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Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve

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Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve protects a vast and varied volcanic landscape: flood basalt areas, and three lava fields laying along the Great Rift of Idaho, which includes the deepest open rift crack in the world. True to its name the eruptive craters are numerous, diverse, and spectacular.

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Curve of cinder cone, pastel sky, and moon. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Cinder crags and cones, sunrise. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Backlit spatter cones. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Slopes covered with hardened lava and cinder. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Colorful cinders and pines in Big Craters. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Mouth of North Crater. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Tree skeltons and sapplings in North Crater cinder cone. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Close-up of lava with rich colors, augmented by green and orange lichen. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Fissure in lichen-covered lava filled with pine cones. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Lava rocks and blue tints of the Blue Dragon lava flow. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Echo Crater with Watchman cinder cone in the distance. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Echo Crater. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Sagebrush in bloom and Crescent Butte from Echo Crater. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Snake River Plain with lava flows. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA (Panoramic color)

Little Park kipuka edge and Pioneer Mountains. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Sunflower, edge of Laidlaw Kipuka. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Bear Den Butte crater breach. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Aerial view of Bear Den Butte and Grassy Lava Flow. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Grassy Lava Flow and Pioneer Mountains. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA (Panoramic color)

Aerial view of Grassy Lava Flow and Laidlaw kapuka. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA (Panoramic color)

Immense Wapi lava flow and Snake River Plain. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Wapi Flow Lava cascading from Pilar Butte. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Pilar Butte shield volcano with gigantic lava flow. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Former lava lake and tree, Pilar Butte. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Rabbitbrush and crater, Pilar Butte. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Pahoehoe lava from Wapi Flow and flowers at dawn. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Aerial view of Great Rift volcanic fissure. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Inside Buffalo Cave lava tube. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Room in back of Bear Trap Cave. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Lava flow on the floor of North Crater. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Tree skeleton and North Crater. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Northmost of Big Craters. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Lava tube opening inside North Crater. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Entrance of lava tube. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Close-up of crack in lava. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Hardened lava flow inside North Crater. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Tree skeltons and pine sapplings in North Crater. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Close-up of dwarf buckwheat and cinders. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Big Craters cinder cone. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Curves in Big Craters cinder cones and Limber Pines. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Limber pines in Big Craters. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Limber pines with lava rocks and colorful cinder in Big Craters. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Pine trees growing inside cinder cone of Big Craters. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Pine tree, cinders and lava. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Trail and spatter cones. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Close-up of red and purple lava rocks with lichens. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Close-up of colorful lava with lichen. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Pahoehoe lava and Big Cinder Butte. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Lava flow and Big Cinder Butte. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Lava flow near Broken Top. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Broken Top flanks and Big Cinder Butte. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Broken Top lava flow. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Close-up of Pahoehoe lava. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Fissures on pressure ridge. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Close-up of Blue Dragon lava flow. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Close-up of lava and lichen. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Close-up of cracked lava with blue tints of the Blue Dragon flow. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Close-up of dwarf buckwheat plants growing on cinders. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Lava flow floor in Buffalo Cave. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Buffalo Cave collpased roof and and Big Cinder Butte. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Basalt rocks with lichen. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Sage and pines. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Sagebrush and pine tree. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Blue Dragon Flow and Big Sink. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Pine on cinder cone and crescent moon. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Tree on cinder cone curve, crescent moon. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Sunrise and Inferno Cone. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

North and Big Craters. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Dark pumice, cinder cones, and Pioneer Mountains. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Lava field and spatter cones. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Spatter cones from cinder cone. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Dwarf buckwheat growing in arid cinder. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Scoria field with grasses and cinder cones. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Tree skeleton. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Fallen tree and lava field. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Backlit tree skeleton. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Lava cascades. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Close up of Hardened Lava. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Regularly spaced dwarf buckwheat plants (Eriogonum ovalifolium). Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Evenly spaced dwarf buckwheat plants and Big Craters. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Field of broken lava near Broken Top. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Echo Crater and Big Cinder Butte. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Echo Crater at dawn. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA (Panoramic color)

