NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover has been busy at work on the Red Planet, undertaking the first major analysis of Martian soil and the planet’s ultra-thin atmosphere. But it’s also had time to take some photos of the journey, specifically a new high-res, full-color self-portrait using the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on the end of its 7-foot-long robotic arm.
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