Mangalyaan brought Mars to Earth through these gorgeous pictures
India's maiden mission to Mars — Mangalyaan — completed its journey on October 2, almost a decade after its launch in 2013. Among the five instruments that were included in the spacecraft to study Mars and its surface features, morphology, mineralogy and atmosphere was the Mars Color Camera (MCC). This camera has taken beautiful pictures of Mars and its surface over the years. Take a look at some of the pictures here.
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First picture of Mars taken by Mangalyaan after it entered the planet's orbit.
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First picture of Earth taken by the Mars orbiter days after it was launched. India can be seen on the bottom right corner.
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The surface of Mars captured by Mangalyaan.
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Valles Marineris, one of the largest canyons in the solar system seen on Mars.
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Phobos, one of the moons of Mars taken against the planet's surface.
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Dust storm activities over the northern hemisphere of Mars.
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In 2015, Isro shared a picture taken by the mars orbiter of Ophir Chasma -- a canyon on the surface of Mars -- on the eve of Independence Day.
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Tyrrhenus Mon, an ancient Martian volcano and its gullies.
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