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PIA22214: Brushed Vein in 'Rona' on 'Vera Rubin Ridge'
This image from NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover shows a mineral vein with bright and dark portions dominating this image of a Martian rock target called 'Rona,' which is near the southern, upper edge of 'Vera Rubin Ridge' on Mount Sharp.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) 
 Spacecraft:  Curiosity
 Instrument:  MAHLI 
 Product Size:  1544 x 887 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA22214.tif (4.11 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA22214.jpg (304.6 kB)  

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A mineral vein with bright and dark portions dominates this image of a Martian rock target called "Rona," which is near the southern, upper edge of "Vera Rubin Ridge" on Mount Sharp.

The Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover took this image on Jan. 17, 2018, during the 1,937th Martian day, or sol, of Curiosity's work on Mars.

The grayer area in the center is roughly 2 inches by 3 inches (about 5 by 8 centimeters). That area, including a portion of the vein, was brushed with the Curiosity's wire-bristled Dust Removal Tool before the image was taken.

MAHLI was built by Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the Mars Science Laboratory Project for the NASA Science Mission Directorate, Washington. JPL designed and built the project's Curiosity rover.

More information about Curiosity is online at http://www.nasa.gov/msl and http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Image Addition Date:
2018-02-08