.If you read this blogging site incredibly often, you know that almost every time the vagabond stops for science, MAHLI and APXS concentrate on fascinating (as well as accessible!) stones as aim ats. The rover scientific research group is, it goes without saying, developed along with a great deal of rock hounds. Yet geography is not all rocks, constantly-- sand is actually past rock that if laid to rest and also forced long enough will come to be stone once again. Today was actually opportunity for sand to shine, as the work environment was cut through canals of sand of various colors as well as illuminations, and also it had been actually almost 500 sols since our team acquired our final specialized sand dimension along with APXS as well as MAHLI. The "Pumice Apartment" target was just one of the more beautiful sand spots while "Kidney Pond" was among the darker sand spots. APXS uses an exclusive positioning setting over sand targets so the instrument gets close, yet not also close, to the loose component which could possibly foul up the musical instrument. Not-rock was actually additionally the territory of our environmental observations. Navcam is booked for imaging seeking out clouds as well as dust adversaries, and also improvements in the sand and dirt in addition to the wanderer deck. Each Navcam and also Mastcam will definitely create commentaries to assess the volume of dirt in the ambience. REMS will definitely monitor our weather along with frequent dimensions, RAD will definitely monitor our radiation environment, and also DAN will certainly look through rock for indications of water underneath our disk course.