October 27, 2007 Dansk tekst til venstre English text on the right Dagens baghave: Backyard of the Day: Sunset Crater National Monument, Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona Sunset Crater National Monument is located north of Flagstaff along Highway 89 in Coconino County, Arizona.   Vi trillede nordpå mod Grand Canyon, men fandt først et svinkeærinde i Sunset Crater, en vulkan, der blev dannet for circa 800 år siden, da aske og lava begyndte at vælde ud af en spalte i jordskorpen. Hele Sunset Crater består af lava og aske fra det udbrud. We rolled north toward Grand Canyon, but first went a bit off course by Sunset Crater, a volcano that was formed about 800 years ago when ashes and lava began to pour out of a crack in the earth's surface. Sunset Crater is entirely lava and ashes.     Sunset Crater er omgivet af lavamarker. Sunset Crater is surrounded by lava fields.       "Kaninbusk" ~ Chrysothamnus nauseosus ~ Rabbit Brush

Over 800 år efter vulkanudbruddet ligger der stadig aske i miles omkreds. Over 800 years after the eruption ashes still cover the earth for miles around.     "Apache Fjer" ~ Fallugia paradoxa ~ Apache Plume (Blad ~ Leaf)     I 1929 var Sunset Crater lige ved at blive sprunget i luften af Hollywood, som skulle bruge scenen i filmen "Avalanche." Heldigvis var lokalbefolkningen ikke med på ideen. In 1929 Sunset Crater was almost blown up by Hollywood for a scene in the movie "Avalanche." Fortunately the local population didn't take to the idea.

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