.If you review this blog very often, you recognize that almost each time the vagabond picks up science, MAHLI and also APXS pay attention to fascinating (and also easily accessible!) stones as intendeds. The wanderer science group is actually, besides, constructed with a ton of rock hounds. But geography is actually not all rocks, all the time-- sand is actually former rock that if laid to rest as well as pressurized long enough will certainly come to be rock once again. Today was actually opportunity for sand to shine, as the work area was reduced through troughs of sand of various shades as well as illuminations, and also it had been actually nearly five hundred sols because our experts got our last specialized sand dimension with APXS and also MAHLI. The "Pumice Flat" aim at was one of the more vibrant sand patches while "Kidney Lake" was just one of the darker sand patches. APXS makes use of a special placement mode over sand targets so the tool obtains close, yet not too close, to the loosened material which could foul up the tool. Not-rock was actually also the province of our environmental monitorings. Navcam is booked for image resolution finding clouds and dust devils, as well as adjustments in the sand and also dirt on top of the vagabond deck. Both Navcam as well as Mastcam will help make observations to assess the volume of dirt in the atmosphere. REMS are going to keep track of our weather condition along with frequent dimensions, RAD is going to observe our radiation setting, and DAN is going to scan rock for indicators of water under our drive pathway.