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

.After finishing up the targeted as well as contact science, our team prepare to drive. As the scientific research group possessed opportunity to appear a little a lot more at the information picked up during that region, they uncovered this intended that cost getting back for. Our experts are actually driving back to the area of the white colored rocks to accomplish even more connect with science on rocks that appear similar to the important sulfur our team observed previously this year. Preparation ahead, I came to look this ride on Friday, mapping out the ideal path and searching for parking areas that were each good for interactions along with for performing connect with science. The target "Lambs Creek" has to do with fifty meters (about 164 feet) to the northeast, that makes the drive an obstacle-- the resolution of our imagery at that selection makes it more challenging to figure out these tiny stones. Our experts perform possess really good imaging during that direction, as well as the landscapes isn't tremendously frightening, so the Wanderer Planners are going to attempt to produce it in one ride. During the course of the disk, our experts will certainly be taking a MARDI "sidewalk" flick (a collection of graphics looking listed below the rover for the entire span of the drive), which will definitely aid record the channel. On the 2nd sol of the planning, we perform some added atmospherical and untargeted scientific research. Our team have a Navcam suprahorizon motion picture (considering the sinkhole edge to analyze dust in the ambience) and also a dust evil one movie. Our company likewise have a ChemCam AEGIS monitoring, where the rover is going to autonomously choose an intended to photo. Overnight, CheMin does an "unfilled cell" study to confirm that the system is actually cleaned out as well as prepared for the following tasting campaign.