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EXPLOSION CRATERS

��sandstone, in part capped by a lava sheet of moderate antiquity. Prom the lake occupying part of the center of the crater rise two Email cones of scoria, one with deep crater, and evidently very recent. The ejected material covers a wide area on the rim and beyond^ and while it is much too small in volume to fill the crater, probably a large amount has been

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