NASA has shared an incredible first image from its InSight probe of the surface of Mars after it landed on the red planet.
The breathtaking photo, shared online by the space agency, showed a rarely seen view of the planet from ground level.
The space agency posted the picture on Twitter alongside the caption: “There’s a quiet beauty here. Looking forward to exploring my new home.”
It comes after the probe’s 300-million-mile journey came to a grand finale as it touched down on the planet’s surface on Monday evening.
Viewers were left stunned, with many commenting that just seeing the image reduced them to tears.
One wrote: “Tears of relief & joy. What an amazing journey. If we’re feeling this, imagine all the engineers & scientists globally who made this happen.”
Another said: “Wow. Sometimes, we are truly an amazing species. Just look what wonders we can achieve.”
And another wrote: “This image encapsulates humanity's dreams.
“Maybe one kid will see this photo and decide that he or she wants to become a scientist or engineer and to build a bigger robot to land on Mars.”
NASA earlier released an image of debris on the lens of the probe’s camera after landing, but this is the first clearly showing the amazing detail of the planet’s surface.
It is space agency’s first attempt to land on Mars in six years.
Only around four in 10 missions ever sent to Mars have been successful and all of them have involved spacecrafts from the US.
Engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory near Los Angeles clapped, high-fived and hugged one another in relief.
The InSight lander touched down on Mars just before 8pm UK time, surviving the so-called "seven minutes of terror" - a tricky landing phase for the robotic probe, travelling at 13,200mph through the planet's thin atmosphere which provides little friction to slow down.
