While we were in the
Newberry Volcanic Monument this fall we also took a rough gravel road through 11 miles of forest to see the Lava Cast Forest.
While the other area of the monument we had a look at had been one of eruption and subsequent destruction, the lava cast forest was a spot where an ancient forest had been standing in the path of a lava flow.
As the lava had flowed through the forest, it built up at the bases of many of the larger trees. Although they were killed and burned away in the process, they survived long enough to leave their imprints in the lava as it cooled, creating a sort of arboreal Pompeii
While the other area of the monument we had a look at had been one of eruption and subsequent destruction, the lava cast forest was a spot where an ancient forest had been standing in the path of a lava flow.
As the lava had flowed through the forest, it built up at the bases of many of the larger trees. Although they were killed and burned away in the process, they survived long enough to leave their imprints in the lava as it cooled, creating a sort of arboreal Pompeii
Very cool :)
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