The 50-mile-long lava flow is one of the largest of its kind on Earth.
An astronaut on board the International Space Station has snapped a stunning photo of an ancient lava flow stretching across the desert in New Mexico. From above, the frozen river of volcanic rock looks like a dark scar carved into the surrounding desert.
The eruption that birthed the Carrizozo Malpaís began around 5,000 years ago and lasted for between 20 to 30 years. During that time, magma slowly trickled out of the ground from a subsurface shield volcano, which has since become dormant. Insulated lava tubes beneath the surface spread the molten rock out over an unusually large area, according to USGS.
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