Damia Bouic • Aug 11, 2015
New Curiosity Self-Portrait
This article originally appeared on Damia's blog and is reposted here with permission.
In August 2012, landed Curiosity rover in Gale crater. Three years later, after many kilometers, the rover is still active and is now exploring the foothills of Mount Sharp. It was the occasion to make a never-before-made self-portrait on Sol 1065, consisting of a full panoramic view from the MAHLI camera, with a drill hole visible at the center of the image.
![Curiosity self-portrait, sol 1065 (spherical projection)](https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_1200x1289_crop_center-center_82_line/20150810_Sol1065_MaHLI_web_medium.jpg 1200w, https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_768x825_crop_center-center_60_line/20150810_Sol1065_MaHLI_web_medium.jpg 768w, https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_576x619_crop_center-center_60_line/20150810_Sol1065_MaHLI_web_medium.jpg 576w)
And finally, two postcards from this location.
![Curiosity self-portrait, sol 1065](https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_2400x1601_crop_center-center_82_line/20150810_Sol_1065_MaHLI_postcard1_web.jpg 2400w, https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_1200x800_crop_center-center_82_line/20150810_Sol_1065_MaHLI_postcard1_web.jpg 1200w, https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_768x512_crop_center-center_60_line/20150810_Sol_1065_MaHLI_postcard1_web.jpg 768w, https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_576x384_crop_center-center_60_line/20150810_Sol_1065_MaHLI_postcard1_web.jpg 576w)
![The rim of Gale Crater](https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_2400x1601_crop_center-center_82_line/20150810_Sol_1065_MaHLI_postcard2_web.jpg 2400w, https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_1200x800_crop_center-center_82_line/20150810_Sol_1065_MaHLI_postcard2_web.jpg 1200w, https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_768x512_crop_center-center_60_line/20150810_Sol_1065_MaHLI_postcard2_web.jpg 768w, https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_576x384_crop_center-center_60_line/20150810_Sol_1065_MaHLI_postcard2_web.jpg 576w)
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