.If you read this weblog incredibly commonly, you recognize that nearly whenever the vagabond stops for science, MAHLI and also APXS pay attention to interesting (and also obtainable!) rocks as intendeds. The vagabond scientific research group is, nevertheless, developed along with a ton of rock hounds. But geology is actually not all stones, all the time-- sand is actually former stone that if buried and also pressurized enough time will end up being rock once again. Today was actually time for sand to sparkle, as the work area was cut by canals of sand of different colours and brightnesses, as well as it had actually been virtually five hundred sols given that our team obtained our final devoted sand measurement along with APXS and also MAHLI. The "Pumice Flat" aim at was just one of the more vibrant sand spots while "Kidney Pond" was among the darker sand spots. APXS uses an exclusive positioning mode over sand aim ats so the musical instrument gets close, but not too close, to the loose product which could possibly muck up the tool. Not-rock was additionally the purview of our ecological monitorings. Navcam is actually scheduled for image resolution seeking out clouds and dirt devils, and modifications in the sand and dust on top of the vagabond deck. Both Navcam as well as Mastcam are going to help make findings to evaluate the amount of dirt in the atmosphere. Rapid eye movements are going to take note of our climate along with routine dimensions, radical will definitely observe our radiation environment, as well as DAN will peruse stone for signs of water under our disk path.