I just noticed the wheeltracks on the f -> g "drift-crossing" section of your projection - cute!

Sol583 South view...

yayyyyy......... sol 588 is drive day

Sol Seq.Ver ETH ESF EDN EFF ERP Tot Description
--- -------- --- --- --- --- --- ---- -----------
588 p1211.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 ultimate_front_haz_1_bpp_pri_17
588 p1235.04 0 0 0 0 0 0 front_hazcam_stumble_0.5_bpp_pri_56
588 p1235.04 0 0 0 0 0 0 front_hazcam_stumble_0.5_bpp_pri_56
588 p1235.04 0 0 0 0 0 0 front_hazcam_stumble_0.5_bpp_pri_56
588 p1235.04 0 0 0 0 0 0 front_hazcam_stumble_0.5_bpp_pri_56
588 p1311.06 0 0 0 0 0 0 rear_haz_ultimate_1_bpp_crit18
588 p1335.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 rear_hazcam_stumble_0.5_bpp_pri_56
588 p1335.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 rear_hazcam_stumble_0.5_bpp_pri_56
588 p1335.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 rear_hazcam_stumble_0.5_bpp_pri_56
588 p1335.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 rear_hazcam_stumble_0.5_bpp_pri_56
588 p1600.08 0 0 0 0 0 0 navcam_10x1_az_0_05_bpp
588 p1901.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 navcam_360_custom_pre_erebus
588 p2371.06 0 0 0 0 0 0 pancam_drive_direction_5x1_L2R2
588 p2600.07 0 0 0 0 0 0 pancam_tau
588 p2600.07 0 0 0 0 0 0 pancam_tau
588 Total 0 0 0 0 0 0

Yes, looks like we've moved; the Navcam images now show Erebus about as well as the Pancams did before (but are otherwise unremarkable). The Pancams should be nice when they come down.

Here is a Quicktime movie of Opportunity's navigation images from Purgatory to present (long 7.5 MB download, but arguably worth it). More movies here.

Michael, the movie is wonderful!
I produced a new route map from Sol588 front view, but I'm not 100% sure of rover position (very few elements, indeed).
So, if someone has alternative solution, pls tell me!

That movie is good proof that Opportunity actually is moving, albeit through a flat dried-up-seafloor-like plain.. I was starting to wonder. Thanks for putting it together.

New Sol588 images gived me the answer! previous match wasn't correct and now Oppy is moving in a new direction (SSW), heading directly toward closest Erebus rim (which appear 107m away)!!!

Hmmm...looks like 4-5 more days of driving on exposed rock then Oppy runs into the drifts immediately surrounding Erubus.

Hui Michael, I guess the Navcam movie is the first time that looks like a videocam on Board - never saw before. To see how it could be is really just a new (Oppy) feeling.

dvandorn @ Sep 13 said:

"While we all tend to call the windforms here at Meridiani "dunes," they're not really dunes."

Right!

This dune would put Uluru (Ayres Rock) in the shade:

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2005/pdf/2373.pdf

Leo

Consisten trip on Sol289 (almost 20m):

Using a smothed/resized version, comparison with MGS shows lot of recognizable features (arrows): as expected, the slight slope near erebus rim introduce a distorsion in the features position/size close to the bottom of image (they appear farther and bigger than real):

mhoward: That movie was more fun than the roller coaster at the amuzement park. What a ride! Thanks.

Dilo: I'm convinced your sol 589 location is very accurate. The outcrop features you have identified correlate very well across the images. As I have followed your excellent route maps from the start, I have come to realize just how much work is required to provide these to the community. Thank you, for your dedicated efforts.

Thanks, Cosmic... is a hard work but I'm more and more gratified to see results matching with satellite imagery! .

Last one was one of the post-Purgatory longest trip in a Sol: odometry should be well above 20m, considering the deviation toward West...

Dilo, I enjoy browsing your frequent updates of Oppy's route. I think the rover is hoping as much as possible on the outcrop lands. So now, the closest outcrops land is on the west side.

Rodolfo