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Stop 4 - Inferno Cone

From atop this cone (a short, steep 0.5-mile walk) you see cinder cones lined up along the Great Rift. Big Cinder Butte, towering above the lava plain to the south, is one of world's largest basaltic cinder cones.

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Did You Know?  

Did You Know?
Watch out for bombs! Before they cooled, volcanic bombs were hot globs of lava that were hurled from volcanoes along the Great Rift. They form a variety of interesting shapes described as "breadcrust", "spindle" and "ribbons" by geologists.

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Last Updated: September 07, 2007 at 13:20 EST