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Interview with Doug Neighbor, Superintendent of Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve (Part of the Boise State Radio series "New Horizons in Education")
 
Interview with Robert Limbert historian and film maker, Steve Wursta (Part of the Boise State radio series "New Horizons in Education)
 
Snowshoe with Ranger Doug and learn about the park in winter (Part of the Boise State Radio series "Off the Trail")
 

Geological Animations (Developed by BLM staff and the University of California at Santa Barbara)

  • Eruptive Periods along the Great Rift
    Shows the evolution of the Craters of the Moon lava fields over the last 15,000 years.
  • Great Rift
    Shows a close-up view of the Great Rift and possible mechanisms by which features visible today on the surface were created.

 
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 19, 2008 at 15:01 EST