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

.After concluding the targeted and contact science, we prepare to drive. As the scientific research team had opportunity to look a bit extra at the records collected during that region, they found this target that was worth going back for. Our experts are steering back to the region of the white stones to accomplish even more connect with science on stones that look identical to the essential sulfur our experts found earlier this year. Planning ahead, I came to look this ride on Friday, setting out the safest pathway and also looking for vehicle parking spots that were actually both great for communications and also for doing call scientific research. The target "Sheep Spring" concerns fifty gauges (about 164 feets) to the northeast, that makes the ride a challenge-- the resolution of our visuals at that array makes it tougher to pinpoint these small rocks. Our experts perform possess really good image resolution during that path, as well as the terrain isn't tremendously frightful, so the Rover Planners are actually visiting try to create it in one drive. In the course of the drive, we are going to be actually taking a MARDI "sidewalk" movie (a set of images looking below the wanderer for the entire duration of the disk), which are going to assist document the channel. On the 2nd sol of the plan, we perform some added atmospheric as well as untargeted science. Our team possess a Navcam suprahorizon movie (examining the crater rim to assess dust in the ambience) as well as a dirt devil movie. Our experts also have a ChemCam AEGIS monitoring, where the rover will autonomously pick an intended to graphic. Overnight, CheMin carries out an "unfilled cell" review to verify that the unit is cleared out and also prepared for the next tasting project.