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El Malpais National Monument and National Conservation Area

Published on May 22, 2022 | in National Conservation Area, National Monument By Christopher Maitland |

El Malpais National Monument and National Conservation Area May 22, 2022 El Malpais means “the badlands” in the Spanish language and is commonly pronounced el-mal-pie-EES. While this relatively new landscape was created from lava flows about 2000 to 3000 years ago, the Sandstone Bluffs region is a remnant of an ancient sand dune. In […]