Central Oregon's Moonscape

...was actually one of the areas the Lunar Astronauts used as a training ground. It was known that the moon was largely basalt, and there are very few places on earth that have a larger volume of basalt and a wider variety of basaltic landforms than central Oregon.

Slide # 23,753 -- Sept. 3, 1986 -- ©Robert A. Jensen (Lava Butte, a bit south of Bend, OR on route 97. Map here.)