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About 1300 years ago, the furnaces of the earth brought spectacular change to this land, creating a new, rough, glassy environment that offered a harsh home for the heartiest plants and animals. Past cultures prized the shiny black rock for their survival. Today, the Big Obsidian Flow is admired for its beauty and mystery in Newberry Crater.
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