Japan's recently launched Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) has sent back its first pictures of Earth - Mt Fuji and its surrounding towns. The satellite was launched on January 24, 2006, and it contains three onboard instruments for Earth observation. One instrument is called the Panchromatic Remote-sensing Instrument for Stereo Mapping (PRISM). It's capable of taking many 3-D images quickly and accurately.