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Crater Lake National Park, Oregon

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Imagine a mountain. Not a little hill but one about 12,000-15,000 feet high. Next, imagine that it isn't just any tall mountain but one that is a volcano. An active volcano at that. Now, imagine an explosion of the volcano. A blow up so intense that it eventually resulted in the collapse of the central part of the mountain and left an immense hole in the middle, a caldera: much like the top of a cone had been chopped off and gouged in. Imagine that for thousands of years since then, nature ran her course pouring cold rain and snow over this hot wound and that over time, the massive hole had filled with water. Water of such an intense hue of blue that, at first, it seems unreal.

Welcome to Crater Lake.

Phantom Ship

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Crater Lake has no inlets or outlets. It is entirely fed by melting snow and emptied by evaporation. There are two projections from the blue surface - a large island called Wizard Island (not unlike Fanette Island in Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe) and a much smaller protrusion called Phantom Ship.

Wizard Island

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Vidae Falls

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Tickets to a boat ride that takes visitors to Phantom Ship go fast so get there as early as you can if you want to ride on the boat. Another common way to see the lake is to take the 33 mile Rim Drive that circumscribes the caldera and offers many different and beautiful perspectives from each point. The Rim Drive is only open in the summer (late June to early October). Indeed, for much of the year Crater Lake remains inaccessible and blanketed under some of heaviest snowfall in the United States. The National Park Service's website is a great place to begin planning your visit.

Crater Lake Vistas

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Rogue River Gorge

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Comments from others who've read this article
1. on Saturday, 08-Dec-2007 Kevin said:
My friend Lauren and I visited Crater Lake this past July. The photos on this website are truly spectacular, and show the many faces of the lake. I heartliy recommend the trip to anyone who appreciates Nature at her best.
2. on Monday, 19-Nov-2007 Traci said:
I am doing a presentation for my geomorphology class on crater lake. These pictures will really help capture the awesome power of the park. Thank you!
3. on Wednesday, 13-Jun-2007 Jessica said:
These photos of Crater Lake were breath-taking:)My family and I are visiting Crater Lake this summer.I have to say these pictures have me excited now I can't wait until our trip!!!
4. on Tuesday, 05-Jun-2007 anna said:
hi im anna and im 11 and im going camping at crater lake with my nanna who lives in oregon.and im staying 6 weeks with her and were going to crater lake so i thought id look it up on google and see how deep it is and its 4,000 ft deep!then i thought"i wonder wat it looks like..." and its beutiful!ty u so much for showing these pics to me!
5. on Saturday, 09-Sep-2006 Rhiannon Chapman said:
Thank you for taking me home i grew up in a little town called Gold HIll OR. Havent been there for 13 years and miss the place some terble. Thank you again for this wonderful pictures and copturing the real beauty of the place.
6. on Sunday, 12-Mar-2006 james said:
the pictures are very very nice good quaility thanks alot.......
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