The image shows part of the Chandrayaan-3 landing site, as well as the leg and shadow of the lander.
Later, ISRO announced that the lunar rover had already left the lander and reached the lunar surface.
“Chandrayaan-3 descended from the lander and walked on the moon,” the organization wrote.
Chandrayaan-3 Mission:
The image captured by the
Landing Imager Camera
after the landing.It shows a portion of Chandrayaan-3’s landing site. A leg and its accompanying shadow are also seen.
Chandrayaan-3 chose a relatively flat region on the lunar surface 🙂… pic.twitter.com/xi7RVz5UvW
– ISRO (@isro) August 23, 2023
The lunar rover landed near the south pole of the Moon to explore its surface for one lunar day, which corresponds to about 14 Earth days.
As a reminder, the Russian automatic interplanetary station Luna-25 crashed into the surface of the Moon during its transition to pre-landing orbit.