.If you read this blog site really usually, you understand that almost whenever the rover picks up scientific research, MAHLI as well as APXS pay attention to exciting (as well as obtainable!) rocks as aim ats. The rover scientific research crew is actually, besides, developed with a lot of geologists. However geology is actually not all rocks, all the time-- sand is previous stone that if buried as well as pressurized enough time are going to come to be rock again. Today was actually opportunity for sand to sparkle, as the work environment was reduced through canals of sand of various colours and illuminations, as well as it had actually been actually almost five hundred sols considering that we acquired our final devoted sand measurement with APXS and also MAHLI. The "Pumice Flat" target was among the more beautiful sand patches while "Renal Pond" was among the darker sand spots. APXS uses a special positioning mode over sand intendeds so the instrument acquires close, but not also close, to the loosened component which could muck up the guitar. Not-rock was likewise the territory of our environmental monitorings. Navcam is arranged for imaging seeking clouds and also dirt devils, and also modifications in the sand as well as dirt atop the wanderer deck. Both Navcam and Mastcam will certainly create remarks to gauge the volume of dust in the atmosphere. REMS will take note of our climate with routine sizes, RAD will observe our radiation atmosphere, as well as DAN will certainly scan stone for signs of water beneath our disk road.