BEIJING, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- China has released pictures of the moon taken by its Chang'e-2 moon probe to mark the success of the country's second lunar mission, officials said.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao Monday unveiled an image of the moon's Sinus Iridium, or Bay of Rainbows, taken by the spacecraft, China's official state news agency Xinhua reported.
Wen unveiled the photograph as he visited scientists and staff who took part in the probe missions.
The Chang'e-2 lunar probe took the photograph from a height of 12 miles over the moon Oct. 28.
The photographed area has been considered as a possible landing site for China's future moon missions, Xinhua said.
China's second mission follows Chang'e-1, launched in October 2007 for a 16-month mission of orbiting the moon.
The probes are named after Chang'e, a Chinese moon goddess.
