Sunset on Mars

It's funny what photographs from a space mission impact you the most.

The day after NASA landed the Perseverance Mars rover, they released spectacular images of the landing, including the rover dangling down from the descent stage (or “sky crane”), close-ups of the Martian ground, and more. I was pretty impressed by these and certainly relieved to know things were working well.

Then a few days later they released jaw-droppingly incredible video of the descent, including shots of the parachute ...