Curiosity update, sols 1218-1249: Digging in the sand at Bagnold Dunes

Curiosity has spent the last month sampling and processing dark sand scooped from the slip face of Namib Dune. The rover has now departed Namib and is preparing to cross the Bagnold dune field, while working to diagnose an anomaly with the CHIMRA sample handling mechanism.

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