The acidic crater lake of Santa Ana is within the deepest of the nested summit craters, seen here from the S in 2011. The floor of a larger crater is visible across the center of this photo, and both lava flows and deposits from explosive eruptions are exposed in the crater walls.

Photo by Lis Gallant, 2011.

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Galleries: Craters

Keywords: crater | crater lake | stratigraphy | outcrop | erosion

Santa Ana