.If you read this weblog incredibly often, you know that virtually whenever the vagabond stops for scientific research, MAHLI and APXS focus on appealing (as well as available!) stones as intendeds. The rover scientific research team is actually, it goes without saying, developed with a bunch of rock hounds. Yet geology is actually not all stones, continuously-- sand is actually past rock that if laid to rest and constrained long enough will definitely come to be rock once more. Today was opportunity for sand to beam, as the work environment was actually cut by troughs of sand of various colours and also illuminations, and also it had actually been nearly 500 sols due to the fact that we acquired our last committed sand size with APXS as well as MAHLI. The "Pumice Flat" aim at was among the more beautiful sand spots while "Kidney Lake" was just one of the darker sand spots. APXS makes use of a special positioning setting over sand intendeds so the musical instrument obtains close, yet not as well close, to the loose component which could possibly muck up the guitar. Not-rock was likewise the province of our environmental reviews. Navcam is arranged for image resolution seeking out clouds and dust adversaries, and changes in the sand and also dirt in addition to the vagabond deck. Each Navcam and also Mastcam are going to create remarks to assess the amount of dust in the environment. REMS are going to track our weather condition along with routine sizes, RAD is going to check our radiation setting, and also DAN will definitely look through rock for signs of water beneath our drive pathway.