Dispatches from Mars: Perseverance rover sends images(18 images)

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover acquired this image of the area in back of it using its onboard Rear Left Hazard Avoidance Camera on March 4. A key objective for Perseverance's mission is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. Photo courtesy of NASA

Perseverance acquired this image using its onboard Left Navigation Camera on March 3. The camera is located high on the rover's mast and aids in driving. Photo courtesy of NASA

The rover can be seen in this enhanced HiRISE color image at its landing site six days after touchdown on February 24. Photo courtesy of NASA

Perseverance rover acquired this image using its left Mastcam-Z camera. Mastcam-Z is a pair of cameras located high on the rover's mast. Photo courtesy of NASA

Perseverance documents the Martian surface. Photo courtesy of NASA

The Martian surface is documented is detail from Perseverance. Photo courtesy of NASA

The navigation cameras aboard the Mars rover captured this view of the rover’s deck on Monday. This view provides a look at PIXL (the Planetary Instrument for X-ray Lithochemistry), one of the instruments on the rover’s stowed arm. Photo courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech