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Zhurong Rover‘s picture taken by HiRISE

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Tianwen-1 Lander and Zhurong Rover in Southern Utopia Planitia
The Chinese Tianwen-1 mission landed in southern Utopia Planitia on 14 May 2021. HiRISE acquired this image on 6 June 2021.
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, and the rover itself a bit to the south after it descended from the lander.

This image shows the surrounding terrain to be very typical of southern Utopia Planitia, with a smooth and mostly boulder-free region. The bright curving features are aeolian (windblown) landforms.

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cacao86 said:
Zhurong Rover‘s picture taken by HiRISE

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Tianwen-1 Lander and Zhurong Rover in Southern Utopia Planitia
The Chinese Tianwen-1 mission landed in southern Utopia Planitia on 14 May 2021. HiRISE acquired this image on 6 June 2021.
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, and the rover itself a bit to the south after it descended from the lander.

This image shows the surrounding terrain to be very typical of southern Utopia Planitia, with a smooth and mostly boulder-free region. The bright curving features are aeolian (windblown) landforms.

The lander’s
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hmmmm, it is only 100 meter or so from a small crater to the south East. If the lander had come down in the crater it might have been a problem. But the crater may give the rover a easier access to material normally buried several meters deep beneath the surface.
 
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hmmmm, it is only 100 meter or so from a small crater to the south East. If the lander had come down in the crater it might have been a problem. But the crater may give the rover a easier access to material normally buried several meters deep beneath the surface.
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The lander is equipped with obstacle avoidance radar (reportedly AESA). It is more likely the lander would have avoided that crater.
 
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Hmmmm, how was this photo taken? Both the rover and the lander are in the frame and not extending anything towards the camera. Did the rover have a detachable camera it can leave behind on the ground?

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Yes.

It has a detachable camera which it put on the ground and took a selfie of itself and the lander.

According to People's Daily's WeChat article, the camera was installed on the bottom of the rover, and the rover moved to that spot, releseased it, went back into the fram witht the lander, and the detachable camera took that photo. Much like how a lot of us take selfies actually. The image is then wirelessly transferred to the rover, and then relayed back to earth via the orbiter.
 
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