The basaltic lava flow, known as the Carrizozo Malpaís, covers around 130 square miles (337 square kilometers) and is around 50 miles (80 kilometers) long.

In more recent history, around 400,000 years ago, runny basaltic lava from Newberry Volcano to the south flowed over much of the tuff, leaving only the tall spires exposed above the flow.

The basaltic meteorite is a piece of lunar rock that formed in a lava flow 2.35 billion years ago, long after volcanism on the moon was supposed to have ended.

A 2.35-billion-year-old meteorite with a unique chemical signature, found in Africa in 2023, plugs a major gap in our understanding of the moon's volcanic history.

The Timber Hill basalt is an ancient lava flow that now forms a prominent mesa in the area, standing high above Sweetwater Canyon where the road passes beneath towering cliffs of dark basalt near ...

Lawrence P. Growney/For the Times-News The.lava flow visible on the west side of.Deadman Falls forms the pillow basalts you pass coming up the hill on Sailor Creek Road.