Image: Capulin Volcano National Monument, New Mexico (fa5697dd-b4ea-4f74-ad0d-824df2030815)
Description: Horned toad Approximately 60,000 years ago, the rain of cooling cinders and four lava flows formed Capulin Volcano, a nearly perfectly-shaped cinder cone, rising more than 1000 feet above the surrounding landscape. Although long extinct, Capulin Volcano is dramatic evidence of the volcanic processes that shaped northeastern New Mexico. Keywords: cavo; National monuments; Volcanoes
Title: Capulin Volcano National Monument, New Mexico
Credit: NPGallery
Author: NPS staff
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