Our drive on Sol 2447 stopped a bit short, placing us on an area that was mostly gravel. Nothing against gravel, but we are eager to get to the outcrops ahead of us, so we went with a pretty light plan for today to allow more time and energy for driving. We start off with a ChemCam observation of a pebble dubbed ‘Strathclyde,’ followed by Mastcam of the same target. Then we have a Mastcam mosaic of the upcoming outcrop. After the drive we have all the usual post-drive imaging, including a MARDI image of the ground beneath our wheels. We originally had a ChemCam autonomously targeted observation, but that was pulled to save power for tomorrow. We will wrap up Sol 2448 with a twilight Mastcam movie to watch for clouds.

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About the Authors Ryan Anderson, Planetary Geologist; USGS ; Flagstaff, AZ Michael Battalio, Atmospheric Scientist; Texas A&M University; College Station, TX Lauren Edgar, Planetary Geologist; USGS ; Flagstaff, AZ Christopher Edwards, Planetary Geologist; Northern Arizona University; Flagstaff, AZ Abigail Fraeman, Planetary Geologist; NASA/JPL; Pasadena, CA Scott Guzewich, Atmospheric Scientist; NASA/GSFC; Greenbelt, MD Ken Herkenhoff, Planetary Geologist; USGS ; Flagstaff, AZ Rachel Kronyak, Planetary Geologist; University of Tennessee; Knoxville, TN Michelle Minitti, Planetary Geologist; Framework;

Silver Spring, MD Mark Salvatore, Planetary Geologist; University of Michigan; Dearborn, MI Roger Wiens, Geochemist; LANL; Los Alamos, NM

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