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Capulin Volcano National Monument

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Capulin Volcano National Monument was born of fire and forces continually reshaping its surface. It’s a dramatic landscape of mountains, plains, and sky and provides access to some of nature’s most awe-inspiring work in New Mexico.

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Runtime: 11 minutes 18 seconds

Dry, brown grass and brush with crumbling rocks throughout and a flat-topped rocky hill in the background. Caption: punctuated by hills, badlands, and bluffs --
America's National Monuments: Legacy Of The Great Plains
Episode 1
8 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person walking through low hills of green and brown shrubs and rock strewn in red soil. Caption: through the Texas Panhandle.
America's National Monuments: Legacy Of The Great Plains
Episode 2
9 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Rolling two-peaked hill and valley covered in trees. Caption: Inexplicably, Capulin Volcano is tree covered,
America's National Monuments: Legacy Of The Great Plains
Episode 3
11 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Rock formation rises sharply from evergreen tree covered ground to end in a narrowed flat-topped peak. Caption: (male narrator) There's nothing quite like it.
America's National Monuments: Legacy Of The Great Plains
Episode 4
9 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Fort Union National Monument
America's National Monuments: Legacy Of The Great Plains
Episode 5
8 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Homestead National Monument
America's National Monuments: Legacy Of The Great Plains
Episode 6
12 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
People standing on an overlook in a cave. Caption: Even the average tourist is an explorer in this cave--
America's National Monuments: Legacy Of The Great Plains
Episode 7
7 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Little Bighorn National Monument
America's National Monuments: Legacy Of The Great Plains
Episode 8
11 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Pipestone National Monument
America's National Monuments: Legacy Of The Great Plains
Episode 9
11 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Scotts Bluff National Monument
America's National Monuments: Legacy Of The Great Plains
Episode 10
11 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12