Ubehebe Crater Death Valley.
Ubehebe Crater is a large volcanic crater 600 feet deep and half mile across.
To the Timbisha Shoshone Indians, the crater has been known as "Tim-pin-tta-Wo'sha" meaning Coyote's Basket.
This, and other craters like it were created by Maar volcanos. The western cluster of Maar volcanos was the first to form, then the southern cluster, followed by the Ubehebe (the largest of them all). Possibly, as recently as 300 years ago. Steam and gas explosions were created when hot magma rising up from deep below reached ground water. Cinder fields as much as 150 feet thick cover the surrounding area giving this strangely surrealistic place an otherworldly look and feel. If you ever wished to take a walk on the moon, this is a much shorter trip and you don't need a spacesuit.
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