Curiosity update: ‘Walkabout completed’

Sol 799-800, November 3, 2014, update from USGS Scientist Ken Herkenhoff: “The initial reconnaissance of the Pahrump Hills outcrop is complete, and the 53-meter Sol 797 drive successfully placed the rover near the ripples of interest [see right; image at top shows context].  So the Sol 799 plan includes a short drive into the ripples and “scuffing” of a 15-cm high ripple to examine its interior.  Some of the Pahrump “walkabout” data have not yet been received from the rover…” [More at link]