ISRO reported that Mangalyaan’s payloads – including the colour camera – were last operated in May and were functioning satisfactorily. The Mars Colour Camera has taken 405 images of the Red Planet in its 100 orbits revealing incredible details of its topography. The orbiter has sent back images of dust storms, large craters, enormous canyons and the moon Phobos hovering above Mars.
ISRO says it will resume all payload operations again in a few weeks when we might expect more stunning views of Mars. Till then, here is a refresher of what Mangalyaan has allowed us to see of Mars since it went into orbit last September.
1st image of Mars, from a height of 7.3 km #Mangalyaan #ISRO : The view is nice up here. pic.twitter.com/MTAA0nyhGi http://t.co/zytdRKCYTl
— Mangalyaan (@Mangalyaan_) September 25, 2014
#Mangalyaan captures regional dust storm over northern hemispherea of Mars. pic.twitter.com/dJHD1b9ryn http://t.co/J3tNEZKzDk
— Mangalyaan (@Mangalyaan_) September 29, 2014
Phobos above mars ..! From #Mangalyaan ..! @MAVEN2Mars @MarsCuriosity #India #mom #isro pic.twitter.com/zRLh1gxvZf @esa pic.twitter.com/abX8sogYP4
— Mangalyaan (@Mangalyaan_) March 5, 2015
Close-up of grandest canyon of all: Valles Marineris. pic.twitter.com/Sn4Kc2svfv
— ISRO's Mars Orbiter (@MarsOrbiter) March 5, 2015
Tyrrhenus Mons - the ancient martian volcano and its timeworn gullies. Read more at: http://t.co/Ml4fAlJ5Bz pic.twitter.com/lvraT2xvHs
— ISRO's Mars Orbiter (@MarsOrbiter) May 22, 2015
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