Craters of the Moon NP

Spatter Cones seen from Inferno Cone

Other worldly place at the foothills of Idaho's Sawtooth range.  Intensely fascinating!

Craters of the Moon NP viewed
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Silent Cone and Big Cinder Butte from US 26

Inferno Cone 360 degrees at the top, for panorama, Click

Looking southeast from the top of Inferno Cone.

That large butte is Big Cinder Butte

On top at Inferno Cone

Lots of small colored pebbles amongst the cinders.

That's the trail leading from the top
of Inferno Cone to the base. 

The crater in Sno Cone seems
about 15 feet deep.

The view of Inferno Cone from the top of Snow Cone.

This smaller cone, called Snow Cone, is
about 40 feet above it's surroundings.
And has a small crater at it's top.

In some places, all that could be seen, was black, frozen lava.

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Big Cinder Butte in the distance.

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One of many volcanic cones. This one is 100 feet deep.

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This rock seems like iron which would weigh about 40 pounds.
See all the holes, like a sponge?  It actually weighed about 10 pounds! 
There are places where walking on this stuff, it rang! 
Like you'd struck an old, iron bathtub with a hammer!

That dark circle at the bottom is
where a tree stood when
the lava flowed around it.
When the tree burned and the ash was gone,
this hole was left, molded by the tree.
The stake in the distance marks more "molds,"
but they were lying horizontal on the ground,
and the tree bark "mold" didn't show well.

Arco, ID

Beyond the trees is the town of Arco, pop. 995,
near Crater of the Moon NM. Zoom in to
see the mountainside beyond the town. It seems the
local high school kids climb that mountain and
inscribe their class year for all to see for miles around.

Snake River east of Idaho Falls 

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