.If you review this blog very frequently, you understand that nearly whenever the vagabond stops for scientific research, MAHLI as well as APXS focus on intriguing (and also available!) rocks as aim ats. The rover scientific research crew is, nevertheless, created with a ton of geologists. But geography is actually not all stones, continuously-- sand is actually previous stone that if laid to rest and constrained enough time will definitely come to be stone once again. Today was actually opportunity for sand to shine, as the work area was reduced by troughs of sand of various shades and brightnesses, and also it had actually been actually nearly five hundred sols given that our team obtained our final specialized sand dimension with APXS as well as MAHLI. The "Pumice Apartment" target was just one of the more vibrant sand patches while "Renal Pond" was just one of the darker sand spots. APXS makes use of a special placement method over sand intendeds so the equipment obtains close, yet certainly not too close, to the loose component which can muck up the equipment. Not-rock was likewise the province of our environmental observations. Navcam is planned for imaging choosing clouds as well as dust devils, and modifications in the sand as well as dust on top of the vagabond deck. Each Navcam and also Mastcam will certainly produce commentaries to assess the amount of dirt in the ambience. Rapid eye movements are going to monitor our weather condition along with routine dimensions, radical will certainly monitor our radiation environment, and DAN will certainly browse stone for indications of water beneath our drive road.