The Curiosity rover, sent by American space agency NASA to Mars, has taken an fantastic 360 degree image of itself as it was in the Marias Pass region of Mars. After it finished drilling on the rock, it used the camera fixed on its robotic arm to capture multiple images that can be attached together to make a complete selfie image of the rover at the drilling site.
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On it’s website, NASA states Curiosity “shows the vehicle at the site from which it reached down to drill into a rock target called Buckskin”. ‘We were pleased to see no repeat of the short circuit during the Buckskin drilling and sample transfer, ‘ said Steven Lee, deputy project manager for Curiosity at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California.
Using the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI), dozens of pictures have been shot on August fifth and have been stitched collectively to type a putting self-portrait of Curiosity atop the Red Planet’s rock formation.
Since then, it has been exploring and studying the planet to determine its habitability.
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In the middle of the depression is a huge mountain dubbed Mount Sharp, and Curiosity is now climbing through its foothills.
