http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA16619

Target Name: Mars Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun) Mission: Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Spacecraft: Curiosity Instrument: MAHLI Product Size: 1182 x 882 pixels (width x height) Produced By: Malin Space Science Systems Full-Res TIFF: PIA16619.tif (1.045 MB) Full-Res JPEG: PIA16619.jpg (145.7 kB) Click on image above for all movie download options Original Caption Released with Image: This set of images from NASA's Curiosity rover shows a patch of rock before and after it was cleaned by Curiosity's Dust Removal Tool (DRT). The images, obtained by the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI), show the first use of the DRT on Jan. 6, 2013, the 150th sol, or Martian day, of operations.

MAHLI took this image from a distance of about 10 inches (25 centimeters) after the brushing was completed on this rock target, called "Ekwir_1." The patch of the rock from which dust has been brushed away is about 1.85 inches by 2.44 inches (47 millimeters by 62 millimeters).

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

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