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Ranger Sarah walks past pillars of Welded Tuff as she hikes the Massai Nature trail.
— at Chiricahua National Monument.
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Ranger Sarah learns how the rock formations here are made from Welded Tuff. Flows of hot volcanic Ash settled and along with the pressure from overlying lays form the welded tuff as the ash cooled and was pressed together.
— at Chiricahua National Monument.
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Ranger Sarah views more of the rhyolite rock pinnacles found through out the park.
— at Chiricahua National Monument.
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Ranger Sarah learns how Volcanic Eruptions 25 million years ago created the mountains here by depositing 2000 feet of volcanic debris.
— at Chiricahua National Monument.
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Ranger Sarah checks out more rock formations. These formations made from volcanic material which eroded into the natural rock formations of the present monument.
— at Chiricahua National Monument.
Looking down into the crater from Mount St. Helen's rim. Spirit Lake, almost 5,000 ft (1,524 m) of elevation lower than the rim, contains a mass of ever-shifting logs, remains of the forest destroyed in the 1980 eruption. Mt. Rainier is 50 miles (80 km) away.
#mountains #mountsthelens #volcano #landscape #nikon #nps #nationalparkservice
#mountains #mountsthelens #volcano #landscape #nikon #nps #nationalparkservice
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Ranger Sarah checks out the rock pillars on the far hill while hiking the Massai Nature Trail.
— at Chiricahua National Monument.
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Ranger Sarah looks at the dwarf forest along this section of the Massai Nature Trail.
— at Chiricahua National Monument.
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Ranger Sarah learns that the Chiricahua Mountains get 10 to 20 more inches of rain than the valleys which allow trees to grow. On this side of the mountain the thinner soil and less water has resulted in stunted trees.
— at Chiricahua National Monument.
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Ranger Sarah hikes along the Massai Nature Trail
— at Chiricahua National Monument.
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Ranger Sarah check out the view of the rock formations as she hikes the Massai Nature Trail.
— at Chiricahua National Monument.
#Fiddlehead #fern Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, Hawai'i, United States. 2018. #NPS #VolcanoesNationalPark
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Ranger Sarah with Cochise Head in the distance. It is said it represents Cochise, the famous chief of the Chiricahua Apache.
— at Chiricahua National Monument.
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Ranger Sarah learns about Cochise Head, a huge rock formation that appears to be the profile of someone's face who is lying down on their back.
— at Chiricahua National Monument.
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Ranger Sarah enjoys another view from Massai Point.
— at Chiricahua National Monument.
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Ranger Sarah learns how the Basins and Ranges in the area formed.
— at Chiricahua National Monument.
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Ranger Sarah takes in the view from the Massai Nature Trail.
— at Chiricahua National Monument.
#The #GremlinZoo #USPol #DOGE #NPS
From Los Angeles Timed: 1,000 park workers who were fired in DOGE cuts are reinstated
https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2025-03-20/park-rangers-who-lost-job-doge-cuts-reinstated
Los Angeles Times · Fired park workers at L.A. national parks are getting their jobs back
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park this morning. Image credit USGS/USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. Learn more at https://www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/kilauea/volcano-updates and https://www.nps.gov/havo/learn/photosmultimedia/webcams.htm and #nps #nationalparks #interpretation #geology #usgs #publiclands #photography #landscapephotography #hawaii #volcano #eruption #kilauea
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Ranger Sarah learns about Apache Chief Cochise who would hide with the Ciricahua Apache in the Dragoon Mountains in a place called Cochise Stronghold. The Dragoon Mountains were named after the U.S. Dragoon soldiers of the 3rd U.S. Cavalry.
— at Chiricahua National Monument.
