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A long drive and climb by Perseverance rover during Sol 1347 (December 3, 2024)
The drive distance was 173.45 meters / 569 feet, and an increase in elevation of 26.9 meters / 88.3 feet.
The post-drive tiled image attached is from one the rover's navigation camera at site 63-1150.
The image was acquired at 2:30pm local mars solar time. The updated map and drive data will be in the comments section of this post.
Image credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
1347 - Traverse map (screen capture from the mission map)
Drive data
Worth noting that we've traversed about 3.5 km and climbed 400 m since the beginning of the "Crater Rim" campaign, c. sol 1245. This rover really has traveled.
Yes the one I automatically calculate is the point-to-point distance between the rover and the heli. After that drive it's now over 3 km...