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Sols 4343-4344: Overdue Slide, Overdue Improvements

.On sols 4343-4344, Inquisitiveness will concentrate on checking out blocks of carefully layered or even "laminated" bases in its office. The "Backbone Spring" intended, which has an erosion immune upright fin of darker component, are going to be actually zapped due to the ChemCam laser to identify make-up, and also captured through Mastcam. "Backbone Spring" is actually named for a stream in the western side foothills of the Sierra Nevada of California moving with a Natural Research study Region established to defend the threatened Carpenteria californica forest bush. Curiosity is actually presently in the "Bishop" quadrangle on our map, therefore all targets in this field of Mount Sharp are called after areas in the Sierra Nevada and also Owens Lowland of The Golden State. A surrounding aim at stone, "Fantail Lake," which has horizontal fins among its layers, are going to additionally be actually imaged at higher resolution by Mastcam. This aim at title respects a sizable alpine pond at virtually 10,000 feet just past the asian boundary of Yosemite National Park. A broken rock referred to "Area Dome," after a set of Yosemite National Park's incredible granitic domes along the incomparable wall of Tenaya Canyon in between Half Dome and Cloud's Relax, will certainly be actually the subject of mosaic photos for each Mastcam as well as ChemCam RMI to secure elegant particular on fragile levels across its own busted surface (see image). The ChemCam RMI telescopic video camera are going to examine light toned stones on the top Gediz Vallis ridge. Inquisitiveness will additionally do a Navcam dirt devil film as well as variety of dirt on the rover deck, then find out dirt opacity in the ambience utilizing Mastcam..