Chuck wrote:

I was glad that I opted for the 20 x 70mm binos over the 15x. The lunar limb showed better detail at 20x- and because Kurt was there it wasn't necessary to consult a lunar atlas to identify features (thanks Kurt!).

On the west rim, you were looking at the inner rook mountains of the Orientale basin. The mountain at the south pole was probably M1 or M5, usually best seen during the 1st quarter sticking up out of the terminator. Pre-eclipse, Roger Fry and I had a very good view of the Reiner Gamma magnetic swirl. - Kurt I. Orientale Basin Looking Across Orientale LPOD 2/19/2005 http://www.lpod.org/archive/LPOD-2005-02-19.htm (Oblique-angle Earth-based shot of the inner and outer rooks of the Orientale Basin) Imbrium Unflooded LPOD 7/19/2006 http://www.lpod.org/?m=20060719 (Lunar Orbiter IV view directly above the Orientale Basin) The Best Farside Full Moon. Aug. 21, 2006 http://www.lpod.org/?m=20060821 (The Basin in context of the lunar disk) Edge of the Bulls Eye Feb. 2, 2007 http://www.lpod.org/?m=20070202 (Another oblique-angle Earth-based shot, low-angle illumination) Floating Lava. LPOD July 8, 2007 http://www.lpod.org/?m=20070708 (Another oblique-angle Earth-based shot, high-angle illumination) II. Reiner Gamma albedo feature - magnetic swirl Bright Stuff. LPOD 8/5/2007 http://www.lpod.org/?m=20070805 Apollo 17 An Alternative Reality. LPOD 1/21/2006 http://www.lpod.org/?m=20060121 Brightness at Noon. LPOD 2/2/2004. http://www.lpod.org/archive/archive/2004/02/LPOD-2004-02-02.htm III. South polar mountains M1 and M5 The Bottom of the World, Upside Down. 11/13/2006. LPOD. http://www.lpod.org/?m=20061113 Polar Classic. LPOD May 12, 2007. http://www.lpod.org/?m=20070512 Mountains Near the South Pole. Oct. 21, 2006 http://www.lpod.org/?m=20061021 _______________________________________________ Sent via CSolutions - http://www.csolutions.net