.If you review this blog site really often, you recognize that almost every time the vagabond picks up scientific research, MAHLI as well as APXS pay attention to interesting (and available!) rocks as targets. The vagabond science staff is actually, it goes without saying, developed with a ton of rock hounds. Yet geography is actually not all stones, constantly-- sand is actually former stone that if laid to rest and pressurized enough time will definitely become stone once again. Today was actually opportunity for sand to beam, as the work area was actually reduced through canals of sand of different colors and brightnesses, and also it had actually been nearly 500 sols considering that we obtained our last specialized sand measurement with APXS and also MAHLI. The "Pumice Flat" aim at was among the better sand patches while "Kidney Lake" was just one of the darker sand patches. APXS uses an unique positioning method over sand intendeds so the equipment obtains close, however certainly not also close, to the loose product which can muck up the instrument. Not-rock was actually likewise the territory of our ecological reviews. Navcam is planned for imaging looking for clouds and dust evil ones, and adjustments in the sand as well as dust atop the vagabond deck. Both Navcam and Mastcam will certainly help make opinions to determine the amount of dirt in the atmosphere. Rapid eye movements are going to keep an eye on our weather with regular measurements, RAD will definitely monitor our radiation environment, as well as DAN will definitely look through stone for indications of water below our drive road.