Long Valley Caldera
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Long Valley Caldera is a volcanic caldera in eastern California that is adjacent to Mammoth Mountain. The valley is one of the Earth's largest calderas, measuring about 20 miles long, 11 miles wide, a
View from northeast rim of caldera
Early winter in Long Valley, 2017
Layers of the Bishop tuff, in a rock quarry in Chalfant Valley, about 25 km (16 mi) southwest of the Long Valley Caldera, laid down in phases of a major eruption 760,000 years ago.
Hot Creek Fish Hatchery at base of Resurgent Dome
Caldera
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A caldera is a large cauldron-like hollow that forms shortly after the emptying of a magma chamber in a volcanic eruption. The ejection of large volumes of magma in a short time can upset the integrit
Long Valley Caldera
…Long Valley Caldera is a volcanic caldera in eastern California that is adjacent to Mammoth Mountain. The valley is one of the Earth's largest calderas, measuring about 20 miles (32 km) long…
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Oblique aerial photo of Nemrut Caldera, Van Lake, Eastern Turkey
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Caldera of Mount Tambora