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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/Apollo_17_Wessex_Cleft-AS17-M-1501-LTVT.JPG [[Image:Normal_Apollo_17_Wessex_Cleft-AS17-M-1501-LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Apollo_17_Wessex_Cleft-AS17-M-1501-LTVT.JPG]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2268 AS17-M-1501]''<br /> <br />  
<div style="margin-left: 1em">[#Wessex Cleft (Apollo 17 site formation name) Wessex Cleft (Apollo 17 site formation name)]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Wessex Cleft (Apollo 17 site formation name)-Images Images]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Wessex Cleft (Apollo 17 site formation name)-Sunrise circumstances at the Wessex Cleft and the western part of the Sculptured Hills Sunrise circumstances at the Wessex Cleft and the western part of the Sculptured Hills]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Wessex Cleft (Apollo 17 site formation name)-Maps Maps]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Wessex Cleft (Apollo 17 site formation name)-Description Description]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Wessex Cleft (Apollo 17 site formation name)-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Wessex Cleft (Apollo 17 site formation name)-Additional Information Additional Information]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Wessex Cleft (Apollo 17 site formation name)-Nomenclature Nomenclature]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Wessex Cleft (Apollo 17 site formation name)-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Wessex Cleft (Apollo 17 site formation name)-Bibliography Bibliography]</div></div>[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/Apollo_17_Wessex_Cleft-AS17-M-1501-LTVT.JPG [[Image:normal_Apollo_17_Wessex_Cleft-AS17-M-1501-LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Apollo_17_Wessex_Cleft-AS17-M-1501-LTVT.JPG]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2268 AS17-M-1501]''<br /> <br />  
 
 
==Images==
 
==Images==
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Wessex%20Cleft LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Wessex%20Cleft%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Wessex%20Cleft Apollo Images]<br /> [http://moonpans.co.uk/prints/40_A17eva3.htm Mike Constantine's assembled panorama] of LM ''Challenger'''s landingsite shows the flag, CDR Gene Cernan and the Lunar Roving Vehicle in front of the '''Wessex Cleft'''. The '''North Massif''' at left of it, the '''Sculptured Hills''' and the '''East Massif''' behind (and rightward) of LM Challenger. Looking east.<br /> [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a17/AS17-134-20431.jpg AS17-134-20431] is one of Apollo 17's many LEVA-Hasselblad photographs of the shadowed '''Wessex Cleft''' between the '''North Massif''' (left) and the '''Sculptured Hills''' (right). <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>Jan 26, 2008</small></span><br /> <br /> <br />  
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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Wessex%20Cleft LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Wessex%20Cleft%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Wessex%20Cleft Apollo Images]<br /> [http://moonpans.co.uk/prints/40_A17eva3.htm Mike Constantine's assembled panorama] of LM ''Challenger'''s landingsite shows the flag, CDR Gene Cernan and the Lunar Roving Vehicle in front of the '''Wessex Cleft'''. The '''North Massif''' at left of it, the '''Sculptured Hills''' and the '''East Massif''' behind (and rightward) of LM Challenger. Looking east.<br /> [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a17/AS17-134-20431.jpg AS17-134-20431] is one of Apollo 17's many LEVA-Hasselblad photographs of the shadowed '''Wessex Cleft''' between the '''North Massif''' (left) and the '''Sculptured Hills''' (right). <span class="membersnap">- DannyCaes <small>Jan 26, 2008</small></span><br /> <br /> <br />  
 
==Sunrise circumstances at the Wessex Cleft and the western part of the Sculptured Hills==
 
==Sunrise circumstances at the Wessex Cleft and the western part of the Sculptured Hills==
 
* '''A survey of surface photographs made by Gene Cernan and Jack Schmitt (Apollo 17, december 1972)'''
 
* '''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'''
 
* '''The first photographs were made at sun's elevation 16 degrees, the last ones at sun's elevation 38 degrees'''
* '''Research: Danny Caes''' (<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 1, 2014</small></span>)
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* '''Research: Danny Caes''' (<span class="membersnap">- DannyCaes <small>May 1, 2014</small></span>)
 
'''EVA 1'''<br />  
 
'''EVA 1'''<br />  
  
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* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-147-22599 AS17-147-22599] and [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-147-22600 22600] (photographed from the ALSEP station, Gene Cernan drilling, EVA 1).
 
