Great Rift
Shows a close-up view of the Great Rift and possible mechanisms by which features visible today on the surface were created.
Tree Molds
Illustration of the process by which the imprint of charred trunks remains after contact with lava.
Rafted Blocks
Shows the transport of large chunks of a cinder cone by lava flows.
Did You Know?
Searing lava flows that initially destroyed everything in their path today protect the last refuges of intact sagebrush steppe communities on the Snake River Plain. These islands of vegetation, known as kipukas, provide important examples of what is "natural".