.If you review this weblog quite usually, you know that virtually every single time the wanderer stops for scientific research, MAHLI as well as APXS pay attention to exciting (as well as available!) rocks as targets. The rover scientific research group is, after all, developed along with a lot of rock hounds. But geology is actually certainly not all stones, at all times-- sand is past stone that if buried and constrained enough time are going to end up being rock again. Today was opportunity for sand to sparkle, as the workspace was cut by canals of sand of different colors and also brightnesses, and it had actually been actually almost 500 sols considering that we got our final committed sand dimension along with APXS and also MAHLI. The "Pumice Flat" intended was among the brighter sand patches while "Renal Pond" was among the darker sand spots. APXS makes use of an unique placement setting over sand aim ats so the guitar obtains close, however not too close, to the loose material which can muck up the instrument. Not-rock was also the purview of our ecological monitorings. Navcam is planned for image resolution choosing clouds and also dirt devils, as well as modifications in the sand and also dust atop the vagabond deck. Each Navcam as well as Mastcam will create remarks to evaluate the quantity of dust in the ambience. REMS will keep track of our weather condition along with frequent dimensions, radical is going to check our radiation atmosphere, and also DAN will certainly scan rock for signs of water beneath our drive path.