Formation of Crater Lake—Low-Silica Eruptions
Summary
Later eruptions of low-silica magma partially filled the caldera with basalt lava flows and cinder cones, including what is now Wizard Island. (The photo on the right is actually Aniakchak Volcano in Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, a simiar collapsed volcano in Alaska). NPS photo.
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Date
2019
Source
National Parks Gallery
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Public Domain Dedication