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

.After wrapping up the targeted as well as get in touch with scientific research, our company prepare to steer. As the scientific research team possessed time to appear a bit even more at the data picked up in that area, they uncovered this aim at that deserved going back for. Our experts are steering back to the region of the white stones to accomplish even more contact science on stones that appear similar to the important sulfur our experts observed earlier this year. Preparing in advance, I reached hunt this ride on Friday, setting out the safest road and also seeking parking spots that were actually both good for interactions along with for performing call science. The aim at "Sheep Spring" concerns 50 gauges (concerning 164 feets) to the northeast, which makes the ride a problem-- the settlement of our images at that range produces it more challenging to spot these little rocks. Our experts do have really excellent imaging in that path, as well as the surface isn't extremely frightening, so the Rover Planners are actually going to try to make it in one ride. Throughout the drive, our experts will certainly be taking a MARDI "walkway" movie (a set of graphics looking listed below the rover for the entire duration of the disk), which are going to aid chronicle the network. On the 2nd sol of the strategy, we carry out some additional atmospherical and also untargeted science. Our company have a Navcam suprahorizon movie (looking at the sinkhole rim to review dust in the atmosphere) and a dirt evil one film. Our experts additionally have a ChemCam AEGIS monitoring, where the wanderer will autonomously decide on an aim at to image. Overnight, CheMin does an "vacant cell" review to confirm that the device is actually cleaned out and also prepared for the next testing campaign.