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An aerial view of the backshell from the Mars 2020 lander and its deployed parachute on the surface of Mars. The backshell has smashed into the ground, and debris is strewn hither and thither. The parachute is seen flattened some distance away.

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An aerial view of the backshell from the Mars 2020 lander and its deployed parachute on the surface of Mars. The backshell has smashed into the ground, and debris is strewn hither and thither. The parachute is seen flattened some distance away.
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Thomas Connor (thomasconnor@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Apr-2022 21:57:08 UTC Thomas Connor

Oh man oh man oh man oh man -- the Ingenuity Helicopter on #Mars swung over and took a view of the backshell and parachute used to land Perseverance on Mars! It is so cool what we can get up to when we have a little drone accompanying our rovers. #JPL #Mars #Astronomy #Perseverance #Space #Science
Raw image: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/HSF_0414_0703689952_044ECM_N0260001HELI00005_000085J

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