List of Slides for Craters of the Moon NM

• Welcome to Craters of the Moon National Monument!
• Dark lava stands out boldly on this satellite photo.
• Cinder cones and lava flows cover the landscape.
• Pahoehoe flows are smooth and ropy-looking.
• Aa flows are blocky, like the ones in the background here.
• Inferno Cone looms above the road.
• Look inside North Crater or Big Crater.
• Smaller spatter cones dot the area.
• Walk a trail for a close-up view - reluctant or not!
• Lava tubes may be preserved as tunnels.
• Climb inside!
• Occasionally, the roof of a lava tube collapses.
• Tree molds may be preserved by volcanic material.
• Another tree mold consists of bark impressions.
• Vesicles (holes) indicate the former presence of gas in a volcanic bomb.
• Here's a weird volcanic bomb, located at Big Cinder Butte.