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Sols 4325-4326: (Almost) Dipping Our Feet in the Sand

.If you review this blog incredibly commonly, you understand that almost whenever the rover picks up science, MAHLI as well as APXS concentrate on intriguing (and also obtainable!) stones as aim ats. The rover scientific research team is actually, nevertheless, built along with a lot of geologists. However geography is not all stones, at all times-- sand is actually previous stone that if laid to rest and also pressurized enough time are going to end up being stone again. Today was actually time for sand to shine, as the workspace was actually cut by canals of sand of different shades and also illuminations, and also it had actually been actually nearly 500 sols given that our company got our last devoted sand dimension along with APXS and also MAHLI. The "Pumice Apartment" target was among the more beautiful sand patches while "Renal Lake" was just one of the darker sand patches. APXS makes use of a special positioning setting over sand aim ats so the equipment receives close, yet not also close, to the loose material which can muck up the musical instrument. Not-rock was actually likewise the territory of our ecological reviews. Navcam is actually arranged for imaging seeking out clouds and dirt devils, and adjustments in the sand as well as dirt on top of the wanderer deck. Both Navcam as well as Mastcam will definitely create findings to measure the quantity of dirt in the atmosphere. Rapid eye movements will definitely keep track of our weather along with frequent dimensions, RAD will certainly observe our radiation atmosphere, as well as DAN will definitely check out rock for signs of water beneath our drive course.

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