NASA's Curiosity rover took a selfie with Mont Mercoux

In early March, NASA's Curiosity rover began approaching an impressive rock formation just 6 meters high

The Mars landmark is captured in all its grandeur in  a new selfie with a NASA rover, as well as a pair of panoramas sent by Curiosity.The photograph shows a new drilled well near a rock sample nicknamed "Nontron".

According to the mission, the Curiosity rover was topunch holes so scientists can investigate the composition of the terrain. The rover is looking for nontronite, a clay mineral that was previously recorded by orbiters. The machine drilled holes, took out a rock sample and placed it in its special compartment.

Scientists hope that the research will help in studying the planet, including the reasons why Mars turned into a desert planet.

3D view of Mont Mercoux takenCuriosity: NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars used its Mastcam instrument to capture the 32 separate images that make up this panorama of the outcrop, dubbed "Mont Merku."Both panoramas were taken on March 4, 2021, the mission's 3049th Martian day, or sol.Photo: NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory-California Institute of Technology/MSSS.Full image and caption ›126 individual images composing this 360-degree panorama

Curiosity Selfie consists of 60 images,taken with the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) on the rover's arm on March 26, 2021, the 3070th Mars mission day. They were combined with 11 images taken by Mastcam on the mast or "head" of the rover on March 16, 2021, the 3060th Mars mission day.

Curiosity also provided a couple of panoramas using their Mastcam on March 4, 2021, the 3049th Mars mission day.

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