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NASA Curiosity Rover Snaps Another Epic Mars Selfie
NASA Curiosity Rover Snaps Another Epic Mars Selfie
Sep 21, 2024 9:49 PM

The photo above shows the recent 'selfie' captured by NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars.

(NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)

While rolling through a sand dune on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity rover decided to snap a selfie to capture the moment.

Curiosity and was sent to collect information to help determine if humans could eventually be sent to the Red Planet, according to NASA.

The rover had of sand and took a series of photos, NASA reports. On Jan. 19, 2016, Curiosity picked up 57 images with the help of the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) that is attached to the end of the rover’s robotic arm.

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A key component of most selfies, the photo the rover captured of itself . Thanks to wrist motions and turret rotations, the MAHLI was able to snap away.

This isn’t the first time that Curiosity has starred in a mini photoshoot. When it completed its first full Martian Year, the vehicle , and in August 2015, the vehicle snapped , from which it harvested samples of dust.

Over time Curiosity has collected enough photos of itself that it could start a pretty cool Instagram account.

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An astronaut captured this photograph of Utah’s Green River doubling back on itself—a feature known as Bowknot Bend—from the International Space Station on January 22, 2014. (NASA)

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