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Curiosity self-portrait at Namib dune, sol 1228

Curiosity self-portrait at Namib dune, sol 1228
Curiosity self-portrait at Namib dune, sol 1228 Curiosity took the 57 MAHLI photos used to assemble this self-portrait on sol 1228 (January 19, 2016). The rover was at "Namib Dune," where the rover's activities had already included scuffing into the dune with a wheel, scooping samples of sand for laboratory analysis, and dumping sieved sampled sand on the ground. NASA / JPL / MSSS