PIA06791: Sweeping the Dust Away
Sweeping the Dust Away
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER) 
 Spacecraft:  Spirit
 Instrument:  Microscopic Imager 
 Product Size:  1940 x 1924 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA06791.tif (3.622 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA06791.jpg (646.1 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit brushed the dust away from a rock target on an outcrop dubbed "Clovis" prior to grinding a hole and conducting mineral studies. This view is a mosaic combining four frames that Spirit took with its microscopic imager on martian sol 214 (Aug. 9, 2004).

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Cornell/USGS

Image Addition Date:
2004-08-20