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Sols 4343-4344: Late Slide, Overdue Improvements

.On sols 4343-4344, Curiosity is going to concentrate on reviewing blocks of carefully split or "laminated" bases in its own work area. The "Heart Creek" target, which has a disintegration resisting vertical fin of black product, are going to be actually zapped by the ChemCam laser device to establish make-up, as well as photographed by Mastcam. "Foundation Creek" is actually named for a stream in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada of The golden state moving through a Natural Investigation Place established to protect the risked Carpenteria californica timberland hedge. Curiosity is presently in the "Bishop" quadrangle on our map, thus all targets in this field of Mount Sharp are actually named after spots in the Sierra Nevada and also Owens Lowland of The Golden State. A bordering target stone, "Fantail Lake," which possesses horizontal fins amongst its levels, are going to additionally be actually imaged at high resolution through Mastcam. This target label tributes a large aerial lake at nearly 10,000 feets only beyond the asian border of Yosemite National forest. A fractured stone referred to "Region Dome," after a pair of Yosemite National Park's impressive granitic domes along the unparalleled wall structure of Tenaya Gulch in between Half Dome and Cloud's Rest, will certainly be the subject of mosaic images for both Mastcam and also ChemCam RMI to get splendid information on fragile levels all over its damaged surface (find graphic). The ChemCam RMI telescopic electronic camera will certainly look at lightweight toned stones on the top Gediz Vallis spine. Curiosity is going to additionally do a Navcam dirt evil one flick as well as mosaic of dirt on the vagabond deck, then establish dirt opacity in the atmosphere making use of Mastcam..

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