Silver Lake is one of many volcanic fields northern California. It consists of 3 small explosion craters The volcano consists of 3 small cinder cones and lava lakes. The craters contain lakes: Silver Lake, Author Lake, and Buckhorn Lake.
A lava fountain casts its shadow onto the silvery crust of the lava lake. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Silvery surface of the lava lake crust (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Small fountains breaking through the thin, silvery crust of the lava lake. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Silvery, ropy stripes record the initial streching the thin crust of the lava lake has undergone immediately before cooling sufficiently to become locally rigid. hawaii_e...
Thin, silvery crust of the lava lake. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
