Sunset Crater Volcano
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Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument is a nature preserve in northern Arizona. The volcanic cone was created by erutions from 1064/1065 AD until the 13th century and consists of loose tephra. With the tephra the volcano released two minor lavaflows.
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1996 air photo
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Sunset Crater aerial, 2005
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Sunset Crater from space, 2016
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Map of region
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A lava field at the foothills of the crater, estimated to be about 1000 years old.
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Vesicular basalt
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as seen from the lava flow