Crater
Lake National Park in Oregon
preserves a geologically recent
andesite caldera |
Sunset from
southwest rim of Crater Lake
(fullest resolution) |
Sunset from
southwest rim of Crater Lake
(fullest resolution) |
Twilight on
Crater Lake (fullest resolution) |
Crater Lake
caldera collapsed about 7,000 years
ago. Subsequent eruptions formed
Wizard Island at one end of the lake |
When the
caldera collapsed, a plug dome was
sliced in half. It is the prominent
cliff in center, and is called Llao
Rock |