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Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho
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Craters of the Moon National Monument is located in southern Idaho in the Snake River Plain. The Snake River Plain was formed by a series of giant eruptions which started 16 million years ago. The COM flows were erupted between 15,000 and 2,100 years ago. The hotspot that created the eruptions is now under Yellowstone. The COM has some of the best examples of open rift cracks in the world.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineCraters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho. NASA/JPL, 2024-11-29. Public domain. ID: PIA26501.
