Exploring the Moon in Idaho
Arco, Idaho June 21-27, 2014 Idaho is an amazing state. I never thought I would be saying that but it does have some unique features that mostly only the natives know about. One example and the main reason we headed in this direction is the Craters of the Moon National Monument. This park is unique in it lies in the middle of Idaho and it is a park dedicated to lava fields. Lava fields as far as the eye can see! The park highlights remnants of the extreme geological activity that took place here in the not so distant past. The national monument itself is in the middle of some impressive lava fields affording park goers to majestic views of ancient volcanoes. Peering back in time by walking through layers of rock is one of the finest and informative ways of understanding our past and also our future. Yellowstone is known for the supermassive volcano that the park rests upon but what most people don’t know is that same super volcano has been on the move for millions of years. It just so happened that the last explosion was in Idaho. Yes it is true; the hot bed that is Yellowstone migrated from Idaho to its current location. See I told you rocks are interesting! So that means that by wandering around the Craters of the Moon one could get a glimpse of what could happen to Yellowstone in the future. Our visit to the park got even more interesting when we climbed some old volcanoes, walked through folded fields of cooled lava, and we even descended into a few deep underground caverns that the flowing of lava left behind. Not much in the name of [...]