The selfie was captured on March 11, the 1,797th day of the rover's mission.
It took a week of waving the arm on which the drill was mounted for the rogue rock to finally drop back to the Martian surface.
NASA’s Curiosity rover spotted unusual polygon shapes that resemble large fossilized reptile scales.
The bizarre picture was even voted NASA's “Image of the Week” by the public.
The findings reveal that the Martian surface can preserve the kinds of molecules that could serve as signs of ancient life.
NASA’s Curiosity rover has shown off dramatic damage received from its 14 years of travels on the Red Planet.
Since NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrived at Mars in 2006, the spacecraft has delivered some of the most detailed imagery ever captured of the Red Planet.
Space scientists say they have spotted a hilly landscape that looks like spiderwebs on the Red Planet.
Photos from over the last five years show some of the space oddities it has spotted in its exploration of the Red Planet.
