The Mars Curiosity Rover has just sent back an awe-inspiring selfie from what is known as the Mojave site — an area of rock at the base of Mount Sharp on Mars
The images were taken by the Mars Hand Lens Imager camera that is located at the end of the rover's robotic arm. NASA stitched the picture together from a series of images taken last month, and released it Tuesday
The rover's drill recently collected the mission's second sample from Mount Sharp, near the Mojave site. The Mojave location is thought to contain dissolved salts as well as crystal-shaped minerals that may have been formed by the evaporation of lake or river water. Read more...
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