LEGACY - The Molten Land - Deschutes County, Oregon
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Volcanoguy
N 43° 54.721 W 121° 21.504
10T E 631808 N 4863410
Former geology marker along Trail of the Molten Land. Sign was removed in late 2011.
Waymark Code: WM1BJH
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 03/25/2007
Views: 38
This sign was located on the Trail of the Molten Land. In 2011, to meet current ADA requirements the Trail of the Molten Lands had to be rerouted and signs replaced. New signs were designed which are more colorful but in many cases less informative than they could have been.
Marker Name: The Molten Land
Marker Text: No longer confined to a narrow channel, the lava river spread out, forming this large expanse of molten landscape. Large lava balls and chunks of levee bank were carried along like rafts on the molten flow and appear as islands in our view today.
As the mass of lava gradually cooled and shrank, large cracks, like the crevasse in front of you, were formed. Some cracks in the Lava Butte flows are 40 to 50 feet deep.
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