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

.After finishing up the targeted as well as get in touch with science, we prepare to steer. As the scientific research team had opportunity to appear a little bit even more at the information gathered because region, they discovered this target that was worth getting back for. Our company are actually driving back to the place of the white colored rocks to do more connect with scientific research on stones that appear similar to the essential sulfur our experts saw earlier this year. Preparing ahead, I reached search this travel on Friday, laying out the ideal pathway and also seeking auto parking locations that were both helpful for interactions in addition to for doing get in touch with science. The target "Lambs Spring" has to do with fifty meters (concerning 164 feet) to the northeast, which makes the ride a problem-- the resolution of our imagery at that array creates it more challenging to identify these small stones. Our team do have definitely great image resolution during that direction, and the terrain isn't tremendously terrifying, so the Wanderer Planners are visiting make an effort to create it in one drive. Throughout the drive, our team will be taking a MARDI "sidewalk" flick (a set of images appearing listed below the wanderer for the whole length of the drive), which will aid chronicle the network. On the 2nd sol of the planning, our team carry out some extra atmospheric and untargeted science. Our experts possess a Navcam suprahorizon movie (looking at the crater edge to assess dirt in the ambience) and a dirt evil one flick. Our experts likewise possess a ChemCam AEGIS review, where the vagabond will autonomously choose an aim at to image. Overnight, CheMin performs an "empty cell" analysis to validate that the device is actually cleaned out as well as prepared for the upcoming testing initiative.