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The Sunset Crater eruption peaked at VEI 4 (Sub-Plinian), produced a total 0.52 km 3 of ejecta, [9] had an eruption column between 20-30km tall [10] and produced a blanket of ash and lapilli covering an area of more than 2,100 square kilometers (810 sq mi), which forced the temporary abandonment of settlements of the local Sinagua people.
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument closed in April 2022 when a fire swept through. But fire has always been part of the park's story. Here's why.
The Tunnel Fire was a wildfire burning in Coconino National Forest and Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument, the Lack Bill Park neighborhood north of the city of Flagstaff, Arizona in the United States, and along U.S. Route 89. The fire was named after a tunnel landmark on Waterline Road, near where it ignited on Sunday, April 17, 2022. [2]
Moon Crater; North Sheba Crater; O'Neill Crater; Old Caves Crater; Pinnacle Crater; Rattlesnake Crater; Robinson Crater was named for Henry H. Robinson, a United States Geological Survey researcher. [2] Roden Crater is an extinct volcano crater, and a project of artist James Turrell. [3] S P Crater is a cinder cone volcano 25 miles (40 km ...
A helicopter performs a water drop, as smoke and flames rise from the Sunset Fire in the hills overlooking the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, U.S. January 8, 2025.
The Sunset fire was reported Jan. 8 at 2350 N. Solar Drive, just west of the popular 160-acre Hollywood Hills hiking hot spot. Runyon was also scheduled to reopen Thursday, but the city's ...
It is located near Sunset Crater, which erupted in 1066. Cultural changes following this eruption are evidenced by findings at this site. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1964. [2] The Winona Site was first investigated formally in the 1940s by John McGregor, an archaeologist affiliated with the Museum of Northern Arizona.
Firefighters work on the Sunset fire on Vista street on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025 in Los Angeles. (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times)