The First Full Color Photo of Mars from India's Orbiter

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With India's Mars Orbiter now successfully circling the Red Planet, it's now beaming back its first images—like the striking full color photo.

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Snapped on September 28th from 74,500 kilometers above the planet, images like these will be used to analyze and probe the upper layers of the Martian atmosphere. [Mars Orbiter Mission ]