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

.After wrapping up the targeted and contact scientific research, our experts prepare to drive. As the scientific research team had opportunity to look a bit even more at the records collected during that area, they found this target that deserved returning for. Our experts are driving back to the place of the white colored rocks to do additional call scientific research on rocks that look comparable to the elemental sulfur our experts saw earlier this year. Preparation ahead of time, I got to hunt this ride on Friday, outlining the best path and seeking auto parking locations that were actually each great for communications as well as for performing get in touch with scientific research. The aim at "Lambs Creek" has to do with 50 gauges (concerning 164 feets) to the northeast, that makes the drive a difficulty-- the resolution of our photos at that variety makes it tougher to pinpoint these tiny stones. Our experts do have truly great imaging because instructions, and also the landscapes isn't extremely scary, so the Vagabond Planners are actually mosting likely to try to make it in one ride. Throughout the drive, our experts will certainly be taking a MARDI "sidewalk" motion picture (a series of images looking below the vagabond for the entire duration of the drive), which will certainly assist chronicle the stations. On the second sol of the plan, we do some added atmospherical and also untargeted scientific research. Our experts possess a Navcam suprahorizon film (examining the scar edge to evaluate dust in the environment) and also a dirt adversary flick. Our experts also possess a ChemCam AEGIS observation, where the rover is going to autonomously choose an aim at to photo. Overnight, CheMin carries out an "unfilled cell" study to validate that the system is actually cleaned as well as ready for the following sampling project.