PHOTO: Amazing New Image From Mars Rover - Spokane, North Idaho News & Weather KHQ.com

HUFFINGTONPOST.COM - Like a tourist who snaps a photo of himself in front of the Eiffel Tower, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has stretched out its arm and captured a high-resolution self-portrait in spectacular surroundings.

The 1-ton Curiosity rover took 55 hi-res pictures with its Mars Hand Lens Imager camera, or MAHLI, on Oct. 31. Mission scientists then stitched the images together to create a full-color mosaic of Curiosity and its Gale Crater landing site. click here to read more and to look at the giant sized photo