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Sols 4314-4315: Hang around, What Was Actually That Back There?

.After finishing up the targeted and also contact scientific research, we prepare to drive. As the science crew possessed time to appear a little much more at the records gathered because area, they found this intended that cost getting back for. Our experts are steering back to the area of the white stones to carry out additional contact science on stones that appear similar to the elemental sulfur we observed previously this year. Organizing in advance, I got to hunt this ride on Friday, setting out the ideal pathway and searching for vehicle parking areas that were both great for interactions in addition to for doing connect with scientific research. The intended "Lamb Spring" is about fifty gauges (concerning 164 feets) to the northeast, that makes the travel a difficulty-- the resolution of our photos at that assortment creates it harder to pinpoint these small stones. Our team carry out possess definitely excellent imaging in that instructions, as well as the terrain isn't tremendously terrifying, so the Wanderer Planners are visiting attempt to make it in one ride. During the course of the drive, our experts will certainly be actually taking a MARDI "pavement" movie (a collection of images appearing listed below the vagabond for the entire length of the drive), which are going to help record the network. On the second sol of the program, our company perform some added atmospheric as well as untargeted scientific research. We have a Navcam suprahorizon motion picture (checking out the scar edge to assess dust in the environment) and also a dirt adversary flick. Our team additionally have a ChemCam AEGIS observation, where the vagabond is going to autonomously pick an aim at to image. Overnight, CheMin carries out an "unfilled tissue" review to validate that the unit is actually cleaned as well as ready for the next testing initiative.