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- Pictures from Mars Colour Camera -
The Mars Colour Camera (MCC) onboard Isro's Mars Orbiter M has captured the image of Phobos, the closest and biggest moon of Mars. The image was taken on July1 when MOM was about 7,200 km from Mars and 4,200 km from Phobos. "Spatial resolution of the image is 210 m. This is a composite image generated from 6 MCC frames and has been color corrected," Isro said in an update along with the image. Phobos is largelybelieved to be made up of carbonaceouschondrites. According to lsro, "the violent phase that Phobos has encountered is seen in the large section gouged out from a past collision (Stickney crater) and bouncing ejecta." "Stickney, the largest crater on Phobos along with the other craters (Shklovsky, Roche & Grildrig) are also seen in this image," it said. The mission also known as Mangalyaan was initially meant to last six months, but subsequentlylsro had said it had enough fuel for it to last"many years." The country had on September 24, 2014 successfully placed the MarsOrbiter Mission spacecraft in oribitaround the red planet, in its very first attempt, thus breaking into an elite club. Isro had launched the spacecraft on its nine-month-long odyssey on a homegrown PSLV rocket from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on November 5. 2013. It had escaped the earth's gravitational field on December 1, 2013. The Rs450-crore MOM mission aims at studying the Martian surface and mineral composition as well as scan its atmosphere for methane (an indicator of life on Mars). The Mars Orbiter has five scientific instruments - Lyman Alpha Photometer (LAP), Methane Sensor for Mars (MSM), Mars Exospheric Neutral Composition Analyser (MENCA), MarsColour Camera (MCC) and Thermal Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (TIS) .
Regional dust storm activities over Northern Hemisphere of Mars - captured by MCC
Global Shot of Mars
Phobos, one of the two natural satellites of Mars silhouetted against the Martian surface
mage from Mars global mosaic
Spectacular 3D view of Arsia Mons, a huge volcano on Mars
3D Portyal
Shield Volcano Tharsis Tholus
Impact crater located SW of Huygens crater
MCC Image of Bakhuysen Crater
Masursky and Sagan - Craters on the planet Mars
Tyrrhenum quadrangle of Mars
Impact crater located SW of Huygens crater
Taken using the Mars Color Camera from an altitude of 8449 km.
First image of the Earth by MCC of Mars Orbiter Spacecraft taken on Nov 19, 2013
Kasie-valles
Impact crater located SW of Huygens crater
Tyrrhenus Mons as seen by Mars Color Camera (MCC)
Mars Orbiter Spacecraft captures its first image of Mars. Taken from a height of 7300 km.
Eos Chaos area, part of the gigantic Valles Marineris Canyon of Mars
Part of Hesperia Planum region, taken by Mars color camera (MCC)