Malapai Hill, Joshua Tree National Park, California

Location : 33.9N, 116.0W

Malapai Hill from Lost Horse Mountain, Joshua Tree National Park, California. Malapai Hill is an exhumed basalt plug that cooled beneath the surface and was exposed by erosion. The lava contains fragments of rock called lherzolite that were brought up from the earth's mantle. Photograph by R. Forrest Hopson



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