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| − | <div style="margin-left: 1em">[#Sculptured Hills (Apollo 17 site formation name) Sculptured Hills (Apollo 17 site formation name)]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Sculptured Hills (Apollo 17 site formation name)-Images Images]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Sculptured Hills (Apollo 17 site formation name)-Sunrise circumstances at the western part of the Sculptured Hills near the Wessex Cleft Sunrise circumstances at the western part of the Sculptured Hills near the Wessex Cleft]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Sculptured Hills (Apollo 17 site formation name)-Maps Maps]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Sculptured Hills (Apollo 17 site formation name)-Description Description]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Sculptured Hills (Apollo 17 site formation name)-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Sculptured Hills (Apollo 17 site formation name)-Additional Information Additional Information]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Sculptured Hills (Apollo 17 site formation name)-Nomenclature Nomenclature]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Sculptured Hills (Apollo 17 site formation name)-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Sculptured Hills (Apollo 17 site formation name)-Bibliography Bibliography]</div></div>[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/Apollo_17_North_Massif-Sculptured_Hills_AS17-M-0597_LTVT.JPG [[Image:normal_Apollo_17_North_Massif-Sculptured_Hills_AS17-M-0597_LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Apollo_17_North_Massif-Sculptured_Hills_AS17-M-0597_LTVT.JPG]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2263 AS17-M-0597]'' The Apollo 17 landing site is roughly mid-way between the Sculptured Hills and [ | + | <div style="margin-left: 1em">[#Sculptured Hills (Apollo 17 site formation name) Sculptured Hills (Apollo 17 site formation name)]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Sculptured Hills (Apollo 17 site formation name)-Images Images]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Sculptured Hills (Apollo 17 site formation name)-Sunrise circumstances at the western part of the Sculptured Hills near the Wessex Cleft Sunrise circumstances at the western part of the Sculptured Hills near the Wessex Cleft]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Sculptured Hills (Apollo 17 site formation name)-Maps Maps]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Sculptured Hills (Apollo 17 site formation name)-Description Description]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Sculptured Hills (Apollo 17 site formation name)-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Sculptured Hills (Apollo 17 site formation name)-Additional Information Additional Information]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Sculptured Hills (Apollo 17 site formation name)-Nomenclature Nomenclature]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Sculptured Hills (Apollo 17 site formation name)-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Sculptured Hills (Apollo 17 site formation name)-Bibliography Bibliography]</div></div>[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/Apollo_17_North_Massif-Sculptured_Hills_AS17-M-0597_LTVT.JPG [[Image:normal_Apollo_17_North_Massif-Sculptured_Hills_AS17-M-0597_LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Apollo_17_North_Massif-Sculptured_Hills_AS17-M-0597_LTVT.JPG]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2263 AS17-M-0597]'' The Apollo 17 landing site is roughly mid-way between the Sculptured Hills and [[South%20Massif|South Massif]].<br /> <br /> |
==Images== | ==Images== | ||
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Sculptured%20Hills LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Sculptured%20Hills%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Sculptured%20Hills Apollo Images]<br /> | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Sculptured%20Hills LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Sculptured%20Hills%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Sculptured%20Hills Apollo Images]<br /> | ||
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<br /> <br /> *Gene's 360 degrees panorama at '''Station 7''': ''Hasselblad'' frames AS17-146-22339 to 22363 (ALSJ, 166:26:19).<br /> *Gene's 360 degrees panorama at '''Station 8''': ''Hasselblad'' frames AS17-146-22375 to 22397 (ALSJ, 167:07:50).<br /> *Jack's 360 degrees panorama at '''Station 8''': ''Hasselblad'' frames AS17-142-21726 to 21745 (ALSJ, 167:26:25).<br /> <br /> <br /> Research Apollo 17 photography: Danny Caes<br /> Sources:<br /> LPI ''Apollo Image Atlas''<br /> ALSJ - ''Apollo Lunar Surface Journal'' (Eric M. Jones)<br /> ''Exploring the Moon'' (David M. Harland)<br /> <br /> <br /> | <br /> <br /> *Gene's 360 degrees panorama at '''Station 7''': ''Hasselblad'' frames AS17-146-22339 to 22363 (ALSJ, 166:26:19).<br /> *Gene's 360 degrees panorama at '''Station 8''': ''Hasselblad'' frames AS17-146-22375 to 22397 (ALSJ, 167:07:50).<br /> *Jack's 360 degrees panorama at '''Station 8''': ''Hasselblad'' frames AS17-142-21726 to 21745 (ALSJ, 167:26:25).<br /> <br /> <br /> Research Apollo 17 photography: Danny Caes<br /> Sources:<br /> LPI ''Apollo Image Atlas''<br /> ALSJ - ''Apollo Lunar Surface Journal'' (Eric M. Jones)<br /> ''Exploring the Moon'' (David M. Harland)<br /> <br /> <br /> | ||
