New images taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter give a fresh view of the NASAs Insight lander and the Curiosity Rover to the surface of Mars.

Sometimes HiRISE’s orbital cameras look down on the machines below. This happened recently, according to a NASA press release, so we got some nice new photos of Curiosity and InSight.

InSight is located in a region called Elysium Planitia, which hugs the Martian equator. MRO took the picture above on September 23, 2019 from an altitude of 272 kilometers (169 miles). The image is so clear that the lander’s two solar panels, which measure 6 meters (20 feet) from one end to the other, are clearly visible. The bright white spot domed shield now covers the InSights marsquake detector, which has yielded some interesting results. Bands have seen near the lander tracks left by dust devilsone of which actually swept over the lander back in may.

MRO took a grainy InSight photo in December 2018, but NASA considers it the clearest image taken from space, as the Agency explains in its press release:

Several factors make this image clearer than the set of images released after landing InSights in November 2018. First, there’s less dust in the air this time. The shadows are offset from the lander because it’s a slanting view looking West. The lighting was also optimal to avoid bright reflections from the lander or its solar panels, which obscured surrounding pixels in other images. However, bright reflections are inevitable with the seismometer cover South of the lander due to its dome shape.

As for the dark material surrounding the lander, it was caused by the InSights retro-rockets during its descent.

Meanwhile, about 600 kilometers (373 miles) away, Curiosity has been busy in a region known as the clay bearing block. Before and after photos show the progress made by Curiosity as it traveled 337 meters (1,106 feet) from an area called woodland Bay (top) to Sandy Harbor (bottom), which it did from may 31 to July 20, 2019. Incredibly, the tracks of the Rovers can be seen if you look closely.

The lonely surface of Mars will soon have a couple more inhabitants. NASAs has yet to name the Mars 2020 Rover and ESAs ExoMars Rosalind Franklin Rover is scheduled to launch next year. Thatll mean more cool science as well as new photo targets for the Mars reconnaissance Orbiter.