Rugged Terrain in Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve in Idaho. The National Park Service describes the park as "a vast ocean of lava"

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Rugged Terrain in Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve in Idaho. The National Park Service describes the park as "a vast ocean of lava flows with scattered islands of cinder cones and sagebrush." Early NASA astronauts trained here because of the terrain.

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Location: Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho USA
Photo credit: © Janice and Nolan Braud / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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