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Lava Beds National Monument

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Lava Beds National Monument occupies the largest total area covered by a volcano in the Cascade Range. The great diversity of volcanic formations include cinder cones, spatter cones, lava flows, lava fields. However, Lava Beds National Monument is mostly known for its 800 lava tube caves, the largest concentration of lava tubes in North America. Historically, this region was occupied by the Modoc people and was the site of the Modoc War of 1872-1873,

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Whitney Butte with sun setting. Lava Beds National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Schonchin Flow and Hardin Butte. Lava Beds National Monument, California, USA ( color)

View from Schonchin Butte, sunset. Lava Beds National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Wildflowers, Big Painted Cave entrance and Schonchin Butte at sunrise. Lava Beds National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Skull Cave entrance. Lava Beds National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Colored rocks from collapsed ceilling, Big Painted Cave. Lava Beds National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Big Painted Cave. Lava Beds National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Looking out near entrance, Skull Cave. Lava Beds National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Lava tube with lumpy lava floor, Golden Dome Cave. Lava Beds National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Caver inside a lava tube, Lava Beds National Monument. Lava Beds National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Golden Dome Cave with caver's light. Lava Beds National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Lava vent, Fleener Chimneys. Lava Beds National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Close up of flowers. Lava Beds National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Wildflowers and lava, Fleener Chimneys. Lava Beds National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Sage and slope covered with lava, Lava Beds National Monument. Lava Beds National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Cinder cone and sage, Lava Beds National Monument. Lava Beds National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Grasslands and volcanic buttes. Lava Beds National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Canby Cross. Lava Beds National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Schonchin Flow and ridges, late afternoon. Lava Beds National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Schonchin Flow. Lava Beds National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Wildflowers, lava, and distant buttes at sunrise. Lava Beds National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Lava depression and Schonchin Butte, dawn. Lava Beds National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Wildflowers, Big Painted Cave, Schonchin Butte, sunrise. Lava Beds National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Wildflowers, entrance of Big Painted Cave, Schonchin Butte, dawn. Lava Beds National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Wildflowers, Big Painted Cave entrance and Schonchin Butte. Lava Beds National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Schonchin Butte. Lava Beds National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Lava depression and distant buttes. Lava Beds National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Homestead Flow and volcanic buttes. Lava Beds National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Entrance to Big Painted Cave. Lava Beds National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Hiker at entrance of Skull Cave. Lava Beds National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Caver in Golden Dome Cave. Lava Beds National Monument, California, USA ( color)

Golden Dome Cave Lava tube. Lava Beds National Monument, California, USA ( color)

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