Folder: Photos → Deserts, Forests & Oceans → Lava Beds National Monument

The monument sits on a giant shield volcano covered with cinder cones, craters, and lava flows. Many of the flows created lava tubes, and the area is covered with caves—about 700 are known!

Back Up to Deserts, Forests & Oceans	Shield Volcano Small Size Regular Size Large Size Full Size Caption		Mammoth Crater Regular Size Full Size	Fleener Chimneys Spatter Cone Regular Size Full Size	Sunset Behind Cinder Cones Regular Size Full Size
Petroglyphs Regular Size Full Size Caption	Sunset over the Klamath Basin Regular Size Large Size	→	Chocolate Entrance Regular Size Full Size	Tight Squeeze Regular Size Full Size Caption	Glittering Ceiling Regular Size Full Size Caption
Colorful Bacteria Regular Size Full Size	Ceiling Closeup Regular Size Full Size	Chocolate Regular Size Full Size Caption	→	Skylight in the Distance Regular Size Full Size	Skylight Regular Size Full Size
Sunshine in the Cave Regular Size Full Size	Tunnel to the Exit Regular Size Full Size	→	The Entrance of Skull Cave Regular Size Full Size	Double Skylight in Sentinal Cave Regular Size Full Size	Leaving Sentinal Cave Regular Size Full Size
Lavacicles in Valentine Cave Regular Size Full Size	→	Schonchin Butte Regular Size Full Size Caption	A View from the Top Regular Size Full Size Caption	Lava Spatter at the Top Regular Size Full Size	Mount Shasta from the Butte Regular Size Full Size

All photos by unless otherwise noted. You may use them for noncommercial purposes without permission as long as they are unmodified, and clearly credited to me. A link to my website would also be nice, but is not required.  © 2007-2013