- Exploring the Bonito Lava Flow, 1964
Description: Apollo astronauts John Young (left) and Neil Armstrong (center) with a Branch of Astrogeology trainer exploring the Bonito Lava Flow in 1964. Prior to the first successful moon landing, scientists thought the rough lava-flow surface was likely how the surface of the moon would be. Collection: Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument. - Negative 39
Subject: Chiricahua National Monument. Date: 1935 Collection: WACC: Chiricahua. - 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. - Negative 44
Subject: Dos Cabezas Mountains in the distance. Date: 1935 Collection: WACC: Chiricahua. - Lava Stone with Corn Impressions
Description: Piece of a'a lava stone with several prehistoric corn cob impressions. Dimensions: 25.0 cm (L), 25.0 cm (W), 15.0 cm (TH), irregular shape. Collection: On display at the Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Suiting Up
Description: Gene Shoemaker, Jerry Harbor, or Gene Phillippi suiting up to test equipment in Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument. Collection: USGS Open-File Report 2005-1190, Figure 016g. - View from the Rim
Subject: Looking west from the rim, Chiricahua National Monument. Date: 1932 Collection: WACC: Chiricahua. - Tree-ring Sample
Description: Dendrochronology sample from a Douglass Fir dating from the pith at A.D. 1013 to the outside ring at A.D. 1120. The ring marked "1064" is the most commonly accepted date for the eruption of the Sunset Crater volcano. Dimensions: 6.75 in (L), 1 in (Th). Collection: On display at the Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - 7 01
- Geology Training on the Bonito Lava Flow, 1964
Description: Astronauts C.C. Williams, Frank Borman, and Gene Cernan with Branch of Astrogeology trainer Dale Jackson on the Bonito Lava Flow in 1964. Collection: USGS Open-File Report 2005-1190, Figure 014e; NASA photo S-64-23729, 30 April 1964. - Gene Phillippi resting on the edge of the Bonito Lava Flow
Description: Gene Phillipi, still suited, resting on the edge of the Bonito Lava Flow. Collection: USGS Open-File Report 2005-1190, Figure 016d. - Basalt Mortar
Description: Small circular basalt mortar or bowl. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at the Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - "Trainee Astronauts Complete Lunar Studies, Embark by Plane for Home"
Description: A 1963 newspaper clipping tells of the adventures of the "New Nine" at Sunset Crater and Meteor Crater. The experience was only the beginning of the Apollo training at Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument. Collection: Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument. - Testing the Lunar Staff
Description: Preparing to test the Lunar Staff. This is probably Gene Phillippi, a member of the Branch of Astrogeology. Collection: USGS Open-File Report 2005-1190, Figure 016h. - 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.