Black and White: Smoke Plume from Perseverance’s Descent Stage

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Caption:

This image from one of the rear Hazard Cameras, or Hazcams, aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover, shows a smoke plume from the crashed descent stage that lowered the rover to the Martian surface. This image was taken within a minute or two after the rover landed on February 18, 2021.

Background Info:

JPL, which is managed for NASA by Caltech in Pasadena, California, built and manages operations of the Perseverance rover.

For more information about the mission, go to: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020

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