==Maps== | ==Maps== | ||
| − | ''([ | + | ''([[LAC%20zone|LAC zone]] 43D1)'' [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac43/ LAC map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/usgs/I799/ Geologic map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LTO/lto43d1_2/ LTO map]<br /> <br /> |
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sculptured_Hills Sculptured Hills]<br /> <br /> | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sculptured_Hills Sculptured Hills]<br /> <br /> | ||
==Additional Information== | ==Additional Information== | ||
| − | The [ | + | The [[Landing%20Site%20Name|Landing Site Name]] "Sculptured Hills" is plotted on [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/topophoto/43D1S1/ Topophotomap 43D1/S1] .<br /> <br /> |
==Nomenclature== | ==Nomenclature== | ||
Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 17 site.<br /> A tiny crater near the base of the '''Sculptured Hills''' seems to have been called '''''Smith''''', another one near Apollo 17's '''Station 8''' was called '''''SWP''''' ('''''Science Working Panel'''''). Source: ''APOLLO 17 Preliminary Science Report''.<span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes [[Image:DannyCaes-lg.jpg|16px|DannyCaes]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes DannyCaes] <small>May 8, 2014</small></span><br /> <br /> | Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 17 site.<br /> A tiny crater near the base of the '''Sculptured Hills''' seems to have been called '''''Smith''''', another one near Apollo 17's '''Station 8''' was called '''''SWP''''' ('''''Science Working Panel'''''). Source: ''APOLLO 17 Preliminary Science Report''.<span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes [[Image:DannyCaes-lg.jpg|16px|DannyCaes]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes DannyCaes] <small>May 8, 2014</small></span><br /> <br /> | ||
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Sculptured Hills (Apollo 17 site formation name)
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Lat: 20.3°N, Long: 31.0°E, Diam: 8 km, Depth: km, Rükl: 25 |
Table of Contents
[#Sculptured Hills (Apollo 17 site formation name) Sculptured Hills (Apollo 17 site formation name)]
[#Sculptured Hills (Apollo 17 site formation name)-Images Images]
[#Sculptured Hills (Apollo 17 site formation name)-Sunrise circumstances at the western part of the Sculptured Hills near the Wessex Cleft Sunrise circumstances at the western part of the Sculptured Hills near the Wessex Cleft]
[#Sculptured Hills (Apollo 17 site formation name)-Maps Maps]
[#Sculptured Hills (Apollo 17 site formation name)-Description Description]
[#Sculptured Hills (Apollo 17 site formation name)-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Sculptured Hills (Apollo 17 site formation name)-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Sculptured Hills (Apollo 17 site formation name)-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Sculptured Hills (Apollo 17 site formation name)-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Sculptured Hills (Apollo 17 site formation name)-Bibliography Bibliography]
AS17-M-0597 The Apollo 17 landing site is roughly mid-way between the Sculptured Hills and South Massif.
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
- Four "forgotten" Hasselblads of the Sculptured hills, photographed one orbit before landing; AS17-147-22464, 22465, 22466, and 22467. The last one of those four (AS17-147-22467) was included on pages 292-293 of the article EXPLORING TAURUS-LITTROW by Harrison H. Schmitt (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, september 1973). Research: Danny Caes
Sunrise circumstances at the western part of the Sculptured Hills near the Wessex Cleft
- A survey of surface photographs made by Gene Cernan and Jack Schmitt (Apollo 17, december 1972)
- The first photographs were made at sun's elevation 16 degrees, the last ones at sun's elevation 38 degrees
- Research: Danny Caes (- DannyCaes DannyCaes May 1, 2014)
EVA 1
- AS17-147-22505 (photographed from Station LM, EVA 1).
- AS17-147-22530, 22537, 22552, and 22563 (photographed from the ALSEP station, EVA 1).
- AS17-147-22577 (also photographed from the ALSEP station, part of the LRV, EVA 1).
- AS17-147-22599 and 22600 (also photographed from the ALSEP station, Gene Cernan drilling, EVA 1).
