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The Valles Caldera (or Jemez Caldera) is a 13.7-mile (22.0 km) wide volcanic caldera in the Jemez Mountains of northern New Mexico. [1] Hot springs , streams, fumaroles , natural gas seeps, and volcanic domes dot the caldera landscape. [ 4 ]
Oct. 9—With elk bugling and dark, clear skies above, Valles Caldera is a beautiful place for stargazing. Most days the relatively young national preserve closes at 5 p.m., but through Sunday ...
May 19—VALLES CALDERA NATIONAL PRESERVE — Jorge Silva-Bañuelos fell in love the moment he turned the corner on N.M. 4 and first laid eyes on the wide expanse of this nearly 89,000-acre jewel ...
Feb. 20—For Anna Steffen, the most stunning elements of Valles Caldera National Preserve lay beneath the majestic, prehistoric landscape that captivates most visitors. Obsidian — a black ...
The formation is composed of ignimbrites produced by a series of at least three Quaternary caldera eruptions that culminated in the Valles Caldera eruption 1.256 million years before the present . [1] The Valles Caldera is the type location for resurgent caldera eruptions, [2] and the Bandelier Tuff was one of the earliest recognized ...
Although the Valles caldera is not unusually large, it is relatively young (1.25 million years old) and unusually well preserved, [31] and it remains one of the best studied examples of a resurgent caldera. [6] The ash flow tuffs of the Valles caldera, such as the Bandelier Tuff, were among the first to be thoroughly characterized. [32]
Mar. 9—VALLES CALDERA — A love for the outdoors has run through at least four generations of Valli Aran's family. It may have started with her adventurous father, who most memorably packed up ...
The museum features exhibits on the geological history of the Pajarito Plateau, including the volcanic explosion that created the world's second largest caldera, known as the Valles Caldera. It also has displays on the early settlers of the area, the Ancestral Pueblo Indians and the early homesteaders.