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El Malpais National MonumentMcCartys Lava Flow is between 2000 to 3000 years old
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El Malpais National Monument
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La Vieja rock stand by itself in El Malpais  

Did You Know?
La Vieja seems to have the visage of an elderly woman carved into it. From certain vantage points in El Malpais, La Vieja appears to stand in the lava flows, and may be responsible for the legends of a mission church out on the malpais.
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Last Updated: August 27, 2009 at 16:34 EST