Cinder Cone, Mojave Desert, California.
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Cinder cones are relatively small, short-lived volcanoes, composed of cinders that are shot out of the vent during an eruption. These cinders accumulate around the vent building a cone in the process. Most uneroded cinder cones have a well-defined crater at the top.
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