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Sols 4325-4326: (Not Quite) Dipping Our Toes in the Sand

.If you read this blogging site really frequently, you understand that virtually each time the rover stops for science, MAHLI and also APXS focus on intriguing (and also available!) rocks as aim ats. The rover science team is actually, after all, created along with a considerable amount of rock hounds. Yet geology is actually not all stones, at all times-- sand is actually past stone that if laid to rest and constrained enough time will come to be stone once again. Today was time for sand to beam, as the work environment was actually cut by canals of sand of different colours and also brightnesses, and also it had actually been nearly 500 sols due to the fact that our company acquired our final committed sand measurement with APXS as well as MAHLI. The "Pumice Apartment" target was just one of the more vibrant sand patches while "Renal Lake" was among the darker sand patches. APXS utilizes a special positioning setting over sand intendeds so the musical instrument obtains close, however not as well close, to the loosened product which might muck up the guitar. Not-rock was additionally the purview of our ecological monitorings. Navcam is actually scheduled for imaging looking for clouds and dust evil ones, and also changes in the sand and also dirt in addition to the rover deck. Both Navcam and Mastcam will make commentaries to assess the amount of dirt in the setting. REMS will certainly monitor our climate with frequent measurements, radical will check our radiation environment, and also DAN will certainly look through stone for indications of water under our drive road.