.If you review this weblog really often, you understand that nearly each time the vagabond stops for scientific research, MAHLI and APXS pay attention to appealing (and also accessible!) rocks as targets. The rover science staff is actually, besides, developed along with a lot of geologists. Yet geography is actually not all stones, all the time-- sand is past rock that if laid to rest and also pressed long enough will definitely become rock once again. Today was opportunity for sand to beam, as the work area was actually reduced through troughs of sand of different colours and brightnesses, and also it had actually been actually virtually 500 sols since we acquired our last specialized sand dimension with APXS and also MAHLI. The "Pumice Flat" intended was one of the more vibrant sand spots while "Kidney Lake" was one of the darker sand spots. APXS makes use of an unique placement setting over sand aim ats so the instrument receives close, yet not also close, to the loosened product which might muck up the instrument. Not-rock was actually additionally the purview of our ecological reviews. Navcam is actually set up for image resolution seeking out clouds as well as dust devils, as well as adjustments in the sand as well as dust in addition to the vagabond deck. Each Navcam as well as Mastcam will definitely create remarks to determine the volume of dirt in the environment. Rapid eye movements will certainly keep track of our weather along with frequent sizes, RAD will definitely track our radiation atmosphere, and DAN will definitely look through stone for indicators of water under our disk road.