.If you review this weblog extremely frequently, you know that nearly each time the wanderer stops for scientific research, MAHLI as well as APXS pay attention to intriguing (and accessible!) rocks as aim ats. The vagabond science team is, besides, constructed along with a considerable amount of rock hounds. However geography is not all rocks, continuously-- sand is actually past stone that if buried as well as constrained long enough will end up being stone once again. Today was opportunity for sand to radiate, as the office was cut through canals of sand of different shades and brightnesses, and it had actually been nearly five hundred sols considering that we obtained our final dedicated sand measurement along with APXS as well as MAHLI. The "Pumice Apartment" aim at was among the more vibrant sand spots while "Kidney Lake" was just one of the darker sand spots. APXS uses an exclusive placement mode over sand targets so the guitar gets close, yet certainly not too close, to the loose material which could foul up the equipment. Not-rock was also the province of our ecological observations. Navcam is booked for imaging seeking out clouds and also dust devils, and also modifications in the sand as well as dust in addition to the rover deck. Both Navcam and Mastcam will certainly produce findings to measure the quantity of dust in the ambience. REMS will definitely track our climate with regular dimensions, radical will certainly check our radiation environment, as well as DAN is going to look through rock for indicators of water beneath our drive pathway.