NASA's Curiosity Mars rover takes a selfie with the 20ft-tall 'Mont Mercou' rock formation

At first glance at this image, you'd be forgiven for mistaking it as a still from the latest science fiction blockbuster. But the photo is very much real, and was snapped by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover this week. The selfie shows the rover alongside a rock formation dubbed'Mont Mercou', a nickname taken from a mountain in France. And while the photo is impressive on its own, it was actually taken to celebrate Curiosity's 30th sample to date, after the rover drilled a hole at a nearby rock sample nicknamed'Nontron.' The selfie shows the rover alongside a rock formation dubbed'Mont Mercou', a nickname taken from a mountain in France So far 2021 has been the'year of Mars' with three spaceships from Earth arriving at the Red Planet.