- AS17-136-20695 (also photographed from the ALSEP station, Gene Cernan extracting core, EVA 1).
- AS17-134-20408 and 20431 (photographed from Station 1 near Steno-Apollo crater, EVA 1).
- AS17-136-20758 (also photographed from Station 1 near Steno-Apollo crater, Gene Cernan at the LRV, EVA 1).
- AS17-136-20782, 20803, and 20815 (photographed during LRV traverse from Station 1 to Station SEP, EVA 1).
EVA 2
- AS17-137-20876 (photographed from Station LM, EVA 2).
- AS17-135-20568 (photographed during LRV traverse from Station SEP to Station 2, EVA 2).
- AS17-138-21039 (photographed from Station 2 near Nansen-Apollo crater, EVA 2).
- AS17-138-21077 and 21095 (photographed during LRV traverse from Station 2 to Station 2A, EVA 2).
- AS17-138-21113 (photographed during LRV traverse from Station 2A to Station 3, EVA 2).
- Magazine 144-R, which shows several 500 mm (northeast looking) close-ups of parts of the Sculptured Hills, made from Station 2A and Station 3 at the southwestern "corner" of the Taurus-Littrow valley (EVA 2).
- AS17-138-21165 (photographed from Station 3 near Lara crater, EVA 2).
- AS17-133-20196, 20202, 20217, 20224, 20226, and 20227 (photographed during LRV traverse from Station 3 to Station 4, EVA 2).
- AS17-133-20242 (photographed at Station 4 near Shorty crater, EVA 2).
- AS17-133-20272, 20275, 20298, and 20321 (photographed during LRV traverse from Station 4 to Station 5, EVA 2).
- AS17-133-20347 (photographed from Station 5 near Camelot crater, EVA 2).
- AS17-145-22159 and 22160 (also photographed from Station 5, at the boulder field near Camelot crater, EVA 2).
- AS17-133-20363 (photographed during LRV traverse from Station 5 to Station LM, EVA 2).
EVA 3
- AS17-140-21368 (photographed from Station LM, Jack Schmitt at the LRV, US flag, EVA 3).
- AS17-140-21388 (also photographed from Station LM, Gene Cernan at the LRV, US flag, EVA 3).
- AS17-141-21520 (photographed during LRV traverse from Station SEP to Station 6, EVA 3).
- AS17-141-21590 and 21592 (photographed from Station 6 near Split Rock, on the slope of the North Massif, EVA 3).
- AS17-140-21504 and 21505 (also photographed from Station 6 near Split Rock, EVA 3).
- Gene's Station 7 360 degrees panorama* shows the western part of the Sculptured Hills at left (to the "right" (east) of the North Massif)(EVA 3).
- Gene's Station 8 360 degrees panorama* shows the western part of the Sculptured Hills at extreme left (EVA 3).
- Jack's Station 8 360 degrees panorama* shows the slope of (the western part of) the Sculptured Hills (the "dome" in the central section of the panorama)(EVA 3).
- AS17-142-21813 (photographed from Station 9, Gene Cernan near Van Serg crater, EVA 3).
- AS17-143-21840 and 21841 (photographed from Station 9, EVA 3).
- AS17-146-22436, 22437, and 22438 (photographed from Station 9, EVA 3).
*Gene's 360 degrees panorama at Station 7: Hasselblad frames AS17-146-22339 to 22363 (ALSJ, 166:26:19).
*Gene's 360 degrees panorama at Station 8: Hasselblad frames AS17-146-22375 to 22397 (ALSJ, 167:07:50).
*Jack's 360 degrees panorama at Station 8: Hasselblad frames AS17-142-21726 to 21745 (ALSJ, 167:26:25).
Research Apollo 17 photography: Danny Caes
Sources:
LPI Apollo Image Atlas
ALSJ - Apollo Lunar Surface Journal (Eric M. Jones)
Exploring the Moon (David M. Harland)
Maps
(LAC zone 43D1) LAC map Geologic map LTO map
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
The Landing Site Name "Sculptured Hills" is plotted on Topophotomap 43D1/S1 .
Nomenclature
Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 17 site.
A tiny crater near the base of the Sculptured Hills seems to have been called Smith, another one near Apollo 17's Station 8 was called SWP (Science Working Panel). Source: APOLLO 17 Preliminary Science Report.- DannyCaes DannyCaes May 8, 2014
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
Harland, David M. Exploring the Moon; the Apollo expeditions (Springer, 1999).
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