Arizona: Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
June 2, 2018 6 Comments
Sunset Crater Volcano
Bonito Lava Flow
Yellow-Orange Juniper Mistletoe
Beautiful Weathered Juniper Wood
Tiny White Spider on Lava Flow
Yellow Newberry Twinpod Growing on Cinders
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument is a beautiful place to visit just north of Flagstaff, Arizona. The sunset colors reflect the volcano’s composition of silica, iron oxide, and gypsum. The volcano erupted about 1040-1100 AD . It is amazing how life returns and survives on the tough conditions of the lava flow! Information about visiting is at: https://www.nps.gov/sucr/index.htm and https://www.livescience.com/50237-sunset-crater-photos.html.
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As many times as we’ve driven past Sunset Crater, we’ve never taken the time to stop in and explore. We need to make it a point next time.
You should! It was a perfect place to take a break, and the air was cool. I liked looking for the little signs of life on the lava.
We visited Craters of the Moon in Idaho during wildflower season, and I fell in love with all the tiny delicate blooms. Quite fascinating. Now I’ll need to figure out what month is good for flowers at Sunset Crater ☺
Another great place to visit! The flowers at Sunset were just at the very beginning of growth at the end of April, so I would imagine about now would be good.
Wow, this looks like a beautiful place. Lovely pictures! I love the pattern on the Juniper wood.
Thank you! We love the beautiful colors of weathered wood.