.Our experts are actually back ... almost, anyways. Today's auto parking location is actually very close to where our company stationed on sol 4253, and in an area near some of the previous call scientific research targets "Discovery Pinnacle." You can check out in this particular post that most of the crew, this blog owner included, resided in Pasadena for our crew conference when our experts were final in this area. That was actually July and also Interest will turn 12 on Mars. Returning is an extremely rare affair and also is actually constantly planned meticulously. Once or twice during the course of the last 12 years it occurred because our company observed something "in the rear looking glass." One of the examples is actually the aim at "Old Cloudburst," where we found dirt gaps in the graphics coming from a previous car park posture, as well as quickly went back considering that this was such a crucial revelation. At various other times it was actually properly intended, such as the "walkabout" at "Pink Cliffs," which you can easily view in this online video from as lengthy back as Planet year 2015. Over the last few planning patterns, it's even more of the last as our experts made our way coming from Finding Epitome, where we were on sol 4253, "Merely travelling through" "Russell Pass" and also getting to "Kings Canyon," our exercise place, which our company achieved on sol 4257. You can adhere to all the action of the boring at Kings Gulch on the blog posts. It took a while-- it regularly does-- since it is actually a task along with lots of measures and examinations to finish. Our team in fact commemorated Curiosity's 12th birthday party at Kings Canyon! Our team left on sol 4283, returned via "Sanctuary Peak," and are now near the Revelation Pinnacle area once more. Afterwards little walkabout via the past history of (some) of Curiosity's hikes, specifically the really final one, allow's consider today's strategy.