photo credit: Jackie Beckett, © American Museum of Natural History

Ro Kinzler and Dr. Julie Donnelly-Nolan of the United States Geological Survey stand on the Burnt lava flow, a 3,000 year old andesite flow. Both the flat-topped cinder cone behind them and the rough texture of the lava are typical of this type of flow. Dr. Donnelly-Nolan is at work on a geologic map of the volcano for the United States Geological Survey.