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Curiosity Mars rover selfie

author: NASA/JPL-Caltech /Novapix

reference: e-son27-62810

Image Size 300 DPI: 41 * 25 cm

This low-angle self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle at the site from which it reached down to drill into a rock target called "Buckskin" on lower Mount Sharp. The selfie combines several component images taken by Curiosity's Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) on Aug. 5, 2015, during the 1,065th Martian day, or sol, of the rover's work on Mars. For scale, the rover's wheels are 20 inches (50 centimeters) in diameter and about 16 inches (40 centimeters) wide.

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2015 - CURIOSITY - MARS - MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY - MSL - PLANET - ROVER - SOIL - SPACE - SPACECRAFT - SPACEPROBE -