.Our company are back ... almost, anyways. Today's auto parking area is quite near where we parked on sol 4253, and in a location near some of the previous get in touch with scientific research targets "Revelation Epitome." You can easily check out in this particular blog post that the majority of the group, this blog writer included, remained in Pasadena for our team appointment when our company were last in this area. That was actually July and Inquisitiveness was about to transform 12 on Mars. Returning is a really rare celebration as well as is always prepared properly. One or two times throughout the last 12 years it happened given that our experts saw something "in the rear looking glass." Among the examples is actually the intended "Old Soaker," where our company found mud splits in the pictures from a previous parking position, and also without delay returned considering that this was such an important exploration. At various other times it was very carefully organized, such as the "walkabout" at "Pink Cliffs," which you can view within this video clip coming from as long back as Earth year 2015. Over the last few preparation cycles, it is actually even more of the latter as our experts made our means from Invention Pinnacle, where our company performed sol 4253, "Only travelling through" "Russell Elapsed" and also reaching "Kings Gulch," our practice place, which our company met on sol 4257. You may follow all the activity of the exploration at Kings Canyon on the blog posts. It took an although-- it constantly carries out-- considering that it is actually an activity along with numerous steps and inspections to accomplish. Our team actually commemorated Inquisitiveness's 12th birthday celebration at Kings Canyon! We departed on sol 4283, returned through "Sanctuary Top," and also are now near the Exploration Peak location once more. Afterwards little bit of hike via the past of (some) of Curiosity's hikes, specifically the really final one, let's check out today's program.