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[Phil Stooke]

Yes, very nice. I hope we will see more.

Here's a quick update to sol 2613. I will add in some names later.

Phil

[Phil Stooke]

Sol 2616, still moving up the slope of Western Butte towards its summit. Thoughtful of the science team to name the butte after my university.

EDIT: replaced original with a corrected copy.

Phil

[Phil Stooke]

Almost at the edge of this map... we should be here for the holidays.

Phil

[nogal]

Update to sol 2618. As noted in the Mission Update for Sols 2620-2630 Curiosity will be busy at this location for the remainder of 2019, so time for me to take a break.
Season's Greetings and see you all next year.
Fernando

 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_2618_2019DEC21.kmz ( 769.7K ) Number of downloads: 245

[kymani76]

Phil, Fernando....thank you for your encouragement..it certainlly makes it easier to publish my work when I know it is appreciated....
I plan to do it regulary from now on...

Here are the updates....3D view #1:

[kymani76]

different angle view #2:

[kymani76]

and also an ovierview of the whole drive since landing:

[Phil Stooke]

A new map base for a new year. I have not figured out where the feature called Hells Glen is (maybe the trough just east of the rover?) - but when I do I will locate it properly.

Phil

[Phil Stooke]

No, Hell's Glen is a local feature near the rover. This update takes us to sol 2643. Many of the names in that long list will be moved off onto a local map when I get their locations from the PDS Analyst's Notebook in due course.

Phil

[Phil Stooke]

Update to sol 2645 using Jan's new panorama.

Phil

[nogal]

Update to sol 2644. Curiosity has rolled alongside the trough, inspecting it.
Fernando
 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_2644_2020JAN17.kmz ( 771.71K ) Number of downloads: 226

[nogal]

Update to sol 2654.
Fernando
 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_2654_2020JAN24.kmz ( 772.66K ) Number of downloads: 222

[Phil Stooke]

I have updated to sol 2654 here.

Phil

[ngunn]

Hi Phil. I have been puzzling over the name 'Lochmond Hills' since it first appeared. Whilst the original Lomond Hills are familiar enough (in the county of Fife, not connected with the more famous Loch Lomond) I have never heard of Lochmond Hills. The similarity between the two names is suggestive of an incompletely corrected error resulting in duplication. Of course it's possible there is a whole range of hills somewhere in Scotland that I've never heard of. Just wondering . .

[Phil Stooke]

That's exactly what i thought, but it seemed there might be some Lochmond Hills as well, if Google is our guide. A closer look showed all the references to Lochmond Hills (near Ben Vorlich) seem to be from one source which is probably a typo. On the next map I think I will drop that name, even though it does appear in the status reports.

Phil