Comments on: Amboy Crater and Lava Field http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/20/amboy-crater-and-lava-field/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:55:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Juliet http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/20/amboy-crater-and-lava-field/#comment-164554 Juliet Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:52:08 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=334#comment-164554 http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/7079/img0383pu7.jpg http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/5416/img0384uu6.jpg http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/7079/img0383pu7.jpg

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]]> By: Juliet http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/20/amboy-crater-and-lava-field/#comment-164552 Juliet Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:50:13 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=334#comment-164552 I just came back from camping in the Mojave and I can tell you it's definitely lava flow. Here is a picture I took from a trail extending from Amboy Rd. looking west, toward the crater. And this is a close up of the rock surface. I just came back from camping in the Mojave and I can tell you it’s definitely lava flow. Here is a picture I took from a trail extending from Amboy Rd. looking west, toward the crater.

And this is a close up of the rock surface.

]]> By: Ruth http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/20/amboy-crater-and-lava-field/#comment-3066 Ruth Mon, 20 Jun 2005 14:47:18 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=334#comment-3066 I was there about a year ago, and there are fields of black lava rock extending away from the crater, which I suspect explains the "shadow area," although I can't say for certain that I remember them being primarily in one direction. I thought I had some good pictures of it, but I must not have uploaded them. <a href="http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/California/Amboy/description_amboy.html" rel="nofollow">This page</a> describes the lava field, and you can see the rock I'm talking about from the ground in <a href="http://www.alsplace.com/photos/2004_07_joshua_tree_amboy/img/win/half/3-1/" rel="nofollow">these pictures</a>. I was there about a year ago, and there are fields of black lava rock extending away from the crater, which I suspect explains the “shadow area,” although I can’t say for certain that I remember them being primarily in one direction.

I thought I had some good pictures of it, but I must not have uploaded them. This page describes the lava field, and you can see the rock I’m talking about from the ground in these pictures.

]]> By: The Govinator http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/20/amboy-crater-and-lava-field/#comment-3065 The Govinator Mon, 20 Jun 2005 14:38:31 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=334#comment-3065 I guess i should have said John not chris... I posted to late and didn't read I guess i should have said John not chris… I posted to late and didn’t read

]]> By: The Govinator http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/20/amboy-crater-and-lava-field/#comment-3064 The Govinator Mon, 20 Jun 2005 14:36:59 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=334#comment-3064 Chris G... looks like it to me, but it could also be winds having blown black volcanic dust in that direction. I zoomed out and there looks to be some smaller areas (vents maybe) that have the same tailing effect. This is a guess on my part Chris G… looks like it to me, but it could also be winds having blown black volcanic dust in that direction. I zoomed out and there looks to be some smaller areas (vents maybe) that have the same tailing effect. This is a guess on my part

]]> By: Chris G. http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/20/amboy-crater-and-lava-field/#comment-3063 Chris G. Mon, 20 Jun 2005 14:34:14 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=334#comment-3063 John in response to your question, it may be ash residue that has blown from the North West winds and, over most likely many hundred years, has discoloured that area behind the volcano. Granted I'm not a geologist but it seems to be a plausible explanation to me. John in response to your question, it may be ash residue that has blown from the North West winds and, over most likely many hundred years, has discoloured that area behind the volcano. Granted I’m not a geologist but it seems to be a plausible explanation to me.

]]> By: John Hartnup http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/20/amboy-crater-and-lava-field/#comment-3062 John Hartnup Mon, 20 Jun 2005 13:07:41 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=334#comment-3062 Can anyone explain what the dark marking extending SouthEast of the crater is? At first I thought it was shadow, but the sun is coming from the wrong direction. Is this the path of a massive lava flow? Can anyone explain what the dark marking extending SouthEast of the crater is? At first I thought it was shadow, but the sun is coming from the wrong direction. Is this the path of a massive lava flow?

]]> By: Jacob http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/20/amboy-crater-and-lava-field/#comment-3060 Jacob Mon, 20 Jun 2005 12:11:00 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=334#comment-3060 The roads around that area are labeled "Salt Evaperation Plant St". So I am going to guess it is a salt evaporation plant. Looks very interesting. The roads around that area are labeled “Salt Evaperation Plant St”. So I am going to guess it is a salt evaporation plant. Looks very interesting.

]]> By: Safalra http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/20/amboy-crater-and-lava-field/#comment-3059 Safalra Mon, 20 Jun 2005 12:01:43 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=334#comment-3059 Anyone know what the gird of pits and ridges to the south east of the lava field are? Anyone know what the gird of pits and ridges to the south east of the lava field are?

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