LONDON: The US space agency has issued a “selfie” portrait from the Curiosity rover on Mars.
Nasa tries to make one at every location where the robot drills into the surface.
This latest picture was taken by the rover at “Buckskin” – the seventh rock target on the mission.
Curiosity does this planetary photography in the same way we would take a selfie – by holding a camera at arm’s length and framing itself up.
The pictures must then be stitched together to make this final scene.
The robot has now been on Mars for three Earth years. It is in what’s known as Gale Crater.
Curiosity is currently climbing through what’s known as Mount Sharp, examining the rocks as it goes.
Today, Mars is barren and cold. Scientists want to understand when and how this happened.
