What the Heck Is This?

I don't expect anyone to get this one. But go ahead, take a stab.

Hint: The photo was taken from orbit. Sometimes that's informs a good guess, but I doubt so this time.

The eruptions produced thick and bulbous flows in an area that's largely barren.

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The Aurora-Bodie volcanic field in Nevada includes a series of small lava flows that range in age from about 100,000 years (late Pleistocene) to more than 15 million years old. (Image credit: Digital Globe’s Worldview-2 satellite, NASA)

Robert is an independent health and science journalist and writer based in Phoenix, Arizona. He is a former editor-in-chief of Live Science with over 20 years of experience as a reporter and editor. He has worked on websites such as Space.com and Tom's Guide, and is a contributor on Medium, covering how we age and how to optimize the mind and body through time. He has a journalism degree from Humboldt State University in California.