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| Pinnacles
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| Volcanic spires (a.k.a. pinnacles or fossil fumaroles), each formed by
hot, ashen gas escaping vents (fumaroles) in the earth. The gas
cooled/condensed to form these spires.
| A sign explaining how pinnacles were formed. View the full-sized image
to read it.
| More pinnacles. Some of these are one hundred feet tall.
| My best picture of the volcanic spires / pinnacles.
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One more shot. These pictures were hard to take because the sun was too
bright.
The valley, by the way, is aptly known as the Pinnacles Valley.
| The valley/canyon farther from where the pinnacles are. It's
dramatically deep.
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| Phantom Ship Overlook
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The rocky outpost known as the Phantom Ship as seen from the Phantom
Ship Outlook. It doesn't look particularly ship-y from this angle.
Regardless, look at Crater Lake's blues--they're the highlight of this
photograph.
By the way, the Phantom Ship looks more ship-y in a picture I took the previous
day.
| A sign explaining the history of the Phantom Ship.
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| Another Pullout
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| The next lookout we pulled over at had a good view of a mountain and
some grasslands. This is east of Crater Lake.
| Ibid, a panoramic movie of the scraggly grasses and shrubs.
| Crater Lake as seen from this lookout.
| Looking south at Crater Lake's steep eastern and southern slopes.
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| Pumice Castle Overlook
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| The orange Pumice Castle stands in conspicuous contrast to Crater Lake's
gray stone walls, as seen from the Pumice Castle Overlook.
| Pumice Castle close-up.
| An explanation of the geology of Pumice Castle.
| A panorama of Crater Lake as seen from Pumice Castle Overlook. Notice
how its blues vary depending on the lake's depth and viewing angle.
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Another panorama of Crater Lake as seen from Pumice Castle Overlook.
This image really shows how far the lake lies below the crater's rim.
Also note the mountain peak in the background.
| A panoramic movie of the same scene, including close-ups of Pumice
Castle and the far side of the lake.
| Yours truly squatting and overlooking the lake.
| Ditto, this time with the Pumice Castle in the background.
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| Mount Scott, the highest point in the park, as seen looking east from
this outlook. We thought about hiking it but decided not to.
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| Cloudcap Overlook
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| An incredible panorama of Crater Lake (and its turquoise water) in its
entirety, as seen from Cloudcap Overlook, the highest point on Rime
Drive (1,790 feet above the water). Excellent.
| Wizard Island, as seen from across the lake.
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| Sun Notch Trail
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| From a short overlook trail (Sun Notch Trail), looking straight down,
the water appears cyan, even teal by the lake's edge.
| Another perspective, this one encompassing more of the lake and also
Wizard Island. Notice the ripples in the middle of the image (you may
have to view the full-size image to see them).
| From the same trail, looking down at the Phantom Ship. It doesn't look
particularly ship-y from this angle.
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| Watchman Peak
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| Later, we hiked up this mountain, Watchman Peak. I took this picture
the previous day because I knew we would do this hike at some point and
wanted to be sure I remembered to take a picture.
| From atop Watchman's Peak, we could see a few much taller mountains in
the distance. I think this is Black Butte.
| A high-resolution photograph looking down at Wizard Island and also the
single boat on the lake. On the island, you can see each individual
tree and also the crater at the top of Wizard Island, along with its
dead trees. (I wonder why they're there and dead.)
| A close-up of the boat and the waves it made.
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