No Flickr problem today......

Phil, with one of your next location updates for Curiosity, would you mind including a context view that shows where we are with respect to the dune field and the projected path upward? I've been particularly curious about the delta-looking landform that we should be approaching. Has that ledge been visible yet?

These really caught my eye today...Interesting "leaf-like" features...these almost appear to have formed up and after much erosion took place, brine and evaporation leaving behind minerals perhaps? Any ideas?

Marsinmylifetime asked for a context map. This is adapted from an image for a future project, showing where we are and three iterations of the path forward.
The alluvial fan or whatever it is does show up in images, especially our recent views of the hills ahead. I will post an extract of one next.

I don't have any ideas, but it looks like we're getting a better look at these (or at least similar) features in the latest images down for Sol 1105.
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(color contrast greatly exaggerated)

After some additional contact science on the Murray formation (of the location shown in the above Mastcam image), we’re now in search of a good sandstone for our next drill target.

The goal of today’s plan is to drive towards a bright patch of blocky outcrop that was first identified in orbital images, and to see if this outcrop is an area that we might want to investigate further. Today’s plan includes an hour of targeted science, followed by a short drive towards the bright outcrop, and post-drive imaging for targeting.

In the morning science block, we’ll acquire ChemCam and Mastcam observations of the targets “Prichard” and “Cat Creek” to look for changes in composition through the Murray formation. We also planned a Mastcam mosaic of the “Vaughn” area to document the Murray-Stimson contact. Then we’ll acquire a Mastcam mosaic of the “Rice” area to investigate the bright patch from our current location. After a short ~12 m drive, we’ll acquire standard post-drive imaging, as well as another large Mastcam mosaic of the “Rice” area. As the Geology Theme Lead today, I had to balance downlink priorities to make sure that we’ll get all of the necessary imaging down in time to make a decision tomorrow (is this a good place to investigate further? Or should we keep driving?). Can’t wait to see what the new images will reveal!

The cimage you did really shows the sand and material under it to appear to be different in color/composition and granular size...and the "under" part goes back further than I first thought as well. Nice contrast and color stretch - thx!

Here are the global + zoom views taken on Sol 1104 by the Curiosity rover on the valley in the background and located at the foothills of Mount Sharp several km away.
An impressive perspective indeed ! (the zoom view was processed from raw red, green and blue filtered pictures through white balancing).
Well, back to the old times of the Viking missions !
Enjoy

How far up we get will depend on too many factors to consider, i give up.. I think that pointy 'sharp' foothill (heh, heh) we can see in this snippet of vikingmars' image correlates per the below, to get to that sharp hill would take a couple years in my guesstimation. this is from google earth and you can see the tiny bit of red line at bottom, according to Fernando's latest kml the actual traverse path is a bit to the left of that (not visible in this snippet)