Echo Crater colorful cinders and walls. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Echo Crater and Pioneer Mountains. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Limber pines in Echo Crater. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Echo Crater walls. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Slopes of Echo Crater and Watchman cinder cone. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Slopes of Echo Crater. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Flowers and dark lava rocks. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Colorful lava rocks of Echo Crater, Big Cinder Butte, and Pioneer Mountains. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Echo crater with brightly colored rocks and Crescent Butte. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Walls of Echo Crater, Big Cinder Butte, Coyotte Butte, and Half Cone. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

North Laidlaw Butte from Echo Crater. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Sagebrush in bloom on Echo Crater. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Echo Crater walls and Crescent Butte. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA (Panoramic color)

Collapsed side of Echo Crater. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Collapsed crater side with sagebrush in bloom. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Tree skeletons, Echo Crater. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Watchman and Sentinel cinder cones from Echo Crater. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Sunrise from Echo Crater. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Sun rising and Big Southern Butte. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Crescent Butte, lava flows and King Mountain. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Snake River Plain with cinder cones and Pioneer Mountains. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Half cone. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Lava and sagebrush on Snake River Plain. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Red cinders of Echo Crater, Big Cinder Butte, and Pioneer Mountains. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Plain with lava flows. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Lava tree. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Trunk-shaped depression in lava. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Hole left in lava rock by tree. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Dwarf buckwheat on cinders and Big Cinder Butte. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Big Cinder Butte. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Aerial view of lava flow at edge of Little Park kipuka. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Aerial view of Little Park higher land surrouned by lava. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Laidlaw kapuka and Pioneer Mountains. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA (Panoramic color)

Grassy lava flow at Lava Point. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Aerial view of Lava Point, southern-most point of the Grassy lava flow. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Laidlaw Kipuka from Lava Point at sunrise. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Edge of Laidlaw Kipuka from Lava Point. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Sagebrush and Pioneer Mountains. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Snowdrift Crater. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Snowdrift Crater with aspen. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Aerial view of Big Blowout Butte vent area of shield volcano. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Aspen inside Snowdrift Crater. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Close up of lava rocks with lichen. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Grasses and basalt rocks. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Close up of lava rocks with grasses. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Bear Den Butte cinder cone crater. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Bear Den Butte with breach in crater. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Lava rocks on breach of Bear Den Butte crater. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Rabbitbrush in bloom and breach of Bear Den Butte crater. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Bear Den Butte. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA (Panoramic color)

Rabbitbrush and Bear Den Butte. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Grassy lava flow from Bear Den Butte. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Aerial view of Bear Den Butte cinder cone. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Craters of the Moon Lava Flow and Pioneer Mountains. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA (Panoramic color)

Last remaining trapper cabin, South Park Well. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Trapper cabin at night, South Park Well. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Stone from former cabin in depression surrounded by lava walls. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Sagebrush and moon near Wapi Park. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Wapi Park. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Flowers on Wapi Flow lava. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Vegetation taking root on Wapi Flow lava. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Flowers on Wapi Flow at sunrise. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Wapi Flow at sunrise. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Rabbitbrush in bloom and Wapi Flow. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Rabbitbrush, crater, and plug, Pilar Butte. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Rabbitbrush and plug on Pilar Butte shield volcano. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Rabbitbrush in bloom and lava lake, Pilar Butte. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Rabbitbrush and former lava lake in crater, Pilar Butte. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Hardened lava lake, Pilar Butte. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Former lava lake in crater, Pilar Butte. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Hardened former lava lake surface, Pilar Butte. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Wapi Flow starting at Pilar Butte. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Pilar Butte. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA (Panoramic color)

Pit crater, Pilar Butte. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Pahoehoe lava cascades from Pilar Butte. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Cascades of Pahoehoe lava from Pilar Butte. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Wapi Flow from Pilar Butte. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Plain with Bear Trap Cave entrance. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Bear Trap Cave entrance. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Grasses and Bear Trap Cave entrance. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Passage near Bear Trap Cave entrance. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Bear Trap Cave lava tube. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

Aerial view of Kings Bowl. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA ( color)

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