Space

Sols 4316-4317: Seeking for Sulfur

.Getting through the rugged, unforgiving Martian terrain is consistently a difficulty, and also our recent try to connect with the "Lambs Spring" target highlights this. Our experts had actually tried for small, remote brilliant rocks, however coming from 50 meters away (concerning 164 feet), the limited resolution of our pictures made it complicated to tweak navigating. After an ambitious ride, the rover came uncomfortably close-- ceasing simply except these tiny bright rocks. The stones, with their distinct pivoted as well as countered "weathering" pattern (imagined), highly resemble important sulfur blocks out that our experts've experienced just before. Frustratingly, although the aim at rocks were right under the main wheel and also precisely obvious in our navigation cameras, they remained just out of range of the rover's arm.