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-147-22599 AS17-147-22599] and [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-147-22600 22600] (photographed from the ALSEP station, Gene Cernan drilling, EVA 1).
 
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-136-20695 AS17-136-20695] (photographed from the ALSEP station, Gene Cernan extracting core, EVA 1).
 
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-136-20695 AS17-136-20695] (photographed from the ALSEP station, Gene Cernan extracting core, EVA 1).
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-134-20408 AS17-134-20408] and [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-134-20431 20431] (photographed from Station 1 near [http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/Steno-Apollo Steno-Apollo] crater, EVA 1).
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* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-134-20408 AS17-134-20408] and [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-134-20431 20431] (photographed from Station 1 near [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Steno-Apollo Steno-Apollo] crater, EVA 1).
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-136-20758 AS17-136-20758] (photographed from Station 1 near [http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/Steno-Apollo Steno-Apollo] crater, Gene Cernan at the LRV, EVA 1).
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* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-136-20758 AS17-136-20758] (photographed from Station 1 near [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Steno-Apollo Steno-Apollo] crater, Gene Cernan at the LRV, EVA 1).
 
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-136-20782 AS17-136-20782], [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-136-20803 20803], and [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-136-20815 20815] (photographed during LRV traverse from Station 1 to Station SEP, EVA 1).
 
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-136-20782 AS17-136-20782], [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-136-20803 20803], and [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-136-20815 20815] (photographed during LRV traverse from Station 1 to Station SEP, EVA 1).
 
'''EVA 2'''<br />  
 
'''EVA 2'''<br />  
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* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-137-20876 AS17-137-20876] (photographed from Station LM, EVA 2).
 
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-137-20876 AS17-137-20876] (photographed from Station LM, EVA 2).
 
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-135-20568 AS17-135-20568] (photographed during LRV traverse from Station SEP to Station 2, EVA 2).
 
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-135-20568 AS17-135-20568] (photographed during LRV traverse from Station SEP to Station 2, EVA 2).
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-138-21039 AS17-138-21039] (photographed from Station 2 near [http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/Nansen-Apollo Nansen-Apollo] crater, EVA 2).
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* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-138-21039 AS17-138-21039] (photographed from Station 2 near [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Nansen-Apollo Nansen-Apollo] crater, EVA 2).
 
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-138-21077 AS17-138-21077] and [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-138-21095 21095] (photographed during LRV traverse from Station 2 to Station 2A, EVA 2).
 
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-138-21077 AS17-138-21077] and [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-138-21095 21095] (photographed during LRV traverse from Station 2 to Station 2A, EVA 2).
 
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-138-21113 AS17-138-21113] (photographed during LRV traverse from Station 2A to Station 3, EVA 2).
 
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-138-21113 AS17-138-21113] (photographed during LRV traverse from Station 2A to Station 3, EVA 2).
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-138-21165 AS17-138-21165] (photographed from Station 3 near [http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/Lara Lara] crater, EVA 2).
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* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-138-21165 AS17-138-21165] (photographed from Station 3 near [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Lara Lara] crater, EVA 2).
 
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-133-20196 AS17-133-20196], [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-133-20202 20202], [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-133-20217 20217], [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-133-20224 20224], [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-133-20226 20226], and [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-133-20227 20227] (photographed during LRV traverse from Station 3 to Station 4, EVA 2).
 
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-133-20196 AS17-133-20196], [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-133-20202 20202], [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-133-20217 20217], [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-133-20224 20224], [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-133-20226 20226], and [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-133-20227 20227] (photographed during LRV traverse from Station 3 to Station 4, EVA 2).
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-133-20242 AS17-133-20242] (photographed at Station 4 near [http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/Shorty Shorty] crater, EVA 2).
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* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-133-20242 AS17-133-20242] (photographed at Station 4 near [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Shorty Shorty] crater, EVA 2).
 
