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English: Blue Dragon Folds
Photographer
English: NPS Photo
Title
English: Blue Dragon Folds
Description
English:

wavy folds of gray lava rock with blue streaks of colof

The Blue Dragon Lava Flow is one of the youngest lava flows in the park and has a bluish glaze on the surface. This is caused by trace amounts of titanium. Some spots have more blue than others. The color is only present on the surface and the rock becomes red if broken.

  • Keywords: blue dragon; blue dragon lava; basalt
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English: Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho
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English: NPGallery
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
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current16:04, 13 January 2022Thumbnail for version as of 16:04, 13 January 2022539 × 800 (365 KB)BMacZeroBot (talk | contribs)Batch upload (Commons:Batch uploading/NPGallery)