Pinacate Volcano Field

Mexico

Landsat 7

Acquired 2002-12-05

U.S. Geological Survey — Earth as Art 2

The pockmarked terrain of Pinacate National Park in Mexico's Sonora Province is evidence of a violent past. Among hundreds of volcanic vents and cinder cones are rare maar craters, formed when rising magma met underground water to create pockets of steam that blew nearly circular holes in the overlying crust.

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U.S. Geological Survey — Earth as Art 2. Imagery in the public domain; the edit and sequencing are Orbital Artifacts’.

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Imagery curated from Earth as Art, courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data.

Acquired 2002-12-05Landsat 7

OA-042

Pinacate Volcano Field

Mexico

Landsat 7

Acquired 2002-12-05

U.S. Geological Survey — Earth as Art 2

The pockmarked terrain of Pinacate National Park in Mexico's Sonora Province is evidence of a violent past. Among hundreds of volcanic vents and cinder cones are rare maar craters, formed when rising magma met underground water to create pockets of steam that blew nearly circular holes in the overlying crust.

Curated from

U.S. Geological Survey — Earth as Art 2. Imagery in the public domain; the edit and sequencing are Orbital Artifacts’.

Limited edition

17 of 17 remaining

Available as

Not yet in the shop. Get in touch → for commissions or an early print of this scene.

← Back to archive

← Previous

West Fjords

OA-041

Next →

Von Karman Vortices

OA-043