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-133-20272 AS17-133-20272], [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-133-20275 20275], [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-133-20298 20298], and [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-133-20321 20321] (photographed during LRV traverse from Station 4 to Station 5, EVA 2).
 
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-133-20272 AS17-133-20272], [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-133-20275 20275], [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-133-20298 20298], and [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-133-20321 20321] (photographed during LRV traverse from Station 4 to Station 5, EVA 2).
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-133-20347 AS17-133-20347] (photographed from Station 5 near [http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/Camelot Camelot] crater, EVA 2).
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* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-133-20347 AS17-133-20347] (photographed from Station 5 near [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Camelot Camelot] crater, EVA 2).
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-145-22159 AS17-145-22159] and [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-145-22160 22160] (photographed from Station 5 at the boulder field near [http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/Camelot Camelot] crater, EVA 2).
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* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-145-22159 AS17-145-22159] and [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-145-22160 22160] (photographed from Station 5 at the boulder field near [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Camelot Camelot] crater, EVA 2).
 
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-133-20363 AS17-133-20363] (photographed during LRV traverse from Station 5 to Station LM, EVA 2).
 
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-133-20363 AS17-133-20363] (photographed during LRV traverse from Station 5 to Station LM, EVA 2).
 
'''EVA 3'''<br />  
 
'''EVA 3'''<br />  
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* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-140-21388 AS17-140-21388] (photographed from Station LM, Gene Cernan at the LRV, US flag, EVA 3).
 
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-140-21388 AS17-140-21388] (photographed from Station LM, Gene Cernan at the LRV, US flag, EVA 3).
 
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-141-21520 AS17-141-21520] (photographed during LRV traverse from Sation SEP to Station 6, EVA 3).
 
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-141-21520 AS17-141-21520] (photographed during LRV traverse from Sation SEP to Station 6, EVA 3).
* During the explorations of stations 6, 7, and 8 on the slopes of the [http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/North%20Massif North Massif], the '''Wessex Cleft''' and the [http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/Sculptured%20Hills Sculptured Hills] were much too nearby and "frame filling" to recognize them.
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* During the explorations of stations 6, 7, and 8 on the slopes of the [http://the-moon.us/wiki/North%20Massif North Massif], the '''Wessex Cleft''' and the [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Sculptured%20Hills Sculptured Hills] were much too nearby and "frame filling" to recognize them.
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-142-21813 AS17-142-21813] (photographed from Station 9, Gene Cernan near [http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/Van%20Serg Van Serg] crater, EVA 3).
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* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-142-21813 AS17-142-21813] (photographed from Station 9, Gene Cernan near [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Van%20Serg Van Serg] crater, EVA 3).
 
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-143-21840 AS17-143-21840] and [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-143-21841 21841] (photographed from Station 9, EVA 3).
 
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-143-21840 AS17-143-21840] and [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-143-21841 21841] (photographed from Station 9, EVA 3).
 
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-146-22436 AS17-146-22436], [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-146-22437 22437], and [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-146-22438 22438] (photographed from Station 9, EVA 3).
 
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-146-22436 AS17-146-22436], [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-146-22437 22437], and [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS17-146-22438 22438] (photographed from Station 9, EVA 3).
 
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==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 />  
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''([[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/Wessex_Cleft Wessex Cleft]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wessex_Cleft Wessex Cleft]<br /> <br />  
 
==Additional Information==
 
==Additional Information==
  The [/Landing%20Site%20Name Landing Site Name] "Wessex Cleft" is plotted on [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/topophoto/43D1S1/ Topophotomap 43D1/S1] and on [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LPST/43d1s2/ Site Traverses chart 43D1S2].<br />  
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  The [[Landing%20Site%20Name|Landing Site Name]] "Wessex Cleft" is plotted on [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/topophoto/43D1S1/ Topophotomap 43D1/S1] and on [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LPST/43d1s2/ Site Traverses chart 43D1S2].<br />  
  
 
* '''Wessex Cleft''' (dividing the '''North Massif''' from the '''Sculptured Hills''') - "Wessex, with its deep-rooted place in the far history of England and in the novels of Thomas Hardy, symbolizes the intangible strength that the land transmits to its people the world over. People have always been in transit from the land or to the land; now, space has offered the awesome possibility of final separation." (source''':''' ''APOLLO LUNAR SURFACE JOURNAL'', Eric M. Jones).
 
