Aspens in Lava Flow
by Donna Kennedy
Title
Aspens in Lava Flow
Artist
Donna Kennedy
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
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Original Fine Art Photography by Donna Kennedy...
Aspen grove growing in the lava flow, autumn in the Dixie National Forest, Utah 1019
The Markagunt Plateau volcanic field, located east of Cedar Breaks National Monument in SW Utah, is a group of cinder cones and lava vents on Markagunt Plateau. The youngest cinder cones are located near Panguitch Lake in the north and Navajo Lake in the south.
Volcanic activity on the eastern Markagunt Plateau began about 5 million years ago and has been continuing up to the last eruption, which occurred only about 1,000 years ago. The date was obtained by dendrochronology, i.e. by counting the growth rings and thus, the age, of the oldest trees on the flow. A common maximum age of 900 years for the oldest present trees (big gnarled junipers were found), which suggests the age of the flow being only about 1000 years old, if the first trees appeared to grow 100 years after the flow was emplaced.
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September 23rd, 2018
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Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This beautiful image has been selected to be featured for the week in the “Forests and Woodlands” Group Home Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “2018 October: Featured Images and Thank-you’s” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. If enabled, your group image will be posted to our group Google+ page for further exposure. Thank you for your participation in the “Forests and Woodlands” group! (October 12, 2018)
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