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Visitors watch while workers wash the faces of George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. The
cleaning removes dirt and lichen from the memorial.
National Park Service employee Darin Oestman climbs a rope as he
helps pressure-wash Mount Rushmore National Memorial on July
22 in South Dakota. A crew of German workers and National Park
Service employees are cleaning the granite faces for the first time
in the monument's 65-year history.
Winfried Hagenau, of Germany, bottom, and National Park Service
employee Darin Oestman take aim at George Washington's nose.
Workers are nearly done with the five-week-long project.
Freshly cleaned faces of South Dakota's Mount Rushmore National
Memorial bask in the early morning sun as the moon sets in the distance.
The presidential faces received their first cleaning in 65 years as part of a
joint project between the National Park Service and the German company
Alfred Karcher Co.
Jens Kranhold, of Germany, washes a rough portion of the
memorial as the shadow of a co-worker hangs overhead.
Water streaks down the faces of presidents George Washington, left, and
Thomas Jefferson, center. President Abraham Lincoln is at far right. The
project used no chemicals, opting instead for pressurized, heated water of
more than 200 degrees Fahrenheit
German workers Gerhard Buchar, right, and Winfried Hagenau, left,
along with National Park Service employee Darin Oestman, clean
around the face of Thomas Jefferson.