Approach to the Visitor Center.

The Teton range has no foothills, they just spring right up to 13,000 feet (Grand Teton). Early morning on a beautiful sunny october day.

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View from the Visitor Center.

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One of several cinder cones in the park. It was extremely hot and windy during our visit, and a Park Ranger said it was like that most of the time.

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A nice colorful break from the black lava all around.

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Craters of the Moon is a vast ocean of lava flows with scattered islands of cinder cones and sagebrush. A "weird and scenic landscape" where yesterday's volcanic events are likely to continue tomorrow.

Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve is a U.S. national monument and national preserve in the Snake River Plain in central Idaho. It is along US 20, between the small towns of Arco and Carey, at an average elevation of 5,900 feet above sea level. The Monument was established on May 2, 1924. Wikipedia

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