el malpais nat’l monument, nm
El Malpais: the badlands of central-west New Mexico offer sharp lava rocks covering a 40-mile valley sided by smooth sandstone bluffs, just east of the Continental Divide. The McCartys Crater poured lava 2,000 to 3,000 years ago, making the valley all but uninhabitable. Sandwiched between Navajo and Acoma reservations, the badlands […]
