Craters of the Moon National Monument

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A first for us: we visited Craters of the Moon National Monument in Idaho with our coach on a travel day. We parked our coach at the visitor center, unhooked our truck, and drove around the park, plus walked around a bit.

Craters of the Moon National Monument
Info sign
Info sign

Visitor center:

Visotr center

Relief map; the red circle lights show the moving magma hot spot that is currently under Yellowstone:

Visotr center
Visotr center

Old lava:

Old lava
Tree
Path
Old lava
Tree
Old lava
Old lava
Tree
Old lava
Old lava
Old lava
Old lava

Crater:

Crater

Snow in the crater:

Snow in the crater
Old lava
Old lava
Selfie
Old lava
Old lava
Old lava
Old lava