.If you review this blogging site very usually, you understand that almost each time the vagabond picks up scientific research, MAHLI and APXS concentrate on interesting (and available!) rocks as intendeds. The vagabond science staff is, besides, constructed with a great deal of rock hounds. However geography is certainly not all rocks, regularly-- sand is actually former stone that if buried and pressed enough time will definitely become stone once more. Today was actually opportunity for sand to sparkle, as the workspace was cut by canals of sand of different colors and brightnesses, and also it had been actually nearly 500 sols given that our team acquired our final devoted sand measurement along with APXS and also MAHLI. The "Pumice Apartment" target was among the brighter sand patches while "Renal Pond" was among the darker sand patches. APXS makes use of a special placement setting over sand intendeds so the tool obtains close, however not as well close, to the loose material which could possibly muck up the instrument. Not-rock was additionally the province of our ecological observations. Navcam is actually scheduled for imaging seeking out clouds and dust evil ones, as well as adjustments in the sand as well as dust on top of the vagabond deck. Both Navcam and also Mastcam will help make opinions to gauge the volume of dirt in the setting. REMS will certainly keep track of our weather along with regular measurements, radical will track our radiation environment, and DAN will browse stone for indications of water beneath our drive course.