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Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument Plant grows in lava field
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Western National Parks Association

As a non-profit cooperating association, Western National Parks Association produces interpretive publications and other products  and  manages bookstores in National Park Service visitor centers throughout the west.  Proceeds from these sales support  research and interpretive activities in the parks. 

Visit the on-line bookstore

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Aerial view of Sunset Crater Volcano

Did You Know?
Legend says that 19th-century explorer John Wesley Powell named Sunset Crater Volcano because its rim of red and yellow cinders suggested the colors of a perpetual sunset.

Last Updated: August 21, 2006 at 13:36 MST