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China’s Mars rover sent home a selfie and it looks like a scene from WALL-E – Boing Boing

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China’s Zhurong rover on Mars was equipped with a detachable camera that it dropped ten meters from where it landed. One of the fantastic images Zhurong just sent back to Earth is this selfie of the rover and its landing platform. Look familiar?

“Flurry of photos capture China’s Zhurong rover on surface of Mars” (Nature)


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