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Virginia’s Volcanic Past

A small volcano erupted in the Shenandoah Valley 48 million years ago.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Virginia’s Volcanic Past.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using topographic data from the National Elevation Dataset (NED) and Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published October 14, 2019
Data acquired January 1, 2012