PIA05218: Adirondack's True Self
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows a cleaned off portion of the rock dubbed Adirondack. In preparation for grinding into the rock, Spirit wiped off a fine coat of dust with a brush located on its rock abrasion tool.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER) 
 Spacecraft:  Spirit
 Instrument:  Panoramic Camera 
 Product Size:  1633 x 1501 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Cornell University 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA05218.tif (1.082 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA05218.jpg (125.8 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:
This image taken by the panoramic camera onboard the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows a cleaned off portion of the rock dubbed Adirondack. In preparation for grinding into the rock, Spirit wiped off a fine coat of dust with a brush located on its rock abrasion tool. Scientists plan to analyze the newly-exposed patch of rock with the rover's suite of science instruments, both before and after the top layer is removed.
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Cornell

Image Addition Date:
2004-02-06