The second of two pages of images from Crater Lake National Park
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Crater Lake National Park - Crater Lake, Oregon
September 23, 2011

One of several natural fires in the park (Lightening strikes being allowed to manage the land.)
[Orange flames emitting black and grey smoke billowing amidst the completely tree-covered landscape.]

Edge of the caldera with Cascade Mountains in the distance
[Several heights of jagged, lumpy rocks in foreground with haze over mountains in distance.]

View from Pumice Castle viewing area
[A sliver of lake in the foreground with yellow tints on the caldera walls. Next level back is a green, tree-covered mountain. In the background is a rock summit.]

Rock formation known as Pumice Castle.
[Rock shaped like stacked hourglasses sticking out from the caldera wall. Rock is bright orange.]

While Pumice Castle is big, it's just a blip midway on the edge of the caldera.
[The orange rock formation is about two-thirds the way up the side of rim of the caldera. Ther rest of the rock is the more usual tan and brown.]

Pumice Desert is a section in the park mostly devoid of vegetation.
[In the background is a forest of evergreens and some mountains, but in the mid and foreground are only a couple of scattered trees growing in the light brown ground. There is a road in the middle of this 'nothingness'.]

Vidae Falls
[Two photos stitched vertically to show several different elevation drops the water takes as it moves down the hillside in several streams which converge and diverge from each other. There is greenery on either side of the fall area which does a zig zag down the hill.]

Volcanic formations known as pinnacles.
[Several tall, think rock formations coming out of the hillside. Lower level is sand colored while top, pointed portion is a dark ash color.]

Pinnacles formation
[Semi-circular ridge leading down to the water. On the ridge are dozens of pinnacles.]

Mountains and more mountains
[Dark mountain range with each successive range a lighter, smoked blue as they fade into the distance. At least five distinct layers visible in the photo.]

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All photos © S. M. Garver