PIA22486: Curiosity's Dusty Selfie
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
 Spacecraft:  Curiosity
 Instrument:  MAHLI
 Product Size:  18033 x 10144 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA22486.tif (400.4 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA22486.jpg (13.25 MB)

Click on the image above to download a moderately sized image in JPEG format (possibly reduced in size from original)

Original Caption Released with Image:

A self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity rover taken on Sol 2082 (June 15, 2018). A Martian dust storm has reduced sunlight and visibility at the rover's location in Gale Crater.

The rover is located at the "Duluth" drill site just north of the Vera Rubin Ridge. A 1.6-cm diameter drill hole is located on the large boulder to the left of the rover. Once sampling activities were complete, the rover discarded the remaining drilled material, forming a small pile that appears as an orange streak on the sandy ground just in front of the rover. The background of this self-portrait looks across the floor of Gale Crater, now filled with haze from the ongoing dust storm.

Self-portraits are created using images taken by Curiosity's Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI). MAHLI was built by Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of Caltech in Pasadena, manages the Mars Science Laboratory Project for the NASA Science Mission Directorate, Washington. JPL designed and built the project's Curiosity rover.

More information about Curiosity is online at http://www.nasa.gov/msl and http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Image Addition Date:
2018-06-20