NASA’s Curiosity probe shares stunning selfie on its way to Maria Gordon Notch

STOP! time to take a selfie
I took this 360-degree selfie using a Mars hand lens photographer on the tip of my arm. Next, I headed for “Maria Gordon Notch,” the U-shaped hatch behind me on the left. More details about my environment: https://t.co/J8Nbip82S2 pic.twitter.com/DtsrXYYCi5

– Curiosity Rover (MarsCuriosity) December 1, 2021

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Curiosity took three selfies on November 20, Sol’s 33rd day of its mission, using the Mars Hand Lens Imager, or MAHLI, on the tip of its robotic arm. According to NASA’s description, the rocky structure you see behind the rover in the image is the “Greenheugh Pediment” and on the right side of the image is a hill named “Mount Rafael Navarro.” Curiosity took this selfie as she headed over to “Maria Gordon Notch,” the U-shaped opening that can be seen behind the rover on the left side of the photo.

(Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)

Built by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the rover celebrates November 26, the 10th year of its launch to Mars. The rover landed on the Red Planet on August 6, 2012, and has been searching for signs of life ever since. The rover, currently parked near Mount Sharp, posted stunning images last week showing views of Mars at different times of the day.

Curiosity Postcard Landscape on Mars

The image you see below is an artistic interpretation of Curiosity’s view from the side of Mount Sharp and was created by combining and adding color to two black-and-white images of the separate hours of the Martian day. The images were taken on November 16 at 8:30 a.m. and again at 4:10 p.m. local Martian time, as engineers wanted two sets of mosaics, or composites, to capture the scene at that time.

The image shows Mount Sharp which is 5 km high in the center and hills visible from a distance in the center right along with a patch of sand ripples.