NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used the camera at the end of its arm in April and May 2014 to take dozens of component images combined into this self-portrait where the rover drilled into a sandstone target called “Windjana.” The camera is the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI), which previously recorded portraits of Curiosity at two other important sites during the mission:\u00a0 “Rock Nest” (http:\/\/photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov\/catalog\/PIA16468) and “John Klein” (http:\/\/photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov\/catalog\/PIA16937).
\nWinjana is within a science waypoint site called “The Kimberley,” where sandstone layers with different degrees of resistance to wind erosion are exposed close together.
\nThe view does not include the rover’s arm.\u00a0 It does include the hole in Windjana produced by the hammering drill on Curiosity’s arm collecting a sample of rock powder from the interior of the rock.\u00a0 The hole is surrounded by grayish cuttings on top of the rock ledge to the left of the rover.\u00a0 The Mast Camera (Mastcam) atop the rover’s remote sensing mast is pointed at the drill hole.\u00a0 A Mastcam image of the drill hole from that perspective is at http:\/\/mars.jpl.nasa.gov\/msl\/multimedia\/raw\/?rawid=0626MR0026780000401608E01_DXXX&s=626. \u00a0The hole is 0.63 inch (1.6 centimeters) in diameter.\u00a0 The rover’s wheels are 20 inches (0.5 meter) in diameter.
\nMost of the component frames of this mosaic view were taken during the 613th Martian day, or sol, of Curiosity’s work on Mars (April 27, 2014).\u00a0 Frames showing Windjana after completion of the drilling were taken on Sol 627 (May 12, 2014).\u00a0 The hole was drilled on Sol 621 (May 5, 2014).
\nMAHLI was built by Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego. \u00a0NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the Mars Science Laboratory Project for the NASA Science Mission Directorate, Washington. JPL designed and built the project’s Curiosity rover.
\n> NASA\u2019s Mars Curiosity Rover Marks First Martian Year with Mission Successes
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NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used the camera at the end of its arm in April and May 2014 to take dozens of component images combined into this self-portrait where the rover drilled into a sandstone target called “Windjana.” The camera is the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI), which previously recorded portraits of Curiosity at two other important sites during the mission:\u00a0 “Rock Nest” (http:\/\/photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov\/catalog\/PIA16468) and “John Klein” (http:\/\/photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov\/catalog\/PIA16937).
\nWinjana is within a science waypoint site called “The Kimberley,” where sandstone layers with different degrees of resistance to wind erosion are exposed close together.
\nThe view does not include the rover’s arm.\u00a0 It does include the hole in Windjana produced by the hammering drill on Curiosity’s arm collecting a sample of rock powder from the interior of the rock.\u00a0 The hole is surrounded by grayish cuttings on top of the rock ledge to the left of the rover.\u00a0 The Mast Camera (Mastcam) atop the rover’s remote sensing mast is pointed at the drill hole.\u00a0 A Mastcam image of the drill hole from that perspective is at http:\/\/mars.jpl.nasa.gov\/msl\/multimedia\/raw\/?rawid=0626MR0026780000401608E01_DXXX&s=626. \u00a0The hole is 0.63 inch (1.6 centimeters) in diameter.\u00a0 The rover’s wheels are 20 inches (0.5 meter) in diameter.
\nMost of the component frames of this mosaic view were taken during the 613th Martian day, or sol, of Curiosity’s work on Mars (April 27, 2014).\u00a0 Frames showing Windjana after completion of the drilling were taken on Sol 627 (May 12, 2014).\u00a0 The hole was drilled on Sol 621 (May 5, 2014).
\nMAHLI was built by Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego. \u00a0NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the Mars Science Laboratory Project for the NASA Science Mission Directorate, Washington. JPL designed and built the project’s Curiosity rover.
\n> NASA\u2019s Mars Curiosity Rover Marks First Martian Year with Mission Successes
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