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Sunset Crater NM, AZ (QTVR)

Looking southeast from the Cinder Hills Overlook at 8,274 feet provides a view of the vegetation growing amidst the ancient lava flows of the San Francisco volcanic field. Viscous molten rock whose surface cooled faster than the lava beneath produced the rough-textured Bonito Flow.

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From an elevation of 7,262 feet, we look northeast up the canyon, then turning left (north, then west) our view passes over South Kaibab Trail, the western portion of the canyon , then Yavapia Point and Park headquarters.

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Join the crew of DesertUSA and take a road trip to Fonts Point, maybe the best place in North America to view sediments of the Pliocene and Pleistocene Epochs.

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