Curiosity update: Driving over Stimson bedrock

Sol 1283, March 15, 2016, update from USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: The 26-meter drive planned for sol 1282 completed successfully, giving the rover nice views of interesting features in the Stimson unit.  Some of these features appear to be the result of erosion by windblown sand and are the subject of a Right Mastcam 7×2 mosaic planned for Sol 1283.  ChemCam will measure elemental chemistry at the edge of one of the bedrock blocks and Mastcam will acquire another mosaic of a fracture named “Welwitschia Wash” before the rover drives away. [More at link]