* '''Wessex Cleft''' (dividing the '''North Massif''' from the '''Sculptured Hills''') - "Wessex, with its deep-rooted place in the far history of England and in the novels of Thomas Hardy, symbolizes the intangible strength that the land transmits to its people the world over. People have always been in transit from the land or to the land; now, space has offered the awesome possibility of final separation." (source''':''' ''APOLLO LUNAR SURFACE JOURNAL'', Eric M. Jones).
* Note that this is not a "cleft" in the sense normally used by ''[/Elger%2C%201895 Elger]'' in his feature descriptions -- that is, it is not a rille, but rather simply an indentation separating two separately named mountain units: [/North%20Massif North Massif], on the northwest, from [/Sculptured%20Hills Sculptured Hills], on the southeast.
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* Note that this is not a "cleft" in the sense normally used by ''[[Elger%2C%201895|Elger]]'' in his feature descriptions -- that is, it is not a rille, but rather simply an indentation separating two separately named mountain units: [[North%20Massif|North Massif]], on the northwest, from [[Sculptured%20Hills|Sculptured Hills]], on the southeast.
 
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==Nomenclature==
 
==Nomenclature==
  Astronaut-named feature, [/Apollo%2017%20site Apollo 17 site].<br /> <br />  
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  Astronaut-named feature, [[Apollo%2017%20site|Apollo 17 site]].<br /> <br />  
 
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==LPOD Articles==
 
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  EXPLORING THE MOON; The Apollo Expeditions (David M. Harland, Springer - 1999).<br /> <br />
 
  EXPLORING THE MOON; The Apollo Expeditions (David M. Harland, Springer - 1999).<br /> <br />
 
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Wessex Cleft (Apollo 17 site formation name)

Lat: 20.3°N, Long: 30.9°E, Diam: 4 km, Depth: km, Rükl: 25

external image normal_Apollo_17_Wessex_Cleft-AS17-M-1501-LTVT.JPG
AS17-M-1501

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Mike Constantine's assembled panorama of LM Challenger's landingsite shows the flag, CDR Gene Cernan and the Lunar Roving Vehicle in front of the Wessex Cleft. The North Massif at left of it, the Sculptured Hills and the East Massif behind (and rightward) of LM Challenger. Looking east.
AS17-134-20431 is one of Apollo 17's many LEVA-Hasselblad photographs of the shadowed Wessex Cleft between the North Massif (left) and the Sculptured Hills (right). - DannyCaes Jan 26, 2008


Sunrise circumstances at the Wessex Cleft and the western part of the Sculptured Hills

  • 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 May 1, 2014)

EVA 1

EVA 2

EVA 3



Maps

(LAC zone 43D1) LAC map Geologic map LTO map

Description


Description: Wikipedia

Wessex Cleft

Additional Information

The Landing Site Name "Wessex Cleft" is plotted on Topophotomap 43D1/S1 and on Site Traverses chart 43D1S2.
  • Wessex Cleft (dividing the North Massif from the Sculptured Hills) - "Wessex, with its deep-rooted place in the far history of England and in the novels of Thomas Hardy, symbolizes the intangible strength that the land transmits to its people the world over. People have always been in transit from the land or to the land; now, space has offered the awesome possibility of final separation." (source: APOLLO LUNAR SURFACE JOURNAL, Eric M. Jones).
  • Note that this is not a "cleft" in the sense normally used by Elger in his feature descriptions -- that is, it is not a rille, but rather simply an indentation separating two separately named mountain units: North Massif, on the northwest, from Sculptured Hills, on the southeast.


Nomenclature

Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 17 site.

LPOD Articles


Bibliography

EXPLORING THE MOON; The Apollo Expeditions (David M. Harland, Springer - 1999).