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Crater Lake Day Trip
(Click on any picture to view the larger detailed picture.)

September 6, 2009, Crater Lake, OR

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My trusty mount.

 

 

 

Looking back through the trees south into the valley from whence I came.

 

 

 

The south rim from before the lake.

 

 

 

The first view of the lake as you crest the rim. There was a
stiff breeze blowing so on this day so there was no mirror like
water surface. The temperature in the valley when I started the
day was 72 degrees. Here on the rim, the wind was blowing
and it was 42 degrees.

 

This and the next four pictures are a panoramic view of the lake.
My camera actually has a feature where I can take a series of
panoramic shots and "stitch" them together to make one large
wide picture. I just haven't installed the software on my computer
yet.

Pic #2 in the series shows Wizard Island.

 

 

 

Pic #3

 

 

 

Pic #4

 

 

 

Pic #5, the east rim.

 

 

 

Despite the wind and the cloud cover, the water is still a deep blue color.
Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the US at 1,943 feet deep.

 

 

Through the trees.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alvin I believe...

 

 

 

I'll have to go back when there are no clouds and wind.

 

 

 

A little bit of everything in this picture.

 

 

 

There was more people at Crater Lake on this day than I
have every seen. Still I was able to get some shots without
tourists in them.

 

 

My chips bag, as a result in the climb in altitude. I started the
day in the valley at 1200 feet and now I'm over 7000 feet.

 

 

Wizard Island.

 

 

 

Traveling clockwise around the rim you increase in altitude
a bit as you head west.

This picture was taken facing east just off the road. I turned
around and faced west to take the next picture.

 

This picture was taken from the other side of the road from the
previous picture. It shows open country toward the west.

 

 

Leaving Crater Lake, a few miles north, you drop in elevation
to 5,183 at Diamond Lake.

 

 

This graphic explains about the creation of the lake. Note
the picture of the pyroclastic flows in the bottom right.

 

 

This graphic explains a little bit about the Cascade volcanos.

 

 

 

Here is the pyroclastic flows along the highway. It looks like
someone just poured concrete over the edge of the cliff and
it dried.