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- Collecting a Sample
Description: Collecting a sample along the edge of the Bonito Lava Flow, with the San Francisco Peaks in the background. Collection: USGS Open-File Report 2005-1190, Figure 016j. - Testing "Grover" at Sunset Crater Volcano NM
Description: The "Grover" - short for geologic rover - was tested on the Bonito Lava Flow in Sunset Crater Volcano NM in 1964, as well. Driving the "Grover" are Gene Cernan (fore) and Harrison "Jack" Schmitt, both of whom walked on the moon as members of Apollo 17 in 1972. The lunar rover they drove while there remains at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. Collection: USGS Open-File Report 2005-1190, Figure 097c; NASA photo S-72-54502.