Navcam Movie of How Curiosity Takes a Selfie

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Caption:

This video, taken by the Navigation Cameras, or Navcams, on the Mast of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, shows the rover's robotic arm as it rotates to take a selfie. A camera at the end of the arm captured 86 individual images that were later stitched into a panorama.

The Navcams are black-and-white cameras generally used to help engineers plan Curiosity's movements.

Background Info:

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

Cataloging Keywords:

Name	Value	Additional Values
Target	Mars
System
Target Type	Planet
Mission	Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
Instrument Host	Curiosity Rover
Host Type	Rover
Instrument	Navigation Camera (Navcam)
Detector
Extra Keywords	Grayscale, Rotation
Acquisition Date
Release Date	2020-03-20
Date in Caption
Image Credit	NASA/JPL-Caltech
Source	photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA23625
Identifier	PIA23625