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- Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
- MOON_030525_043.JPG: This becomes your first real glimpse of the park. Vegetation has crept back on the outskirts but, internally, its still mostly lava.
- MOON_030525_062.JPG: Craters of the Moon National Monument
- MOON_030525_070.JPG: You can see where the lava flows were in the front of the picture. The peaks in the back are where the volcanoes themselves were.
- MOON_030525_076.JPG: This seemed like a short walk but the top of the volcano was deceptively far away. There was a fierce wind that cut across as you walked. Fortunately, there was basically no particulate matter (e.g. dust) because it was all volcanic so it was just a decent breeze.
- MOON_030525_151.JPG: This is a volcanic crater. The solid stuff at the bottom is the bottom of the crater.
- MOON_030525_190.JPG: You can see some collapsed lava tubes here. Lava tubes form when lava is flowing like a river; the portion exposed to the atmosphere cools and becomes a hard shell while the lava inside continues to flow. Eventually, the lava inside either hardens or flows out. If the latter, a tube (more like a straw) remains. Depending on the size of the flow, the tube might be small (like these) or large enough to form caves. Those are next.
- MOON_030525_198.JPG: This is a lava tube that was quite large. It forms one of the larger caves in the park. Look for the people to get an idea of scale. It's huge! Since lava is a good navigator, some of the caves had ice in them despite the 90 degree weather outside.
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- Wikipedia Description: Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve is a national monument and national preserve located in the Snake River Plain in central Idaho near Arco, Idaho. The features in this protected area are volcanic and represent one of the best preserved flood basalt areas in the continental United States.
The Monument was established on May 2, 1924. In November 2000, a Presidential proclamation greatly expanded the Monument area. The National Park Service portions of the expanded Monument were designated as Craters of the Moon National Preserve in August 2002. The area is managed cooperatively by the National Park Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
The Monument and Preserve encompass three major lava fields and about 400 mi˛ (1,000 km˛) of sagebrush steppe grasslands to cover a total area of 1117 mi˛ (2,892 km˛). All three lava fields lie along the Great Rift of Idaho, with some of the best examples of open rift cracks in the world, including the deepest known on Earth) at 800 feet (240 m). There are excellent examples of almost every variety of basaltic lava as well as tree molds (cavities left by lava-incinerated trees), lava tubes (a type of cave), and many other volcanic features.
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