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Fish Springs Cinder Cone - Volcanic Vent
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Photographer: Ron Wolf
ID: 0000 0000 0613 0621 (2013-06-06)Copyright © 2013 Ron Wolf
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INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
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date of photo Oct 2, 2012
location
BLM Crater Mountain Area of Critical Environmental Concern. Near Big Pine (Inyo County, California, US)notes Fish Springs Cinder Cone is a feature in the Big Pine Volcanic Field just south of the town of Big Pine. It was created by an eruption about 314,000 years ago. The basalt cone sits astride the Fish Springs Fault. The eruption was probably fault-controlled.keywords: geology, earth science, geomorphology, volcano, volcanism, eruption, basalt
camera Canon EOS 7D, 100mm, f/13, 1/1000 sec.
photo category: Misc. - geology
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