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Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-04594

The summit of Ice Springs volcano provides a perspective of the extensive lava field erupted from the volcano about 660 years ago.  Ash and scoria from Crescent Crater on the east side of the cone complex was blown primarily to the east by prevailing winds and forms the lighter-colored material that mantles the lava flow in this direction.  The eastern lava flows were erupted early during the Ice Springs eruption.  The road in the foreground provides access to a quarrying operation at the cinder and spatter cone complex.  Photo by Lee Siebert, 1996 (Smithsonian Institution).

The summit of Ice Springs volcano provides a perspective of the extensive lava field erupted from the volcano about 660 years ago. Ash and scoria from Crescent Crater on the east side of the cone complex was blown primarily to the east by prevailing winds and forms the lighter-colored material that mantles the lava flow in this direction. The eastern lava flows were erupted early during the Ice Springs eruption. The road in the foreground provides access to a quarrying operation at the cinder and spatter cone complex.

Photo by Lee Siebert, 1996 (Smithsonian Institution).

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