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

.After completing the targeted and also contact science, our experts're ready to steer. As the science crew had opportunity to appear a little extra at the records gathered in that area, they found this intended that cost going back for. Our team are driving back to the area of the white colored rocks to carry out even more get in touch with scientific research on rocks that appear identical to the elemental sulfur our experts viewed previously this year. Planning in advance, I got to scout this travel on Friday, outlining the safest road as well as trying to find parking spots that were each suitable for communications in addition to for performing get in touch with scientific research. The aim at "Sheep Creek" is about fifty meters (about 164 feet) to the northeast, that makes the ride a difficulty-- the resolution of our images at that variation makes it harder to determine these tiny rocks. Our experts carry out have actually great imaging in that direction, as well as the surface isn't super frightening, so the Vagabond Planners are actually going to make an effort to create it in one travel. In the course of the drive, our team will certainly be actually taking a MARDI "walkway" motion picture (a series of pictures appearing below the rover for the whole span of the drive), which are going to assist chronicle the stations. On the second sol of the strategy, our team perform some added atmospheric as well as untargeted scientific research. We possess a Navcam suprahorizon film (examining the sinkhole rim to review dirt in the environment) as well as a dirt adversary motion picture. Our experts also possess a ChemCam AEGIS observation, where the vagabond will autonomously pick a target to photo. Overnight, CheMin does an "empty tissue" study to confirm that the body is actually cleaned out and all set for the next tasting project.