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This "kipuka" in Craters of the Moon National Monument is an area of undisturbed grassland surrounded by a lava flow.
NASA Earth Observatory image by Robert Simmon, using EO-1 ALI data provided courtesy of the NASA EO-1 team. Caption by Robert Simmon.
Published October 14, 2009
Data acquired September 16, 2009