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

.After finishing up the targeted and contact scientific research, we're ready to drive. As the science staff possessed time to look a little bit a lot more at the information gathered because region, they found this intended that cost getting back for. Our company are steering back to the region of the white colored stones to accomplish more call scientific research on rocks that look comparable to the important sulfur we viewed earlier this year. Preparing ahead of time, I reached hunt this drive on Friday, mapping out the most safe course as well as trying to find car parking areas that were both helpful for interactions along with for doing connect with scientific research. The intended "Sheep Creek" has to do with 50 gauges (about 164 feets) to the northeast, that makes the ride a difficulty-- the settlement of our visuals at that variation creates it more challenging to figure out these tiny stones. We carry out have really great imaging because path, and the terrain isn't very frightful, so the Rover Planners are visiting try to make it in one drive. During the course of the drive, our company will certainly be taking a MARDI "walkway" motion picture (a series of images looking listed below the vagabond for the whole entire duration of the disk), which will certainly assist record the network. On the 2nd sol of the program, we do some extra climatic as well as untargeted science. Our experts possess a Navcam suprahorizon motion picture (examining the sinkhole rim to evaluate dirt in the atmosphere) and a dust devil motion picture. We also possess a ChemCam AEGIS observation, where the rover is going to autonomously select an aim at to photo. Overnight, CheMin performs an "empty cell" evaluation to confirm that the system is cleaned and prepared for the upcoming testing initiative.