.If you read this blog site really usually, you recognize that nearly every single time the vagabond stops for science, MAHLI as well as APXS concentrate on interesting (and available!) rocks as intendeds. The rover scientific research team is, nevertheless, built along with a ton of geologists. Yet geology is actually certainly not all rocks, continuously-- sand is actually past stone that if laid to rest and also pressed enough time will definitely come to be stone once again. Today was opportunity for sand to sparkle, as the work area was actually cut by canals of sand of various colors and illuminations, as well as it had actually been actually virtually 500 sols because we acquired our last specialized sand measurement with APXS and MAHLI. The "Pumice Flat" aim at was one of the brighter sand patches while "Renal Pond" was among the darker sand spots. APXS utilizes an unique positioning setting over sand intendeds so the equipment gets close, yet not as well close, to the loose component which could muck up the instrument. Not-rock was actually additionally the purview of our environmental observations. Navcam is booked for imaging looking for clouds and also dust adversaries, and also modifications in the sand as well as dust on top of the wanderer deck. Both Navcam and Mastcam will definitely help make remarks to measure the amount of dirt in the atmosphere. REMS will certainly track our climate along with normal sizes, RAD is going to check our radiation environment, and also DAN will certainly browse stone for signs of water below our drive course.