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Sols 4325-4326: (Not Quite) Plunging Our Toes in the Sand

.If you review this blog very commonly, you understand that almost whenever the wanderer stops for scientific research, MAHLI and APXS focus on fascinating (and obtainable!) rocks as aim ats. The vagabond scientific research team is, it goes without saying, constructed along with a bunch of geologists. Yet geology is actually not all rocks, continuously-- sand is past rock that if laid to rest and also pressed long enough will come to be rock once more. Today was time for sand to radiate, as the office was cut through canals of sand of different colours as well as illuminations, and also it had been actually virtually five hundred sols since our company got our final dedicated sand size along with APXS and MAHLI. The "Pumice Apartment" intended was one of the more vibrant sand spots while "Renal Lake" was just one of the darker sand spots. APXS uses an unique positioning setting over sand aim ats so the equipment acquires close, however certainly not also close, to the loose material which could foul up the musical instrument. Not-rock was actually also the province of our ecological reviews. Navcam is actually planned for image resolution seeking clouds and dust devils, and improvements in the sand as well as dirt atop the vagabond deck. Each Navcam and also Mastcam will help make observations to determine the volume of dust in the setting. REMS are going to take note of our climate with routine dimensions, radical will certainly observe our radiation atmosphere, and also DAN is going to peruse rock for signs of water beneath our disk course.

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