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Sols 4314-4315: Stand by, What Was Actually That Back There?

.After finishing up the targeted and also get in touch with science, our team're ready to drive. As the science staff had opportunity to appear a little bit much more at the records picked up during that location, they uncovered this target that cost going back for. Our team are actually steering back to the region of the white colored stones to carry out additional get in touch with science on rocks that look identical to the important sulfur we observed earlier this year. Preparation in advance, I reached hunt this drive on Friday, laying out the best course as well as seeking auto parking areas that were each helpful for interactions as well as for doing get in touch with science. The target "Sheep Spring" has to do with 50 gauges (about 164 feet) to the northeast, that makes the drive a problem-- the resolution of our visuals at that range makes it more difficult to spot these little stones. Our team do have truly good image resolution in that path, and the terrain isn't super terrifying, so the Rover Planners are actually mosting likely to make an effort to produce it in one drive. During the course of the disk, we will certainly be actually taking a MARDI "sidewalk" flick (a set of images looking listed below the vagabond for the whole entire duration of the drive), which will aid record the stations. On the 2nd sol of the program, our team carry out some extra atmospherical and also untargeted science. Our team have a Navcam suprahorizon film (taking a look at the scar edge to analyze dirt in the environment) as well as a dirt adversary flick. We also possess a ChemCam AEGIS review, where the wanderer will autonomously select a target to photo. Overnight, CheMin does an "vacant cell" study to confirm that the body is cleared out as well as ready for the next tasting campaign.