It is easy to feel indifferent in regards to the Mars missions. I think it
is because the landscape looks rather familiar.

But when you consider that a few weeks ago we had much less data on the
appearance of the now-familiar surface, I think it puts the new photos in
perspective. The current batch of rovers have much more instrumentation
than the Pathfinder. And it is, after all, the first mission with a close-up
lens on the camera.