We also saw a few other things, so I'll hit a few high points.

On the eastern edge of J. Herschel (Rukl 2) a curious "chimney" was spotted by Wm Phelps. Though nothing particularly high shows up on Rukls charts, and the Air Force charts show the entire rim at the same altitude, this looked like the famous "Devil's Rock" sticking up from the inner rim of the crater. I argued that it must be some illusion of light angles, in part because it was so much brighter than the surrounding rim. But last night, July 5, I looked at the area under different light and noted that the shadow from this now less-obvious feature was much longer than other parts of the rim. I think he's found something quite different there, and more observation and research will be required...

The eastern wall of Sinus Iridum was lit like a store sign, obviating any doubts about how it got to be called the Bay Of Rainbows: the light was so bright you could detect a faint color there in all the refractors.

We made a half-hearted attempt at the central craters of Mons Gruithuisen Gamma and Delta, but the sky would not support that kind of tight look. It seemed a good time to give it the old college try, though, since they were just emerging into day.

Also just into daylight, Encke (Rukl 30) showed its striking hexagonal character, particularly odd this night. And of course Copernicus was still quite the showpiece, causing everyone to linger on and off all night. Danged if I saw anything new there, though.

Early on, the rimae Hippalus (Rukl 53) were a big favorite, and the nearby Rima Hesiodus (R-63) was also a popular target. Locating it was kind of fun, using as the starting point Akkana's aptly-named Bear Claw: Capuanus. Remembering the name itself led to the curious mnemonic "gibbous da money or we Capuanus." Hippalus is very easy compared to the other rilles we went after, showing three slashes in a concentric arc emerging from one finger ofMare Humorum. The mountains in the region also add texture. Rima Hesoidus turned out to be a bit more difficult, but eventually yielded a good view in all the telescopes.