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

.After completing the targeted and get in touch with scientific research, our company prepare to drive. As the scientific research team had time to appear a bit even more at the information accumulated during that area, they uncovered this aim at that was worth returning for. Our company are actually steering back to the region of the white colored rocks to perform additional get in touch with science on stones that appear identical to the important sulfur our experts found previously this year. Preparation in advance, I got to hunt this ride on Friday, laying out the most safe road and looking for parking spots that were actually each suitable for interactions and also for carrying out get in touch with scientific research. The intended "Lambs Creek" is about 50 gauges (regarding 164 feet) to the northeast, which makes the travel a difficulty-- the settlement of our photos at that variation makes it more challenging to determine these tiny rocks. Our team carry out have really great imaging in that instructions, as well as the landscapes isn't incredibly frightful, so the Vagabond Planners are visiting attempt to make it in one drive. During the course of the drive, our experts will be taking a MARDI "pavement" movie (a collection of images looking listed below the rover for the whole entire duration of the disk), which will certainly aid chronicle the network. On the 2nd sol of the strategy, our company perform some added atmospherical and untargeted science. Our company have a Navcam suprahorizon film (considering the hole edge to assess dust in the environment) as well as a dirt devil flick. Our experts additionally possess a ChemCam AEGIS review, where the rover will autonomously pick an aim at to picture. Overnight, CheMin does an "unfilled tissue" study to verify that the unit is actually cleaned out as well as ready for the upcoming sampling campaign.