Yes we went to the moon and back "Alice" "Alice, Alice who to hell is Alice" Well if Alice was here she would think she went to hell, because to was hot. The Craters of the Moon was our destination. The surface of the moon is compared to Craters of the moon. There are many lava flows exist on the actual moon. These lava field were hot today. They say the lava rock can get up to 150 degrees and it felt like it today. We did 7 short hikes today. The last one was the Indian Tunnel, which we had to get a cave permit for, it was a lava tube that was 800' long. We did need to scramble over some large rock piles and climb out through a small opening at the end. But coming out back into the hot lava rocks, oh they were hot to touch. A couple of places the ceiling had collapsed so you could see daylight here and there.
Some other interesting things were about the bright yellow and red lichens (Lichen is a organism that is part algae and a fungi) but what is interesting about it, is that it breaks down the lava rock. Actually destroying it.
Another cool thing was what's called the witches broom. The witches broom were created on tree by a dwarf mistletoe that is a parasite and it lives off other plants, but the unique things is that it secretes a hormone that causes the plant or tree to send more nourishment to that area. This surplus of food causes over-stimulates the branch causing the witches broom.
The dead tree are so picturesque
Then there is everything else.
ATTENTION Selfie or shadow ??
snow cone
Big cracks
reminds me of coral
Steve's said it looks look an Oreo Mcflurry?
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