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Martian rover sends back ‘overwhelming’ video, audio from the Red Planet

Just four martian days after touching down on the Red Planet, NASA’s Perseverance rover has sent back its first video of its new home:

A 1-minute arabesque of colour and motion-captured from four onboard cameras, as the car-size rover dangles from its rocket-propelled descent vehicle, a red-and-white parachute snaps into place, and the pitted surface of Mars comes slowly into view, dark canyons giving way to ripples of dust that look like giant, rust-coloured dunes (see video, above).