Sunset Crater is one of several volcanoes which erupted around the area, flowing lava and shooting ash over the area.
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Layout of the area.
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Robinson Mt. (L) and O'Leary Peak (R). Good Indian Names, eh?
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More of the lava field, with what seems like a smaller crater (or mine) in the upper left.
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The flat areas are all cinders or lava.
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Another cone nearby.
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Sunset Crater, near Wupatki. The high hill is the remains of a volcano that erupted around 1040-1100.
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The ash and cinders have a texture that looks like blowing (black) sand.
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Lava flowed twice around the base leaving this lava field, called Bonita. The mountains in the background (San Francisco Peaks) are just north of Flagstaff.
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Mountains in the distance (San Francisco Peaks) are just N or Flagstaff
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Trees poking through the snow on the cinders. Converted to black & white
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Great old tree limb with unusual yellow coloring.
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O'Leary Peak
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Distant mountains - San Francisco Peaks
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And a few miles away, looking off the hills to the desert beyond.
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