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Guest Thinkers — May 10, 2011

Mystery Volcano Photo #37

I am buried in the final days of the spring semester (and academic year), so I thought it might be a good time to post a new Mystery Volcano Photo. If you remember, MVP #36 ended up being easier than I expected – Clear Lake in Oregon, a lake formed by a lava flow from Sand Mountain ~3,000 years ago that blocked the McKenzie River, which drowned a forest (see top left). Eruptions reader Cole Kingsbury got the location and date on the second guess, so our current standings look like this:

Boris Behncke – 6

Don Crain – 5

The Bobs – 4

gijs – 2

Chris Reykjavik – 2

Doug C. – 2

volcanista – 1

Lockwood – 1

Elizabeth – 1

Ralph – 1

Anne – 1

Cam – 1

gg – 1

Damon Hynes – 1

Marco – 1

Diane – 1

Stephen – 1

MK, Alberta – 1

Kultsi – 1

Henrik – 1

Zane – 1

Rodger Wilson – 1

Robin Campion – 1

Jan Nygard – 1

Cole Kingsbury – 1

Eva Hedstrom – 0.5

As for MVP #37, I have a photo submitted by one of my former students to mark the end of the academic year at Denison.

Good luck!

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