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Sols 4289-4290: Coming From Discovery Peak to Kings Canyon as well as Back Again

.We are actually back ... practically, anyways. Today's vehicle parking area is very near where we parked on sol 4253, as well as in a place near some of the previous get in touch with science targets "Exploration Pinnacle." You can easily go through within this blog post that many of the team, this writer included, was in Pasadena for our group appointment when we were actually last in this area. That was actually July and Interest will transform 12 on Mars. Going back is actually a quite uncommon occasion as well as is constantly organized meticulously. Once or twice during the course of the last 12 years it took place considering that we found one thing "in the rear looking glass." One of the examples is the intended "Old Cloudburst," where our team spotted dirt gaps in the pictures from a previous auto parking placement, and also promptly returned given that this was actually such a significant discovery. At other times it was actually thoroughly considered, including the "hike" at "Pink Cliffs," which you may view in this particular online video from as lengthy back as The planet year 2015. Over the last few preparation patterns, it is actually even more of the second as our experts made our way from Breakthrough Pinnacle, where we were on sol 4253, "Only travelling through" "Russell Elapsed" and also getting to "Kings Gulch," our practice location, which our experts achieved on sol 4257. You may comply with all the action of the drilling at Kings Gulch on the blogs. It took an even though-- it constantly performs-- considering that it is actually a task along with several measures and also examinations to accomplish. Our team in fact celebrated Interest's 12th birthday at Kings Canyon! We left on sol 4283, went back via "Sanctuary Top," and also are currently near the Revelation Peak site once again. After that little hike through the record of (some) of Curiosity's walkabouts, particularly the incredibly final one, permit's consider today's program.

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