The house on the mountain called the Watchman near Hillman Peak on the west edge of Crater Lake (possibly a USGS or National Park Service ranger station) taken from the north side looking south in this photo.

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Crater Lake view from the patio restaurant looking toward the northwest.
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The snow is everywhere at Crater Lake, OR. We were amazed that much of Crater Lake was still closed for the winter only a few weeks before our arrival! It's difficult to believe that there could be so much snow on July 1 to keep Crater Lake closed!
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View of Crater Lake from the Lodge Trail, directly below the patio. Photo taken looking toward the west.
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Crater Lake Lodge viewed from the Visitor Center. Amazing that the lodge is build right on the edge of the caldera, that goes quite steeply down for about 1,000 feet. Makes for a really nice view!
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View of the Sinnot Memorial Outlook that hangs off the cliff on the side of the lake.

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Crater Lake Lodge INSET - Crater Lake Wizard Island looking toward the southeast, taken from Merriam Point near the North Entrance of Rim Drive.
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Eileen captured what appears to be a UFO hovering over Crater Lake in this early (approx 5 am) photo taken from our room at the Crater Lake Lodge. Closer examination shows a strange blur on a round object that appears to be a bright star or planet, but who knows?

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Eileen's photo of a great cloud formation over Crater Lake on the trail of the Sinnott Memorial Outlook.

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Eileen's beautiful photo of the south shore of Crater Lake taken from the Sinnot Memorial Outlook. The lake is mostly a beautiful, clear, clean deep blue, with patches of bright green water in places near the shoreline.

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