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

.After wrapping up the targeted and connect with scientific research, we prepare to steer. As the science staff had opportunity to appear a bit a lot more at the information gathered because area, they uncovered this aim at that cost going back for. Our experts are steering back to the region of the white stones to perform additional contact scientific research on rocks that look similar to the elemental sulfur our company saw previously this year. Preparation ahead, I got to look this drive on Friday, laying out the most safe course and looking for car park places that were actually both suitable for interactions along with for doing contact science. The target "Lamb Spring" has to do with 50 gauges (concerning 164 feet) to the northeast, which makes the drive a challenge-- the resolution of our imagery at that variety makes it more difficult to determine these small rocks. Our company perform have definitely great imaging in that direction, and the terrain isn't super frightening, so the Wanderer Planners are actually visiting attempt to produce it in one drive. Throughout the drive, our team will certainly be taking a MARDI "pathway" motion picture (a set of pictures looking below the vagabond for the entire length of the drive), which will definitely aid document the network. On the second sol of the planning, our team do some additional atmospheric and also untargeted science. Our experts possess a Navcam suprahorizon film (looking at the sinkhole rim to analyze dirt in the ambience) as well as a dust devil motion picture. Our company also have a ChemCam AEGIS monitoring, where the wanderer will autonomously pick an aim at to photo. Overnight, CheMin carries out an "vacant cell" study to confirm that the device is actually cleaned and all set for the upcoming sampling initiative.