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Thursday, 09 July 2009 13:00 |
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Crater Lake has inspired people for hundreds of years. No place else on earth combines a deep, pure lake, so blue in color; sheer surrounding cliffs, almost two thousand feet high; two picturesque islands; and a violent volcanic past. It is a place of immeasurable beauty, and an outstanding outdoor laboratory and classroom.
Crater Lake is located in Southern Oregon on the crest of the Cascade Mountain range, 100 miles (160 km) east of the Pacific Ocean. It lies inside a caldera, or volcanic basin, created when the 12,000 foot (3,660 meter) high Mount Mazama collapsed 7,700 years ago following a large eruption. Photocredits: Sylvia Irizarry
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Tuesday, 07 July 2009 14:01 |
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 Snowdonia (Welsh: Eryri) is a region in north Wales and a national park of 838 square miles (2,170 km2) in area. It was the first to be designated of the three National Parks in Wales, in 1951. Photocredits: Julian Holtom
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Tuesday, 07 July 2009 14:26 |
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Baja is both the northernmost and westernmost state of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1953, the area was known as the North Territory of Baja California. It has an area of 71,576 km2 (27,636 sq mi), or 3.57% of the land mass of Mexico and comprises the northern half of the Baja California peninsula, north of the 28th parallel. The state is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean, on the east by Sonora, the U.S. State of Arizona, and the Gulf of California (also known as the Sea of Cortez), and on the south by Baja California Sur. Its northern limit is the U.S. state of California.
Photocredits: Silas Dich
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Tuesday, 23 June 2009 17:23 |
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 The Mitchell Point Tunnel was designed by Oregon State Highway Engineer John Arthur Elliott. Completed in 1915, it served as a major automobile and truck route until the opening of a water grade route through Columbia River Gorge in 1954. The Mitchell Point Tunnel was blasted through solid rock high up on the bluff of Mitchell Point, 95 feet (29 m) above the Columbia River. Its five windows, carved through basaltic rock, afforded a scenic view of the Columbia River Gorge. Motorists could pause and enjoy watching steamboats plying the Columbia River far below, or gaze up at rugged, snow capped volcanoes Mount Adams and Mount St. Helens.
Photocredits: Jamey Pyles
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