To the Cape! (part 2), For real this time! Options

[Tesheiner]

This is a navcam mosaic taken after driving during sol 1559.


Mmm, remember the name of this thread?
To the Cape! Yeah!

[Bill Harris]

I KNEW we shoulda spent more time at Anatolia!

Anatolia was one of the first of many wonder that Oppy came across after emerging from Eagle crater. At the time we prioritized the 90-day operational life of the rover, so it was reasonable that we didn't spend an inordinate amount of time there. And, short of having a track-hoe along to do serious excavation, I don't know how much could have been gained beyond Pancam views. I do wish we'd been able to have inspected a few more Anatolia Features on the traverse southward. If we do continue the traverse around Victoria, we ought to look at the Anatolia Feature that is intersected by the southeast crater rim.

My initial, and continuing, impression of the Anatolia Features is that they are solution cavities along joints (or rather, a joint system intermittently widened by solution cavities). That is, until more evidence comes our way...

--Bill