Curiosity Rover made a new selfie on a Martian dune

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Curiosity Rover continues to explore the Red planet for nearly four years now since landing in 2012, and during his journey he has already sent us their selfies. Now we got a new photo from the Rover brave. Don’t worry-there are no taktashov.

A new selfie was taken in a place called the dune of the Namib. This part is covered with dark sand area to the North-West of mount sharp. The image consists of 57 individual photos taken January 19 through located on the arm of the Rover’s cameras MAHLI — you can even call it a high-tech selfie stick.

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Curiosity visited the dune, to get some sand for the laboratory analyses. This study is necessary to understand the impact of Martian winds on the planet’s surface. NASA spent years studying the motions of the winds, and this information is very useful, when Mars will land the first manned expedition.

According to the materials of NASA


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