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

.After finishing up the targeted and connect with scientific research, our experts prepare to drive. As the scientific research staff had time to look a little extra at the information picked up during that location, they discovered this intended that was worth returning for. Our team are driving back to the location of the white stones to accomplish additional contact scientific research on stones that appear similar to the elemental sulfur our company observed earlier this year. Organizing ahead, I came to look this travel on Friday, mapping out the best pathway and also searching for auto parking areas that were each good for communications and also for performing contact scientific research. The intended "Sheep Spring" concerns 50 gauges (about 164 feet) to the northeast, that makes the ride a problem-- the settlement of our imagery at that variety produces it more difficult to spot these little rocks. We perform have truly great image resolution because instructions, and also the surface isn't very distressing, so the Vagabond Planners are visiting make an effort to create it in one drive. In the course of the drive, our company will certainly be actually taking a MARDI "pavement" flick (a series of photos appearing listed below the vagabond for the whole duration of the drive), which will aid chronicle the network. On the 2nd sol of the plan, we perform some added atmospheric and untargeted science. Our team have a Navcam suprahorizon flick (taking a look at the crater rim to evaluate dust in the ambience) and a dust adversary film. We also possess a ChemCam AEGIS observation, where the wanderer will autonomously decide on a target to picture. Overnight, CheMin carries out an "empty cell" evaluation to validate that the device is cleared out and also ready for the following sampling campaign.