.If you review this blog site quite frequently, you know that nearly each time the wanderer picks up scientific research, MAHLI and also APXS focus on exciting (and easily accessible!) rocks as targets. The vagabond science team is actually, it goes without saying, constructed along with a bunch of geologists. Yet geography is actually certainly not all rocks, at all times-- sand is actually former rock that if buried and also constrained long enough will certainly become rock again. Today was time for sand to sparkle, as the work space was actually cut by canals of sand of various colours as well as illuminations, and also it had been almost 500 sols because our team got our final dedicated sand measurement with APXS as well as MAHLI. The "Pumice Apartment" target was among the more beautiful sand spots while "Renal Pond" was one of the darker sand patches. APXS utilizes an unique placement setting over sand intendeds so the tool gets close, yet not as well close, to the loose material which could muck up the instrument. Not-rock was actually likewise the territory of our environmental observations. Navcam is booked for image resolution seeking clouds and also dirt devils, and also modifications in the sand and also dirt in addition to the rover deck. Both Navcam as well as Mastcam will definitely help make commentaries to measure the volume of dust in the setting. REMS will certainly track our climate with frequent sizes, radical will observe our radiation environment, and also DAN will browse rock for indications of water below our disk pathway.