3's Pragyan rover, featuring the Vikram lander on the lunar surface. "Anaglyph is a simple visualization of the object or terrain in three dimensions from stereo or multi-view images. The Anaglyph presented here is created using NavCam Stereo Images, which consist of both a left and right image captured onboard the Pragyan Rover," the space agency wrote.  (ISRO twitter)

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Pragyan Rover clicked an image of Vikram Lander on August 30. The 'image of the mission' was taken by the Navigation Camera onboard the Rover (NavCam). (ISRO twitter)

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