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

.After wrapping up the targeted and get in touch with science, we're ready to steer. As the science team possessed time to appear a bit extra at the information picked up because region, they discovered this intended that cost going back for. Our experts are actually steering back to the location of the white rocks to accomplish even more get in touch with scientific research on rocks that appear comparable to the important sulfur our team saw previously this year. Preparing ahead of time, I got to look this drive on Friday, mapping out the ideal pathway and also seeking car park places that were actually each helpful for interactions along with for doing get in touch with science. The aim at "Lambs Creek" is about 50 meters (about 164 feet) to the northeast, which makes the drive an obstacle-- the resolution of our visuals at that range makes it more challenging to determine these tiny rocks. Our experts perform have really great imaging because direction, and also the terrain isn't super frightful, so the Rover Planners are actually visiting make an effort to create it in one ride. In the course of the drive, our experts will certainly be actually taking a MARDI "pathway" film (a set of pictures looking listed below the rover for the whole entire duration of the drive), which will definitely help record the channel. On the 2nd sol of the plan, our experts carry out some added atmospheric as well as untargeted scientific research. We have a Navcam suprahorizon movie (looking at the scar edge to review dust in the environment) as well as a dirt adversary film. Our experts also possess a ChemCam AEGIS monitoring, where the rover will autonomously choose an intended to image. Overnight, CheMin does an "vacant tissue" review to validate that the system is actually cleaned out as well as ready for the upcoming tasting campaign.