Palmetto (crater)

The astronauts John Young and Charles Duke explored the area over the course of three EVAs using a Lunar Roving Vehicle, or rover.

They drove along the rim of Palmetto on EVA 3, on their way to North Ray, but did not stop.

As they drove by, Duke said "There's a good ejecta blanket of half-meter-size boulders around the rim of Palmetto into some of these secondary craters here.

"[2] On the way back to the lunar module from North Ray, Duke took a sequence of photos of Palmetto while riding on the rover.

It was designated landmark DE-1/12,[3] and astronaut Dick Gordon tracked it photographically on revolutions 42 and 44 of the Apollo 12 mission.

Oblique Apollo 14 image with Palmetto at center and Gator in upper right, facing east
Mosaic showing Palmetto from photographs taken from the Lunar Roving Vehicle on the way from Station 13 back to the lunar module. The bright line near the horizon at left is South Ray .