.We are actually back ... virtually, anyways. Today's parking area is actually incredibly near to where our experts stationed on sol 4253, and also in a place near some of the previous contact science targets "Discovery Pinnacle." You can review within this post that many of the group, this blog owner included, remained in Pasadena for our group meeting when our experts were last in this area. That was actually July and Interest was about to transform 12 on Mars. Coming back is a quite unusual affair and also is actually regularly planned meticulously. Once or twice in the course of the last 12 years it occurred due to the fact that our team saw one thing "in the back mirror." Some of the instances is actually the aim at "Old Soaker," where our experts found mud splits in the photos from a previous vehicle parking placement, as well as without delay got back since this was actually such a vital revelation. At other times it was actually thoroughly intended, like the "hike" at "Pink Cliffs," which you can view within this video clip from as long back as Planet year 2015. Previously few planning cycles, it is actually additional of the latter as we made our way from Finding Epitome, where our experts were on sol 4253, "Simply travelling through" "Russell Pass" and also getting to "Kings Gulch," our drill area, which we achieved on sol 4257. You can easily comply with all the activity of the exploration at Kings Gulch on the blogs. It took a while-- it regularly performs-- given that it is actually an activity along with lots of actions and inspections to complete. Our team actually celebrated Curiosity's 12th birthday at Kings Gulch! Our experts departed on sol 4283, came back using "Basilica Top," and also are currently near the Exploration Pinnacle place again. Afterwards little bit of hike by means of the past history of (some) of Inquisitiveness's hikes, especially the quite last one, allow's take a look at today's plan.