India's First Mars Mission in Pictures (Gallery)

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Mars

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A large region of Mars as imaged by the Mars Color Camera.

Thymiamata

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Thymiamata, one of the brightest desert regions of Mars.

Valles Marineris

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Valles Marineris as seen by the Mars Color Camera.

Olympus Mons

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Olympus Mons, a large shield volcano on Mars, imaged in 3D.

Mars Snapshot

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The Mars Color Camera took this snapshot of a large region of the Red Planet.

Arena Dorsum Region

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The MCC shot the Arena Dorsum Region of Mars with both Cassini and Huygens in the image.

Mars Global Mosaic

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Mars Color Camera snapped the imaged used to create this mosaic of Mars.

Mars Global Mosaic

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A mosaic of Mars from another angle.

Another View

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India's Mars Orbiter returned a third view of Mars, in a global mosaic.

Flammarion

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