South Inyo Crater in the Long Valley Caldera, California

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Photograph by S.R. Brantley on July 29, 1998

View of the west wall of South Inyo Crater. The rocky cliff visible in the crater wall is the top of a series of basaltic lava flows that were erupted between 200,000 and 100,000 years ago onto the west floor of Long Valley caldera.

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Last modification: 9 October 1999 (SRB)