[Red Badger]

PinGGG!......................

[ScottinVA]

Fascinating stuff!

[small farm girl]

Of course, if said vent were to open up today and start flowing, it would be another terrifying example of man made climate change.

[teeman8r]

that’s a lot of money for such a picture... shows this planet has a lot of secrets man has yet to discover...

[Disambiguator]

I’ve driven through Carrizozo. There’s a reserve or park near the town that features a lava bed.

The real feature of the town is cherry cider.

[Jolla]

Our family went to Colorado every August from Texas, on the way was an old volcano in New Mexico. I got interested in rocks picking up a piece of lava rock there, we had for 20 years in the back yard. Still collect rocks to this day of most every cool destination I go.

[SunkenCiv]

Decades ago I drove across the continent, and somewhere in AZ or NM there was an ancient lava floe that looked like freshly turned muck. Not sure it was this one.

I stopped at a rest area to, uh, go, and it was a portajohn, because of the impracticality of putting in a building, running electricity, digging a well and a septic system, etc. I looked around — there was some kind of historical marker telling about the lava, which was dozens of miles long, and all over the black stone were shards of glass from years of the local gentry throwing their empty booze bottles.

[DesertRhino]

Beautiful area. The lava is very sharp and fresh. Not far from Trinity site.

[SunkenCiv]

This topic was posted 10/06/2022, thanks Red Badger.

[snip] The local name for the flow, Carrizozo Malpais, roughly translates to “bad footing” in Spanish, as it describes how difficult it can be when traversing the area, according to the USGS. [/snip]

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[oldplayer]

Thanks for this pic and post Red Badger. It is interesting to compare this photo with the Google maps photo. Both have their strong points. Using the Google photos, you can trace the flow to its final end to the south, just off the image from the satellite that you posted.

Thanks for always coming up with something interesting. You guys keep FR a great site.

Oldplayer