Looks like Oppy has found her very own mini Mt Sharp...

Oh my... look at that...

Good grief. That is a ridiculously complex little formation, isn't it?

VERY nice anaglyph, Stu!

The PCDB label for the whole outcrop (not just the rather striking broken part on the end) is "Stobie". The 5x1 Pancam mosaic was taken on sol 3107 before the drive.

Sol 3107 pancam pan - "Stobie":



I did only found images for a 3x1 so far ...

My thoughts exactly when I looked at MHowards panorama before I saw your post ...

It's kind of an unusual 5x1, composed of 3 'horizontal' subframes (the ones you've got), a full-frame (or close to it) to the right of that and a 'vertical' subframe on the far right. And then there's a 3x1 of images closer to the rover, also labelled "Stobie". I'll post a context view if some more color comes down.

These are some of the most astounding outcrops I have ever seen. I wonder if Opportunity will ever be able to leave Cape York.

Here's my crude attempt on the navcam mosaic taken at the current site (sol 3107).

Quite close to the site she was during sols 2751-2754.


Let's see if I can find a mosaic from that timeframe. Found this post of yours.

Almost exactly 1 (Earth) year ago.

Wow, I remember that sol 2751 mosaic. I was thinking something like, "Those outcrops look good, too bad she can't get over there." But I had no idea.

Most of the frames of Stobie are down now; here's a context view facing NE on sol 3105-3107.



And another view looking N from the same position, showing a single frame of "Totten", with Stobie on the far left.

Just out of curiosity I went back to the sol 2751-2754 timeframe to see if there are any labelled Pancam images. Sure enough there are a couple; for example this is "Havelock", sol 2753, from the same position as that sol 2751 Navcam mosaic. I'm not sure where Havelock is relative to where we are on sol 3107; maybe someone can figure it out. Also, on sol 2751, there is "Moodies".

A little flashback: sol 2749 was when we saw two sets of Pancam drive direction images: a 3x1 to the north, and one to the east labelled "pancam drive direction 2x1 inboard" (emphasis mine). Were they thinking about it? Or scouting way ahead?

Last post: Based on Tesheiner's map, I'm going to guess that the outcrop Opportunity is approaching after the drive on sol 3107 is Havelock! Seen here, from the other side, on sol 2753. And the dark area on the left in that image would be the jagged end of Stobie! I'm not positive, but it seems to fit. So cool.

I think you've nailed it. Here's a comparison of what appears to be Stobie imaged on sols 2751 and 3107:

The viewing directions are very different between those two views, but combined with the map positions and navcam mosaics I think these are the right identifications.

Edit: do we have a name for the front side (downslope side) of Havelock that we're now sitting in front of?