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Curiosity Mars rover selfie

author: NASA/JPL-Caltech /Novapix

reference: e-son27-62825

Image Size 300 DPI: 89 * 95 cm

This self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle at "Namib Dune," where the rover's activities included scuffing into the dune with a wheel and scooping samples of sand for laboratory analysis. The scene combines 57 images taken on Jan. 19, 2016, during the 1,228th Martian day, or sol, of Curiosity's work on Mars. The camera used for this is the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) at the end of the rover's robotic arm. The view does not include the rover's arm. Wrist motions and turret rotations on the arm allowed MAHLI to acquire the mosaic's component images. The arm was positioned out of the shot in the images, or portions of images, that were used in this mosaic. For scale, the rover's wheels are 20 inches (50 centimeters) in diameter and about 16 inches (40 centimeters) wide.

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2016 - CURIOSITY - DUNE - MARS - MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY - MSL - PLANET - POSTER - ROVER - SOIL - SPACE - SPACECRAFT - SPACEPROBE -