Sunset Crater Volcano
National Monument
I was trying to get rid of the last of my 35mm Kodachrome and 126 Instamatic cartridges before the end of 2009 when they stop processing Kodachrome altogether so I took this (train) trip to the Flagstaff, Arizona area to photograph some of the interesting geology in the vicinity.
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At the start of the Lava Flow Trail.
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Clouds: my ally, my adversary (photographically speaking)
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Sunset Crater.
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Looking down into a fissure.
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A "squeeze-up" in the Bonito Lava Flow.
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Looking east towards San Francisco Mountain. Humphreys Peak (12,637 feet) is the highest of several on this mountain which is a stratovolcano that blew its top like Mt. St. Helens.
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Four hundred year old fallen ponderosa pine tree.
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Small splatter cone.
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Agglutinate mound or pile of pyroclastic material.
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Many of the standing dead trees reminded me of totem poles with icons of raptors carved into them.
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Large splatter cone damaged over the years by visitors climbing and sitting on it.
