India's first spacecraft to visit Mars has
beamed home this incredible photo of the red
planet, a view that reveals the planet from
pole to pole.
The new photo from India's Mangalyaan probe
was unveiled on Monday by the Indian Space
Research Organisation.
Officials from the organisation wrote "Something's
brewing here!" in a Twitter post for the Mars
orbiter, as a huge dust storm was said to
be blanketing part of the planet's northern region.
The spacecraft used its Mars Colour Camera
to capture the stunning picture from a distance
of 46,292 miles above the planet on Sunday.
It's the third and best view of Mars from the spacecraft
since it arrived in orbit around the planet
last week.
Mangalyaan is the centrepiece of India's 74-million
dollar mission, which launched towards the
red planet in November 2013 and arrived in
orbit last month.
The mission is expected to last between six
and 10 months.
