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Idaho pahoehoe with Springtime vegetation; Iceland plates with
encroaching moss. |
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Hiking into the snow and sleet at Craters of the Moon in April;
Iceland snow in September. |
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The Lake Channel, an abandoned channel of the great Bonneville
Flood; the Jokulsa River channel in Iceland, formed by volcano-caused
floods. |
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Lush vegetation on Idaho kipuka; mixed moss and grass in Iceland
lava. |
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North Idaho lake; Icelandic coastline on the North Atlantic. |
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Grassy parks between new lava flows in Idaho; dense mossy coating
on older aa in Iceland. |
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Alpine glaciation in Idaho's Selway Crags; outflow from one of
Iceland's massive icecaps. |
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Slowly-growing vegetation in Idaho's lava fields; diminutive
birches in the Jokulsa canyon, jumbo size by Icelandic standards. |
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Idaho's Snake River flowing west towards the Pacific Ocean; the
Jokulsa flowing north to the Arctic Ocean. |
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2050-year old lava meeting sagebrush steppe; recent Krafla lava
flow advancing across Iceland. |
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The Twin Buttes rising above Idaho's Snake River Plain; large
vents near Iceland's Lake Myvatn. |
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Cinder gardens at Craters of the Moon; cinder fields near Stykkisholmur
in Iceland. |
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Shoshone Falls, "the Niagara of the West"; Iceland's
Godfoss. |
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Classic vent at Craters of the Moon; eroded vent core in Iceland's
Jokulsa Canyon. |
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Lava hiking friends in Idaho; lava hiking friends in Iceland. |
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