With 28 National parks in California, you can truly find something for everyone to see and enjoy. California National Pa ...

Discover the hidden natural wonders of Nevada beyond Las Vegas. Explore the majestic Sierra Nevada mountains and vast deserts ...

This project sought to explain Oregon’s recent (20 ... changes from meadows to thick stands of tall ponderosa pines. It is classic volcanic highland, littered with cinder cones, extensive basalt flows ...

Axial Seamount is a shield volcano, which means it's shaped like a shield rather than a steep-sided cone volcano. Its caldera at the top is a few miles wide and long, and about 300 feet deep.

One of the most active volcanoes in the world sits just a few hundred miles off the U.s. West Coast, and some scientists believe it’s only a matter of time before it erupts again – maybe even before ...

Expansive lava flows in the Sáttítla Highlands was captured by satellites ahead of the recent designation of the area as a national monument.

Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument highlights northern Arizona’s volcanic (and explosive) past, speckled with cinder cones and long-hardened lava flows People often get Sunset Crater confused ...

Axial Seamount is a shield volcano, which means it's shaped like a shield rather than a steep-sided cone volcano. Its caldera at the top is a few miles wide and long, and about 300 feet deep. Unlike ...

Hidden in a stand of ponderosa pines, Bonito Campground is the perfect basecamp to use while exploring nearby Sunset Crater Volcano and Wupatki national monuments. Cinder cones, which are part of the ...