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South Inyo Crater.

Detailed Description

View of the west wall of South Inyo Crater in the Mono-Inyo Chain, California. 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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Public Domain.