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Parallel road curves among a pine forest.
These are part of the same road though don't look quite like it. It's a
trick in perspective.
| Looking past the hills that surround Crater Lake to the
flat(-farm-)land beyond. View the full-sized image to appreciate the
horizon!
| From atop Garfield Peak, the sheer cliffs surrounding the lake. Imagine
driving on the rim and looking down this.
Also imagine the kind of eruption that expelled so much material to make
a crater this large and steep.
| Yours truly by a cliff edge atop Garfield Peak, in front of the
incredible polished blue that is Crater Lake, along with its Phantom
Ship. Excellent as a invoker of memories of the trip.
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| Ditto, showing more of the lake. Better? Worse?
| Ibid, passable photo three of four.
| Passable photo four of four.
| On the way down I took a few more pictures including this one of the
trail clinging to the side of the mountain with the lake in the
background.
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| The lake in particular, peeking out beside a mountain's ridge.
| Looking back up at the trail, we see the eroded rock-face and one lone
figure carefully stepping down.
| A mysterious rock dwelling halfway up the mountain, perhaps inhabited by
a mountain man or maybe a troll.
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| From Mazama Village Campsite
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| Our campsite.
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| Fodder for Panorama from West
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| Fodder for Panorama from near Garfield Peak
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