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| Above, a view of Lassen Peak from Devastated Area in 2017. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
The very first national park I ever visited was Lassen Volcanic National Park in Northern California at age 14. I returned there two years ago during my Great American Eclipse trip.
A new guide book on the geology of Lassen Volcanic National Park and surrounding vicinity. Before the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, the eruption of Lassen Peak in 1915 was the last volcanic eruption in the continental United States.
According to Plumas News:
The Earth is not always quiet. An isolated region of northeast California offers a land of boiling springs, steaming sulfur vents, mud pots and volcanoes. The boisterous geology of the southern Cascades is defined by Lassen Volcanic National Park. A complex and compelling geologic story is told in “The Geology of the Lassen Country: The Geologic Story of Lassen Volcanic National Park & Vicinity,” a new book by R. Forrest Hopson and Michael A. Clynne.
While Lassen Country is not a formal name, it is used to describe both the national park and surrounding areas. The area encompasses a variety of fascinating geologic features set in a unique volcanic landscape.
To read more, go here.
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