#lava tube
Inside the plumbing system of an ancient volcano
A fossil plumbing system of an ancient Waitakere Volcano. Though the volcano went extinct and was largely eroded away, the lava flows that once spew from it are now preserved along the Maori Bay coast. The radial feature is an internal view of lava flow lobe that shows rosette style columnar jointing. This feature forms when large lava flow moves and cools slowly, allowing columns to grow, which at the same time are bent due to ongoing lava movement.
Muriwai, New Zealand
A detailed description of this flow is available in the following article:
Bear, A.N. and Cas, R.A.F., 2007. The complex facies architecture and emplacement sequence of a Miocene submarine mega-pillow lava flow system, Muriwai, North Island, New Zealand. Journal of volcanology and geothermal research, 160(1-2), pp. 1-22.
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Fire and Ice: Arnold Ice Cave
This cave in Oregon contains ice year round, though climate change is threatening this fragile resource forever.
McArthur-Burney Falls: Near Lassen Volcanic National Park
We didn’t do a lot of research before we went up to Lassen Volcanic National Park. We just knew we wanted to go up there. A couple of the true gems that we happened across are the completely unreal Burney Falls and the very cool Subway Cave. The Subway Cave is a lava tube, you’re hiking in a lava tube which is creepy and beautiful. Burney Falls is kicking at high speed even in the hot dry summer which left me in amazement. The water is coming out of an underground river and it’s always flowing at rate of 100 million gallons of water per day. Too cool.
As you can see we also made vegan breakfast burritos. A new technique I’ve been using is to melt the Daiya shreds in with the Soyrizo and cook the tofu scramble separately. I also topped mine with fresh salsa and guacamole and you always want to heat up the tortillas. I’ll have some more posts from this beautiful area in the near future. Until then GO OUTSIDE.
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