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NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity took its first aerial color photos of the Red Planet's surface. Take a look.

Kate DuffyApr 26, 2021, 17:20 IST

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter, photographed on Mars by the Perseverance rover’s rear Hazard Camera on April 4, 2021.NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA has released the first color photos that the Ingenuity helicopter took of the surface of Mars.
Ingenuity took three photos during its second successful flight, when it was 5.2 meters above Mars' surface.
The photos show the tracks of the Perseverance Mars rover, which carried Ingenuity to the planet.

The first color aerial photo captured of the surface of Mars

Ingenuity’s First Aerial Color Image of Mars NASA/JPL-Caltech

Ingenuity's second aerial photo of the Martian surface

Ingenuity's second aerial color image of Mars. NASA/JPL-Caltech

Ingenuity's third aerial photo of the surface of Mars

Ingenuity's third aerial color image of Mars NASA/JPL-Caltech

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