.If you review this weblog extremely typically, you recognize that almost whenever the vagabond picks up science, MAHLI and APXS pay attention to intriguing (and accessible!) rocks as aim ats. The vagabond science group is actually, it goes without saying, created with a lot of geologists. However geology is not all stones, at all times-- sand is former stone that if buried and constrained enough time will become rock once more. Today was opportunity for sand to sparkle, as the work environment was cut through canals of sand of different colours as well as brightnesses, and also it had been actually virtually 500 sols given that our company acquired our last devoted sand dimension with APXS and also MAHLI. The "Pumice Flat" aim at was just one of the more vibrant sand patches while "Renal Lake" was one of the darker sand spots. APXS uses a special positioning mode over sand intendeds so the instrument gets close, but not as well close, to the loosened component which can muck up the instrument. Not-rock was actually also the purview of our ecological observations. Navcam is actually booked for image resolution looking for clouds and also dirt devils, and also improvements in the sand as well as dirt on top of the wanderer deck. Each Navcam and also Mastcam will certainly help make remarks to gauge the quantity of dirt in the ambience. Rapid eye movements will definitely keep an eye on our climate along with normal measurements, radical is going to check our radiation setting, as well as DAN is going to check out stone for signs of water below our drive road.