China releases the first images taken by its Mars rover

China has released the first images taken by its Mars rover, Zhurong. A black-and-white image taken by the rover's obstacle avoidance camera shows a deployed ramp and the flat Martian surface where Zhurong landed on Saturday. The color image taken by a navigation camera of the rear of the solar-powered rover showed that its solar panel and antenna have unfolded normally, the China National Space Administration said Wednesday.

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