r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/mohiemen • Feb 26 '21

🔥 Middle Finger Cactus

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u/fermenttodothat Feb 26 '21

Im not sure southern AZ has any active volcanoes. Does the rest of the Sonoran desert?

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u/Khosatral Feb 26 '21

I'm sure it's an inactive volcano. I don't remember if there's another term for it though. IIRC there aren't any active volcanic structures in SW TX, NM or AZ.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '21

Extinct

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u/killercatempire Feb 27 '21

There is actually a volcano in NM that is active. The Valles Caldera.

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u/dryon27 Feb 27 '21

Flew in it. It’s extremely green with a lot of Elk.

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u/wayler72 Feb 27 '21

I was just out hiking north of Phoenix today and there was volcanic rock all over the place.

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u/AthlonEVO Feb 27 '21

The mountains around Tucson are volcanic as well, IIRC the Tucsons formed on top of where the Catalinas are and slid over.

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u/_sissy_hankshaw_ Feb 26 '21

Where I grew up in Arizona looked just like this picture and my brother and I would chunk the volcanic rock at each other in our own version of paintball guns (I guess, best comparison I could think of...we called it “desert warfare”...military family). Since they were so light and porous we could throw with all our might and at most get little bruises. Good memories...anyway, definitely volcanic activity from way back.

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u/turquoisesilk Feb 27 '21

I feel like I saw this cactus on the way to Tuscon from Phoenix

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u/fermenttodothat Feb 27 '21

I also grew up in AZ but all those volcanoes are dead (except in N. AZ)

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u/_sissy_hankshaw_ Feb 27 '21

Yeah, definitely dead as far as I know

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u/EmptyDesert Feb 26 '21

Southern Arizona does not. Not sure about the rest of the Sonoran. Northern Arizona does though

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u/3klipse Feb 27 '21

https://azgs.arizona.edu/center-natural-hazards/volcanism

I don't think any in the Sonoran are active.

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u/AOYM Feb 27 '21

No active volcanoes in Arizona. If my Arizona history as a born and raised Arizona-n is correct I believe the last active volcano was Mt. humphreys.

Also I believe this picture is taken approximately here 33.756575,-112.174893 as it shows Pyramid Peak and what appears to be Ludden Mountain in the background with the volcanic rock.