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. 2020 Feb 24;11:1014. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-14679-1

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Fig. 3 — a Image acquired on December 6, 2018 showing a regional view of the location of the InSight lander, parachute and backshell, and heatshield. Also shown are close ups of the heat shield (b) lander (c) and parachute and backshell (d) in color. Note the 20 m radius dark spot around the lander, with the slightly brighter interior. The gradational extension of the dark spot to the southeast is along the prevailing wind direction from the northwest estimated from orbit³ and measured by InSight early in the mission⁴¹. Note smaller dark spots associated with the backshell and heatshield, and the relatively fresh Sunrise crater 400 m to the east of the lander. Note circular impact craters in a wide variety of degradational states. Portion of HiRISE image ESP_057939_1845and ESP_058005_1845 at ~25 cm/pixel.