Dispatches from Mars: Perseverance rover sends images (39 images)

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover, using its Mastcam-Z camera system, captured this view of the Martian sunset on November 9, 2021, the 257th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Martian sunsets typically stand out for their distinctive blue color as fine dust in the atmosphere permits blue light to penetrate the atmosphere more efficiently than colors with longer wavelengths. But this sunset looks different: Less dust in the atmosphere resulted in a more muted color than average. The color has been calibrated and white-balanced to remove camera artifacts. Photo courtesy of NASA

Perseverance captured images of Kodiak Butte, a rock outcrop in Jezero Crater that scientists said shows evidence of sediment and regular flood episodes from an ancient river and lake system. Photo courtesy of NASA

Perseverance drilled the first two samples from a Mars rock NASA calls Rochette on September 6 and September 8, 2021. Photo courtesy of NASA

NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter captured this image of an area the Mars Perseverance rover team calls "Faillefeu" during its 13th flight on September 4, 2021. The images of the geologic feature, acquired from an altitude of 26 feet, were taken at the request of the Mars Perseverance rover science team, which was considering visiting the geologic feature during the first science campaign. Photo courtesy of NASA