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The rugged surface of the Jombolok lava flow fills the valley of the Oka River. The massive basaltic lava flow traveled 75 km from its source, a scoria cone in the Jombolok lava field NW of Lake Baikal. Photo by Jim Luhr, 1991 (Smithsonian Institution).

The rugged surface of the Jombolok lava flow fills the valley of the Oka River. The massive basaltic lava flow traveled 75 km from its source, a scoria cone in the Jombolok lava field NW of Lake Baikal.

Photo by Jim Luhr, 1991 (Smithsonian Institution).

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