The camera attached to the NASA orbiter acquired an oblique
view (42-degree slew angle) of the Vikram lander four days later it touched
down. Launched on June 18, 2009, the NASA orbiter has so far collected a
treasure trove of data, making key contributions to the knowledge base on the
moon
“The bright halo around the vehicle resulted from the rocket
plume interacting with the fine-grained regolith (soil),” said NASA in a
statement, attaching the captured image.
On August 23, India took a giant leap as the Chandrayaan-3
lander module successfully landed on the moon's South Pole, making it the first
country to have achieved the historic feat and bringing to an end the disappointment
over the crash landing of the Chandrayaan-2, four years ago. India became the
fourth country – after the US, China, and Russia – to have successfully landed
on the moon's surface.
After having landed, the Vikram lander and the Pragyan rover
performed a different set of tasks on the lunar surface, including finding the
presence of Sulphur and other minor elements, recording relative temperature,
and listening to movements around it.
Meanwhile, the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover are in “sleep
mode”, with awakening expected around September 22, 2023.
In the latest update, the Indian Space Research organisation
put out a 3-dimensional ‘anaglyph' image of the Chandrayaan-3 Vikram lander
from the south pole of the Moon. Anaglyph is a simple visualization of the
object or terrain in three dimensions from stereo or multi-view images.