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NASA / JPL / Andrew Bodrov
This self-portrait of Curiosity combines 66 exposures taken by the rover's Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) during sol 177. At the bottom of this panorama is a hole in the rock. The drilling took place on February 8, 2013, or sol 182. The images for full panorama obtained by the rover's 34-millimeter Mast Camera. The mosaic, which stretches about 30,000 pixels width, includes 113 images taken on Sol 170 and an additional 17 images taken on Sol 176.
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Original image data dated on or about February 8, 2013
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Aurore de Blois: 2013/03/18 11:53 CDT
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