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English: Lava Bombs
Photographer
English: NPS Photo
Title
English: Lava Bombs
Publisher
English: U.S. National Park Service
Description
English:

a field of dark gray rocks of varying shapes and sizes on a black cinder hillside with a large cinder cone in the distance

Lava or volcanic bombs are rocks that form when lava fragments cool before they hit the ground. The shape of the bomb depends on many factors such as the thickness of the lava, the size of the fragment, its movement, and how it cools.

  • Keywords: volcanic bombs; lava bomb; cinder cone
Depicted place
English: Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho
Date Taken on 16 July 2010
Accession number
f302875d-155d-4519-3e1e-dd4654062b05
Source
English: NPGallery
Permission
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
NPS Unit Code
InfoField
CRMO
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InfoField
English: Pyroclasts and Pyroclastic Rocks; Lava Formations at Craters

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