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Sols 4289-4290: Coming From Revelation Epitome to Kings Gulch as well as Back Again

.Our company are back ... almost, anyways. Today's parking site is actually extremely close to where we parked on sol 4253, and also in a location near among the previous get in touch with scientific research targets "Exploration Epitome." You may read in this blog post that most of the crew, this blogger consisted of, was in Pasadena for our team appointment when our experts were actually final around. That was July and also Curiosity was about to transform 12 on Mars. Returning is an extremely uncommon celebration and also is actually regularly prepared meticulously. Once or twice throughout the final 12 years it occurred given that our team found something "in the rear looking glass." Some of the examples is the aim at "Old Soaker," where we spotted mud splits in the photos from a previous parking position, and also promptly went back since this was such an essential revelation. At various other opportunities it was actually thoroughly organized, such as the "hike" at "Pink Cliffs," which you can enjoy in this video clip coming from as lengthy back as Earth year 2015. Previously few organizing patterns, it's more of the second as our team made our method from Finding Epitome, where our experts were on sol 4253, "Simply travelling through" "Russell Successfully pass" as well as arriving at "Kings Gulch," our exercise location, which our experts achieved on sol 4257. You may comply with all the activity of the boring at Kings Canyon on the blogs. It took an although-- it always carries out-- since it is actually a task along with several measures and investigations to finish. We in fact commemorated Curiosity's 12th birthday party at Kings Gulch! Our company departed on sol 4283, returned using "Cathedral Top," as well as are actually now near the Revelation Pinnacle place once more. Afterwards little bit of walkabout through the background of (some) of Inquisitiveness's walkabouts, specifically the very last one, allow's take a look at today's program.