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An especially serene view of Mars (Tharsis side), a composite of images taken by the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft in April 1999. The northern polar cap and encircling dark dune field of Vastitas Borealis are visible at the top of the globe. White water-ice clouds surround the most prominent volcanic peaks, including Olympus Mons near the western limb, Alba Patera to its northeast, and the line of Tharsis volcanoes to the southeast. East of the Tharsis rise can be seen the enormous near-equatorial gash that marks the canyon system Valles Marineris.
The Perseverance rover, part of the U.S. Mars 2020 mission, landed in Jezero crater on February 18, 2021. The rover was specifically designed to search for signs of ancient microbial life near a dried-up river delta. Additionally, it is equipped with a drill intended to collect core samples that could eventually be returned to Earth for further analysis.1