Craters of the Moon National Monument

We had no idea what a lava bed would look like. As soon as we saw it, though, that’s exactly what it should look like. It’s sort of large areas of rock cinders from the size of a golf ball to large rocks.

The same hotspot that now exists under Yellowstone is thought to have formed the Craters of the Moon National Monument. (The shifting of the North American continent accounts for this.) This area, like Yellowstone, is also a dormant volcano and it is thought it will erupt again sometime in the next 900 years with the most likely period being within the next 100 years. Another ‘see it while you can, folks’!

(No word on whether the Apollo moon landing shots were faked here, or somewhere else.)