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Curiosity sol 1065 MAHLI self-portrait: component images

Curiosity sol 1065 MAHLI self-portrait: component images
Curiosity sol 1065 MAHLI self-portrait: component images Curiosity's arm-mounted MAHLI camera took 72 individual photos over a period of about an hour in order to cover the entire rover and a lower hemisphere including 360 degrees around the rover and more than 90 degrees of elevation. It took 2 tiers of 20 images to cover the entire horizon, and fewer images at lower elevations to cover the bottom of the image sphere. The arm was kept out of most of the images but it was impossible to keep the arm's shadow from falling on the ground in positions immediately in front of the rover. NASA / JPL / MSSS / Emily Lakdawalla