Space

Sols 4316-4317: Hunting for Sulfur

.Getting through the rugged, demanding Martian surface is regularly a difficulty, and our recent attempt to reach the "Lambs Creek" intended highlights this. We had actually pursued small, distant vivid rocks, yet from fifty meters away (about 164 feets), the minimal resolution of our photos produced it complicated to make improvements navigating. After an eager drive, the vagabond came uncomfortably close-- stopping merely except these small bright rocks. The stones, along with their unique rounded as well as countered "enduring" pattern (pictured), highly are similar to elemental sulfur blocks that we have actually run into prior to. Frustratingly, although the intended rocks were right under the front tire and precisely apparent in our navigating cameras, they remained contemporary of reach of the rover's arm.