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Conglomerate with fractured cobbles from Ubehebe's phreatomagmatic eruption in Death Valley, CA

Les Hasbargen

Several thousand years ago, Ubehebe crater formed when rising magma encountered saturated sedimentary rocks. The groundwater flashed to steam, and ejected a large amount of material leaving a large hole in the ground. Rocks left behind show some evidence of the hydrofracturing in the form of shattering. The point cloud is scaled and aligned to gravity. Location is approximate.

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