Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-02960

Lavas of the Big Lava Bed flow, erupted about 9,000 years ago from the scoria cone in the background and dammed local drainages, forming Goose Lake. The Big Lava Bed flow is the most recent eruption of the Indian Heaven volcanic field, which lies between Mount St. Helens and Mount Adams. Photo by Lee Siebert, 1995 (Smithsonian Institution).

Lavas of the Big Lava Bed flow, erupted about 9,000 years ago from the scoria cone in the background and dammed local drainages, forming Goose Lake. The Big Lava Bed flow is the most recent eruption of the Indian Heaven volcanic field, which lies between Mount St. Helens and Mount Adams.

Photo by Lee Siebert, 1995 (Smithsonian Institution).

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