| Panning from left to right across the view from the north rim of Crater Lake. The volcanic cone in the water is Wizard Island. | |
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| Crystal-clear water rewards a long, dusty climb into the crater. |  |
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| The tiny house is used for tracking the level of the lake. It reminded me of images in the computer game Riven. People are diving off a rock on the right. |  |
Climbing back out of the crater. |  |
| View from the summit of Mount Scott, the highest point around the crater rim. |  |
Mount Scott's ridgeline. Crater Lake is off-camera to the right. |  |
| More views from the summit. Snow persists, even in late August. |  |
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Mount Scott. The fire lookout house at the highest point gives a sense of scale. |  |
| Snow seen earlier from the summit. |  |
Near Crater Lake, the Rogue River intersects with some lava tubes. This tube is blocked partway in. |  |
| The river flows underground through another tube, below these rocks. |  |
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Water goes in here, at the bottom edge of the picture... |  |
| ...and it comes out here, in the center of the picture. |  |