Image from the Mars InSight Mission web site:
Sol 0: Instrument Deployment Camera (IDC)
NASA's InSight Mars lander acquired this image using its robotic arm-mounted, Instrument Deployment Camera (IDC).
This image was acquired on November 26, 2018, Sol 0 where the local mean solar time for the image exposures was 14:04:35. Each IDC image has a field of view of 45 x 45 degrees.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Briefly, the mission of InSight:
InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is a Mars lander designed to give the Red Planet its first thorough checkup since it formed 4.5 billion years ago. It is the first outer space robotic explorer to study in-depth the "inner space" of Mars: its crust, mantle, and core.Just when you despair of scientific and human advancement in the Age of Trump, something like this comes along. (h/t Infidel 753 for the mission link)
