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Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve

Pictures by QT Luong

[1 : Overview]

[2 : North Crater Trail]

[3 : Broken Top Trail]

[4 : Other NPS developed areas]

[5 : Echo Crater]

[6 : Wilderness Area]

[7 : Laidlaw Park]

[All]

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)

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