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

.After concluding the targeted and get in touch with scientific research, we're ready to drive. As the scientific research staff had opportunity to look a little extra at the records picked up because area, they found this intended that deserved going back for. We are driving back to the place of the white stones to perform additional get in touch with scientific research on rocks that appear identical to the elemental sulfur our team found earlier this year. Planning in advance, I got to look this ride on Friday, outlining the best path as well as searching for auto parking places that were both great for communications and also for carrying out contact science. The target "Lamb Spring" concerns 50 gauges (concerning 164 feets) to the northeast, that makes the ride a difficulty-- the resolution of our images at that variety produces it harder to pinpoint these tiny rocks. We perform have actually great imaging in that path, as well as the surface isn't very frightful, so the Wanderer Planners are actually going to attempt to create it in one drive. During the course of the drive, our team will definitely be taking a MARDI "pavement" flick (a set of images appearing listed below the wanderer for the whole entire span of the disk), which will aid record the stations. On the 2nd sol of the strategy, we do some extra atmospheric as well as untargeted science. Our team have a Navcam suprahorizon movie (examining the hole rim to analyze dust in the environment) and also a dust evil one flick. Our experts likewise have a ChemCam AEGIS review, where the rover will autonomously choose a target to graphic. Overnight, CheMin performs an "empty cell" evaluation to verify that the unit is cleaned and also ready for the following sampling campaign.