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Pine Caynon Caldera

A roadside view of the Pine Canyon caldera. The canyon which is NOT visible in this photo lies between the foreground and the background. The Pine Canyon caldera in located in the Chisos Mountains, a component of the Chisos mountains in the Big Bend National Park. It is the largest caldera in the Big Bend National Park. The dirt expelled from the mountain that was prior to the eruption covers hundreds of miles from the caldera.

 

As you look at the foreground, the Crown Mountain and part of Boot Rock are ladened with soil deposited from the eruption that formed the Pine Canyon caldera which occurred 32 million years ago

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Uploaded on January 8, 2021
Taken on December 28, 2020