American space agency Nasa's Perseverance rover has touched down on the surface of Mars on Thursday after successfully overcoming a risky landing phase.  After landing rover has sent some stunning photos of Mars, including a high-resolution colour selfie taken during its landing.

In a statement, NASA said, "While NASA's Mars Curiosity rover sent back a stop-motion movie of its descent, Perseverance's cameras are intended to capture video of its touchdown and this new still image was taken from that footage, which is still being relayed to Earth and processed."Unlike with past rovers, the majority of Perseverance's cameras capture images in colour. The selfie is part of a video taken by several cameras as NASA's Perseverance rover touched down on Mars on February 18. After landing, two of the Hazard Cameras (Hazcams) captured views from the front and rear of the rover. 

Perseverance has started a multi-year mission to search for the biosignatures of microbes that might have existed there billions of years ago, when conditions were warmer and wetter than they are today. The rover will characterize the red planet's geology and past climate, pave the way for human exploration of the Planet, and be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith.

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