It was easy to imagine the rising magma and subsequent explosion. The crater is 500 feet deep and one-half mile wide. Cinder fields surround it. It is Mother Nature at her most beautiful and her most violent. Ubehebe Crater is truly awesome.
Monday, April 22, 2013
Ubehebe Crater
Death Valley National Park
Awesome. An overused word in today's world. But it fits. To see this 2,000 year old crater is to see geology in action. The day we were here, the wind was gusting to 40 knots. Standing was difficult and as much as we wanted to walk around the rim, we couldn't. The birds, which hovered above us, couldn't even make headway into the ferocious wind.
It was easy to imagine the rising magma and subsequent explosion. The crater is 500 feet deep and one-half mile wide. Cinder fields surround it. It is Mother Nature at her most beautiful and her most violent. Ubehebe Crater is truly awesome.
It was easy to imagine the rising magma and subsequent explosion. The crater is 500 feet deep and one-half mile wide. Cinder fields surround it. It is Mother Nature at her most beautiful and her most violent. Ubehebe Crater is truly awesome.
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