.If you read this blogging site extremely often, you recognize that nearly every time the rover stops for scientific research, MAHLI as well as APXS concentrate on intriguing (as well as accessible!) stones as aim ats. The rover scientific research crew is, it goes without saying, built with a ton of rock hounds. However geography is certainly not all rocks, regularly-- sand is former stone that if buried and constrained enough time will certainly end up being rock again. Today was opportunity for sand to sparkle, as the office was reduced by canals of sand of different shades and illuminations, and it had actually been actually nearly 500 sols considering that our team got our last devoted sand dimension along with APXS and MAHLI. The "Pumice Flat" intended was among the brighter sand spots while "Kidney Lake" was one of the darker sand spots. APXS utilizes an exclusive positioning method over sand aim ats so the guitar acquires close, yet certainly not too close, to the loose component which might foul up the equipment. Not-rock was actually also the territory of our ecological monitorings. Navcam is actually booked for imaging seeking out clouds and dirt adversaries, as well as changes in the sand and also dirt atop the vagabond deck. Both Navcam and also Mastcam will definitely make findings to gauge the quantity of dirt in the atmosphere. REMS will monitor our climate along with routine measurements, RAD will certainly check our radiation setting, as well as DAN will definitely scan rock for signs of water below our drive road.