Saturday, February 26, 2011

SP Crater - NASA's Earth Observatory Image of the Day


NASA's Earth Observatory Image of the Day is from the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite, which captured this natural-color image on April 17, 2010. SP Crater is a basaltic cinder cone in the San Francisco Volcanic Field, northeast of Flagstaff.

References from NASA:

  1. Anderson, R. (2009, March 16). SP Flow and Sunset Crater. Martian Chronicles, AGU Blogosphere. Accessed February 17, 2011.
  2. Priest, S.S., Duffield, W.A., Malis-Clark, K., Hendley, J.W. II, Stauffer, P.H. (2001, December 21). The San Francisco Volcanic Field, Arizona. U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 017-01. Accessed February 6, 2011.
  3. Volcano Hazards Program Photo Glossary. (2008, July 17). Cinder Cone. U.S. Geological Survey. Accessed February 6, 2011.
  4. Volcano Hazards Program Photo Glossary. (2009, July 17). Basalt. U.S. Geological Survey. Accessed February 6, 2011.
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1 comment:

  1. Wandering Justin4:00 PM

    Definitely one of the most-overlooked places in Arizona. Walking around on that lava flow is pretty surreal. And the volcanic bombs around the crater are spectacular.

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