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

.If you review this blogging site really frequently, you recognize that nearly each time the wanderer stops for scientific research, MAHLI and APXS pay attention to intriguing (and also easily accessible!) stones as targets. The vagabond scientific research group is, it goes without saying, created along with a great deal of geologists. However geography is certainly not all stones, at all times-- sand is past stone that if laid to rest and constrained long enough will definitely become stone once more. Today was actually time for sand to beam, as the work environment was actually cut through troughs of sand of different shades as well as illuminations, and also it had actually been actually virtually five hundred sols since our team obtained our last specialized sand measurement with APXS and MAHLI. The "Pumice Apartment" aim at was one of the more beautiful sand patches while "Renal Pond" was among the darker sand spots. APXS makes use of an exclusive placement mode over sand intendeds so the tool gets close, however not also close, to the loosened material which can muck up the instrument. Not-rock was actually additionally the purview of our ecological reviews. Navcam is planned for image resolution seeking out clouds as well as dirt adversaries, as well as improvements in the sand and also dust on top of the wanderer deck. Each Navcam as well as Mastcam will definitely make remarks to determine the volume of dust in the ambience. REMS will keep an eye on our climate along with normal sizes, radical will observe our radiation environment, as well as DAN will certainly peruse stone for signs of water underneath our disk road.