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Moonscapes of Idaho

The volcanic features and otherworldly landscape of Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve are apt training grounds for planetary exploration.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Michala Garrison, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Photo of NASA geologist Ted Foss and astronauts Eugene Cernan and Joe Engle by NASA. Story and 2024 photo of Craters of the Moon lava and cinder cone by Lindsey Doermann.

Published April 24, 2025
Data acquired July 7, 2024 - January 23, 2025

Sources:
Landsat 8 > OLI
Landsat 9 > OLI-2
Photograph
Collection:
U.S. National Parks