A couple new selfies beamed back to Earth from NASA’s Curiosity rover show the intrepid Mars explorer looking like a social media star on the red planet.
The new selfies were taken on May 11 as Curiosity posed at a sample site near the bottom of Mount Sharp.
The self-portraits — one showing Curiosity facing toward the camera and one looking behind — actually show a drill site where the rover collected some Martian rock to test.
The photos also show Mount Sharp looming in the background.
Curiosity looking forward
Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Curiosity looking back
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